"The Nobel committee regrets not giving the Peace Prize to Gandhi"
- Funny! When will they understand that that man was much bigger than their award. If there is anything they should say, it is that they missed an opportunity to honor the Prize itself.
October 3, 2007
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I dont know if I'm a firm beliver of Gandhism or not. He was responsible for the deaths of Bhagat Singh , Rajguru and Sukhdev. He was the one who signed the partial independence act when Subash Chandra Bose and others were talking of Swaraj and Complete Independence. He was the one who was a mere tool in the hands of Nehru.
He's done a lot for the country, I agree, but he has made some major mistakes too. And I dont really understand why he should be the called the Father of the Nation. Shastri would have been a better choice for that title. Or maybe Sarojni Naidu. Or Bose. Or anyone else. They were all equally deserving.
Anyhow, the nobel should have been honored by him receiving it. No doubts at that.
[Taps]
That, which makes your last line, was all I had to say.
Having an opinion about everything has always been in; but I'm not as opinionated.
Oops, didn't mean to offend! Apologies for picking up that issue...bas raha nahi gaya :)
@Vikram
Possible replies to the Nobel committee -
(If one is allowed to take on an original, elemental form)
"Who gives a flying fk?"
Or to sound more sophisticated -
"That would have been the most superfluous Nobel Prize ever awarded, with the possible exception of maybe Einstein."
Or (to carry on with Einstein)
"Once you awarded Einstein for the photo-something thing instead of relativity, we got a fair idea of your type."
@Tapasya
Mujhse bhi raha nahi ja raha hai... but the only things in your comment that should I say momentarily incensed me were the word "Gandhism" and the phrase "He's done a lot for our country"
But I agree he should not have been called the 'Father of the Nation', since creating such larger than life pictures has taken the punch out of him really.
Much disagreement, but no offense, (I am just the Gandhi admiring type, and am in a kind of funny mood right now!)
But more seriously, as everyone will agree, we all should talk less about the man himself and much more about how he pulled off independence, his ideas and all.
@To whom it may concern
Forgetting about Gandhi for a while, and concentrating on a statement by Einstein - "Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth." This statement tells less about Gandhi and more about Einstein's foresight or intelligence or imagination whatever. Looks like yet another of his predictions is coming true.
[Taps]
Nahi re. If you think I'm a Gandhi supporter, this is the worst you can guess.
Chill hai.. :)
[Vibhav]
I totally agree with the replies you propose. Einstein will always be an example worth citing in such cases.
And yes, I like your contention about Einstein's statement on Gandhi. This is quite a thought!
(While talking of philosophy and physics together, the first name that comes to everybody's mind is Einstein. The second, henceforth for me, will be yours.)
You sure are taking your BTP quite seriously :P
First of all, what is this about the BTP? This is really scaring me now. And you putting me next to Einstein? This is against physics as well as philosophy!
!! I thought EP+FinalYr+EinsteinTalk could be related (though vaguely) to Btp. I'm sorry if it didn't go down well.
Nahi, now I get it, actually BTP, the word itself, makes me nervous!
Well said.
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