Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha

Author:Ramachandra Guha
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2018-10-01T16:00:00+00:00

Gandhi printed large chunks of the letter in Harijan, leaving out, however, the references to Gokhale, Bernard Shaw et al., as well as the (even more telling) sentence pointing out that to dress differently was not necessarily to be exhibitionist. Then, as was his wont, he set out to respond. His tone was notably defensive. ‘My correspondents do not perhaps know,’ he remarked, ‘that I began service of India’s women in South Africa more than forty years ago when perhaps none of them were born.’ He continued: ‘I hold myself to be incapable of writing anything derogatory to womanhood.’ His original article, he explained, ‘was written to expose students’ shame, not to advertise the frailties of girls. But in giving the diagnosis of the disease, I was bound, if I was to prescribe the right remedy, to mention all the factors which induced the disease.’

In conclusion, Gandhi invited his correspondents ‘to initiate a crusade against the rude behavior of students. God helps only those who help themselves. The girls must learn the art of protecting themselves against the ruffianly behaviour of man.’41

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