"sister." "Did you get the supplies we sent you?" "Your Excellency ... but ... (Edwina) But!" "They're nearly used up already. and none of them have food or extra clothing." "the Relief Council has sent out for blankets." "Nothing is impossible." "We'll see you get what you want." "(nurse) Thank you." "(Edwina) Don't worry." "Here's a hungry fellow." "Hello little fellow." "¿Hindi?" "¿Hindi?" "Good." "Namaste." "Namaste." "Hello." "Hello little fellow." "¿Hindi?" "¿Hindi?" "What's that?" "Good." "It's good." "How stupid!" "and this is just one camp." "come in ... you must have known I was thinking of you." "How are you feeling Jawaharlal." "Much better." "What news do you have for me?" "Srinagar is safe." "Jinnah underestimated if we had to." "But has he sent in the Pakistani army?" "Not officially." "it's not over." "He's invited you and me to meet him in Lahore to discuss the accession of Kashmir to India." "it's out of the question." "he should come here." "But you know he won't leave Pakistan." "Can't you see it's a trick?" "He knows Jawaharlal's doctors will not allow him to make the trip." "if you want me to." "the decision is up to you." "I expect you to back me on this." "I am sorry Vallabhbhai." "I agree with Lord Louis." "I will do anything I can to stop this war." "At least Jinnah's request for a meeting tells us something more than all the military reports and communiques" "Vallabhbhai ... that in his heart of hearts he knows this invasion cannot succeed." "three." "Present arms." "Your Excellency." "Mr Jinnah." "Lord Ismay." "Your Excellency." "Perhaps you'd care for some refreshment after your journey." "Lord Louis." "I miss having someone of your calibre to talk to." "I would like also to repay some of your hospitality." "but I must point out that" "I am here at the moment for one reason only ... to discuss Kashmir." "Kashmir." "Then I must tell you that Pakistan will not recognise the accession of Kashmir to India since it was brought about by violence and fraud. are responsible." "This is simply not the case." "The violence was committed by India illegally sending in troops." "that the accession to India was legal since that was the Maharajah's decision." "But the Indian army... is loot." "Well it's obvious isn't it?" "Or they'd never have stopped to loot Baramulah and rape the nuns in the convent there." "is as good as over." "Lord Louis?" "but they threw it away." "Now they have no hope at all of ever reaching Srinagar." "In the circumstances I propose that both sides should withdraw at once." "... and at the same time." "But these tribesmen are a law unto themselves." "How can they be talked into leaving?" "I shall call the whole thing off." "I mean ..." "I shall use my influence to get the raiders to withdraw." "Did you get up?" "My doctor permits it." "each day I sit up a little longer than he knows" "It's called Little Red Riding Hood" "Oh ... all the better to ... you must be careful." "have you Edwina?" "The little boy look doesn't work on me." "I feel much better." "Really I do." "My health improves daily as the news improves from Kashmir. at Government House in Karachi." "Young Muslims..." "Young Muslims for whose future I have given my life." "They blame me for accepting partition of Bengal and Punjab." "They cannot see that without that there would be no Pakistan." "to bring it into being." "better a moth-eaten Pakistan that no Pakistan at all." "Surely you still believe that?" "I believe it  I must believe it." "I shall always believe it. ... it is my Pakistan." "It is my monument." "People are angry that you go so often" "Gandhiji. that I go where I am most needed?" "live in fear surrounded by neighbours who have become enemies." "I must give them what comfort I can." "It's Gandhi!" "Drive on." "No ... stay where you are." "There's a girl up there shouting Gandhi murdabad ... death to Gandhi." "Bapuji" "I have come to pray with you my brothers and sisters." "What use are your prayers?" "Everyday we pray." "Every night most of our people are killed." "We should fight." "If you were all to die you would become immortal." "I tell you what I tell the Hindus and Sikhs." "We are all one." "All children of the same God." "What man wounds his brother and sister? offer yourselves as willing sacrifices. but do not lose heart." "Gandhi mudabad did it Pug?" "I know how bitterly you were against partition." "I don't think I'll be long in following you home. and more difficult not to become involved on either side." "Well that's one of the things you've managed very well sir." "but I don't know how much longer I can do it." "Being a rubber stamp." "Exactly." "I've always hated being out of the action." "this place has seen about as much action as