Gandhi My Father Page #5

all marriages not registered in accordance with Christian law...

are null and void. Wonderful! Finally I get to have a mistress

This stupid Smuts!

Does nothing for his people,

just sits in his big office, concocting silly laws

White laws, black laws

So many laws, all stupid. - But it sets us men free

What will women do now? - What can women do?

Exactly what men do

Fight and go to jail

Women in jail? How will that look?

Exactly how men will look in jail

See, if you wish to remain my wife, you have to decide

With all that horrible food, I'll die

Don't worry for that, I'll give you a grand funeral

and declare you a goddess

Mother Goddess of Earth

Now I see your plan

Fine. For you, I'll go to jail

Hari, I wanted to speak with you about something very important

Yes Bapu?

As for the agitation,

your responsibilities will now increase,

because Sorabjee is going to England'

Why?

You don't know?

Chaganlal has disappointed me. He abandoned his studies midway,

left England and returned to India without even informing me

Pranjivan-bhai insists that the scholarship must be utilised

So now I'm sending Sorabjee to England

Sorabjee

Not Hari!

Sorabjee Adajania is an outstanding, disciplined soldier of our struggle

He has made many sacrifices for us

Harilal couldn't even make the school matriculation grades

How could he?

He studies a little in India, you get us here

He begins to settle down, you take us back,

then again to South Africa. Back and forth, back and forth,

only to suit your convenience

It's always your work, your ideals. What about the children?

Maybe he's meant for better, bigger things in life,

beyond formal education

Kastur, please understand

People who serve society, expect nothing in return

Pranjivan-bhai gave the scholarship for your family. It was personal

Nothing is personal or private. Everything is for the public

I make no distinctions

Very well, but why discriminate against your own children?

You knew Chaganlal was unreliable, yet you sent him. Hari kept pleading

"Bapu, let me go to England, please send me to England"

Just once, only for once,

not as Gandhi, but as a father...

...listen to the voice of your children

We're parents to all children in this settlement, Kastur

They're our own children

Always remember that

"One who is a vaishnav"

"Knows the pain of others"

"Does good to others"

"Does not let pride enter his mind"

You're a businessman.

You want free passage to India.

I've lost all my money in business here.

I'd be really grateful if you could help.

I am also ready to sign an...

An undertaking to pay the fare in India.

Tell me your name. - Mehta.

First name.

Pranlal.

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