'Who was born on Oct 2?'
So screamed the headline of a National Newspaper on the 138th birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The article went on to publish the knowledge, or rather the lack of it, that the common man on the street has about the Mahatma.
So screamed the headline of a National Newspaper on the 138th birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The article went on to publish the knowledge, or rather the lack of it, that the common man on the street has about the Mahatma.
It went something like this:
Q. Where was he born?
A. ?
Q. When was he killed?
A. ??
Q. What was his wife's name?
A. ???
Q. What did he do for India?
A. Huh? Don't really know what he did for us, but must have been something right....else why would his birthday be a holiday for us every year?
Come Oct 2nd and January 30th, reams are written about this apostle of peace. Another great leader of this nation also shares his birthday with Gandhi. Lal Bahadur Shastri is a forgotten man. He doesn't find mention in any publication, and why should he? When Gandhi is an unknown entity today, irrelevant to many, what chance does Shastri stand?
4 comments:
One reason why no one remembers poor ol' LB Shastry is that he was born on Feb 29, and hence can be remembered only once in 4 yrs
Bystander
Bystander is confusing Morarji Desai with Lal Bahadur Shastry. Shastry was very much born on the 2nd October that is why the issue was raised on this blog.
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