Saturday 14 July 2012

"Indian Summer" by Alexander VOn Tunzelmann

While I was in the half way of a non-fiction book "Indian Summer" by
Alexander VOn Tunzelmann. I came across some interesting facts about
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi both occured in the year
1936.

                                 Jawaharlal Nehru was been the
President of the Indian National COngress Party since 1935 and had
spent most of travelling around India and meeting the people he hoped
to represent. He was recieved witha series of darshans almost
Gandhians in their fervor. Songs were composed in his honor, fantastic
stories were told of his valvor and bravery. Awoman in Madras(now
Chennai) created a line of toileters called the "Nehru Specialists"
and sent samples to him. His vanity was slightly offended by the most
agreable picture of him of him branded on all bottles, but otherwise
he found them amusing and distributed the samples of Nehru Pomade and
Nehru lime juice and glycerine among his friends.
                       Gandhi had four sons but in 1936 there was a
very public scandal involving his eldest. Harilal declared that he had
converted too Islam, began calling himself Abdullah Gandhi and
attacked his father in print. He continued to be seen drunk in
public,which scarcelysuggested fervent adherence to the teachings of
the Koran. At around this time Gandhi sufferred from the first of a
series of nervous breakdowns. He left Kasturba and his followers and
moved into a one room hut in central India far from railways or post
offices and among a population mostly consisting of Untouchables.

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