The Making of the Mahatma Page #3

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against you

Oh! And he asked you

to come and see me?

No. He asked me to avoid you

if I could

He's afraid you might

influence me in your favour

My cousin is a very suspicious man

May I make a suggestion?

Wouldn't it be better for both of you

to come to a mutual agreement?

With Abdullah?

- There's no harm in trying

You don't want to spend your time

and money on a court case, do you?

All Abdullah wants

to do is ruin me

How can I come to an agreement

with Abdullah?

He expects me to sell off my assets

and go bankrupt to repay him

Do you know what that will do

for my image in my community?

Will you at least consider it?

- Considered

Have some sherbet

Thank you

I've heard that you have a lot

of influence over the Indians here

Somewhat. Why?

It would be good to discuss

the problems Indians face here

I've been here for two days

and it's been... difficult

Do you think you could arrange

for a meeting?

I think it would help.

- I think so, too

To your left, Gandhi-bhai

I see the road bothers you.

- Why? Doesn't it bother you?

Gandhi-bhai, many things bother us

but the government just doesn't care

I live with an English lady.

Her street is very clean

It would be. The municipality cleans

those areas, they don't clean ours

Why? Don't you pay your taxes?

- Sure, we do

They will still not clean our roads.

- Then we should do it ourselves

You are a strange young man

My cousin hires you to fight a case

against me, and yet you befriend me

And now you want me to pick up a broom

and sweep the streets

What else would you have me do?

- Reconcile with your cousin

Yes!

Sydenham,

Durban

Friends, may I have

your attention please?

We are gathered here to say farewell

to our dear friend Mohandas Gandhi

He has been with us for a few months,

and in this short period of time...

he has endeared himself to us

He has achieved a great deal

He has got Abdullah Seth and

Tayab Seth to talk to each other

And I'm very pleased

to mention that they have agreed...

to settle the case

out of court

Gandhi-bhai, you are

a real miracle-worker

He has got our people in Pretoria

to get together...

to talk about their problems

and find solutions to these problems

Gandhi-bhai, we will all miss you...

- One minute, please

Gandhi-bhai, do you know anything

about this bill?

What bill?

- The new Indian Franchise Bill...

before the Natal parliament

How does that concern us?

- It does, Rustom kaka.

You are about to lose your vote

What use is the vote to us anyway?

Harry Eskam got us to vote for him once

And he won it. Since then

we haven't voted for anyone

How does it matter now

if they take away the vote?

This is the first nail in the coffin.

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