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Gandhi and Gandhi

Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Posted online: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 at 2233 hrs Print Email

Standing with the people is not the same thing as standing for them

 

My worry about Gopal Gandhi’s gesture was that it was political in this bad sense of the term: an expression of inchoate feeling more than a rational resolution of a serious problem.

The writer is president, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi pratapbmehta@gmail.com

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