Gandhi, Gandhiji or Mahatma Gandhi?
October 02, 2012  16:12
Shekhar Kapur on his blog: So what does Gandhi mean to the world, to India and specially to us, who are born in India and brought up to almost worship him.

We tagged him with the prefix 'Mahatma' with has mythic and religious symbolism.And there lies the problem. We have such a wonderful way to consign a life to a figure to be worshipped on the mantle piece and thereby distancing ourselves from him .

No longer do we feel the pangs of guilt of not being able to imbibe values of another human being simply because, after all,  he/she are no longer human beings but Gods to be worshipped, aren't they ?

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