
Gandhi My Father
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Where did you find him? - Outside Grant Road railway station.
Grant Road.
He was unconscious but sometimes he speaks a little.
Did he give his name?
Harilal!
What is your father's name?
Try to speak
Gandhi
Mr. Gandhi.
Henry.
Mr. Gandhi, can I've a word.
What?
Can I've a word?
Can it wait?
It is urgent.
Well then.
Ramaiyya. Keep the weeds turning.
Yes, Henry.
Here it is.
The heading, read it.
He's dead and burnt.
Do you not find something wrong with this?
He's dead and burnt.
No.
Here we are.
Mr. Gandhi. This is an article I took great pains...
...about the president of South Africa.
My heading was "He's dead and buried".
And what is written here?
He's dead and burnt.
As a Christian...
...this is equivalent to going to hell.
You assured me that you'd personally do the proof reading.
...you've gathered here.
Everywhere.
They've no respect for the detail.
Even for a dead man.
I am sorry, Henry. We'll issue a clarification.
You know, as a Hindu I can understand.
The people at the press believe...
...that all dead, normally find emancipation by burning.
And come to think of it.
When you're dead, you're simply dead.
It's only when you're alive...
...you make all the difference to the world.
In life, life counts... - Mr. Gandhi, please.
Don't condone a serious lapse...
...with religious abstractions.
In the future, I think...
...I will sit right by the printing machine...
...and check all my own articles.
Henry.
Maybe you can also join us in turning the wheel.
Kastur! Kastur!
Mr. Calinburg. - Yes.
Can you please finish this today?
I will do my best, Mrs. Gandhi.
Thank you.
Kastur!
Out there in that press, do you throw colour on each other?
Not at all...
just black printing ink; we work very hard
and it's hot extremely hot out there
Anyway, there's a letter from Rajkot
From Hari?
How is he? - He is fine, having fun
I erred in my judgement...
...Kastur, shouldn't have left him alone in Rajkot
I warned you, but you wanted him to stay there
to get an education in our mother tongue.
But no school teaches that here
Why go to school for education? He can learn everything here in Phoenix
See, your disciples have arrived
Manilal, Ramdas, Devdas, three sons,
three fine examples of your education
All day, they're working in the fields,
minding the cows, kneading dough,
nursing the sick or singing prayers; what are our children becoming?
You heap worry upon worry
But our children need formal education
Hard work, self control, compassion, selfless service
these are values no school can provide
School teaches learning by rote. It does not build character
I've heard this before
See you later at the prayer meeting, Mr. Gandhi.
By the way, Harilal is getting married
Really?
He just informed me. No permission sought
He knows you'd surely object, won't you?
Marriage, at such a young age? What's the hurry?
Well, we got married when we were 13. You were in quite a hurry then
No, I mean, it was wrong on the part of our parents,
considering our age
Listen
It is you who chose Gulab for Hari
You got them engaged four years ago
How long can they wait?
Kastur, you know my views well
Even so,
if...
he insists on marrying against my wishes, then so be it
But I, his father...
must then... stop thinking of Harilal as my son
Look into the camera.
Smile.
Don't move, please
Smile.
Your father has not disowned you. He's disappointed, that's all
I don't know, Gulab. I want to educate myself,
to become a barrister, like him. Yet,
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