12-23-2005, 03:59 PM
Also quoting Gandhi on the amount of time it will take to really attain swaraj..
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->During 1947, at the time of the departure of British power, someone had asked Mahatma Gandhi what was to be expected from the regaining of freedom. He had then written that, âwe would need at least half that much time to cleanse our body-politic of the virus that has infiltrated every cell and pore of our being during our subjectionâ, after â150 years of slaveryâ. The full letter, dated July 6, 1947, originally in Gujarati, read:
<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->You are gravely mistaken in assuming that as soon as swaraj comes prosperity will flood the country. If, before assuming that, you had used your imagination a bit to see that after 150 years of slavery, we would need at least half that much time to cleanse our body-politic of the virus that has infiltrated every cell and pore of our being during our subjection, you would not have found it necessary to ask me. I am sure you will understand what I mean, namely, that far greater sacrifices will be needed after the attainment of self-government to establish good gov-ernment and raise the people than we required for the attainment of freedom by means of satyagraha.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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2020 does seem about right..
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->During 1947, at the time of the departure of British power, someone had asked Mahatma Gandhi what was to be expected from the regaining of freedom. He had then written that, âwe would need at least half that much time to cleanse our body-politic of the virus that has infiltrated every cell and pore of our being during our subjectionâ, after â150 years of slaveryâ. The full letter, dated July 6, 1947, originally in Gujarati, read:
<!--QuoteBegin--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->You are gravely mistaken in assuming that as soon as swaraj comes prosperity will flood the country. If, before assuming that, you had used your imagination a bit to see that after 150 years of slavery, we would need at least half that much time to cleanse our body-politic of the virus that has infiltrated every cell and pore of our being during our subjection, you would not have found it necessary to ask me. I am sure you will understand what I mean, namely, that far greater sacrifices will be needed after the attainment of self-government to establish good gov-ernment and raise the people than we required for the attainment of freedom by means of satyagraha.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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2020 does seem about right..