ten battlefields." "But I agree." "Nehru and Patel seem to be squaring up for some power struggle. you should be able to tell quite shortly." "(Mountbatten) How?" "Kripalani has thrown in the towel. and Dev is someone who is not easily pushed around. then Gandhi is still the leader." "if they don't ... just goes to show you." "I'm going to miss you Pug." "I couldn't have asked for a more honest or unbiased adviser." "I'm gonna miss your sanity and your sense of humour." "that I shall miss you too." "I enjoy working for a lucky man." "there you are." "Just in time." "I've been boring Edwina" "I'm afraid." "very boring." "anyway." "to dinner before he leaves" "I didn't forget." "He tells me Kripalani's resigned." "very unexpectedly." "So who's to be the next president of the Congress Party?" "Prasad." "Rajendra Prasad." "Allah hu Akbar!" "Allah hu Akbar!" "We thought the invaders had been driven from the Valley of Kashmir." "That we were in total control." "But we are not." "Our garrison at Punch is cut off except for air supply. and a force sent to its relief was driven back. as soon as Liaquat Ali returned to Karachi they send 6000 more to attack Uri" "We must stop any more enemy reinforcements from getting into Kashmir by attacking their bases across Pakistan's borders." "it'll be war." "A short war might be better than letting this become an open sore." "We will get it over with." "I can't believe any of you mean it." "Why not?" "You yourself have said this must be approached calmly and responsibly" "This is not a time for calm." "This is a time for action" "So far the right is on your side." "she will be branded the aggressor by world opinion." "What does world opinion have to do with this anyway." "It's we who are under attack." "Jinnah can whistle for his money." "I'm giving orders that none of our financial agreements with Pakistan are to be carried out until he has called off the invasion." "But the effect of that would be as explosive as declaring war." "and you think we should give them money to buy weapons?" "We will not give them means to buy one bullet to shoot one Indian soldier ... Never!" "There is no other action we can take." "But there is one." "You can refer the whole matter to the United Nations and find a solution" "The United Nations." "We have had 200 years of our affairs being controlled by outsiders." "Under what section of the charter must we refer this to the United Nations?" "What I had in mind was in the nature of an appeal to international law. ... and to calm down!" "Bapu." "You know it is the one request we cannot grant." "We are saving lives by not handing over the money." "Jinnah's invasion will fail because his tribesmen will run out of ammunition." "Bapu." "It is a matter of national security." "It's a matter of honour." "People are saying this whole fast is aimed against me." "It is aimed at India." "although you would like to be." "not high-flown concepts." "I've stated my position." "Don't expect me to back down." "No ..." "You are not the Sardar I once knew." "I thought we were one." "we are two." "Edwina." "Edwina." "I've been looking all over for you." "Why?" "I've just seen Patel." "He was in tears." "Gandhi's kidney's are affected." "He's lost a dangerous amount of weight already." "We must go to him." "I only wish we could." "What do you mean?" "This fast is not just to end the violence." "It's political." "It's to put pressure on the government." "And I am no longer the government." "I cannot interfere in their affairs." "Why?" "Do you believe in what he does?" "You know I do." "But you won't help him?" "Protocol!" "Since when did that ever stop you doing what you wanted?" "Or is it only when it suits you?" "I am." "to hell with it." "Let's go and see him." "¿Hindi?" "¿Hindi?" "Your Excellencies." "Gandhiji." "You see what it takes to make the mountain come to Mohammet." "Gandhiji?" "Very well." "I thank you." "How long must this continue?" "it is done." "I have laid down seven conditions which must be met before I can consider breaking it." "And there is the matter of the money." "It must be settled soon." "Sushila says already there are medical complications." "like mother hen." "What complications." "He let me examine him this morning." "I found acetone bodies in the urine." "Acetone bodies!" "How little science knows. and there is more in God than chemistry." "My only prayer is that I may be granted that the temptation to live may not lead me to end my fast too hastily." "Edwina." "not at all." "It's some time since you came to see me." "Too long." "Have you heard the latest bulletin?" "No." "Sushila called me only minutes ago." "He has been losing 2 pounds a day." "Now his weight is steady." "So he's getting better?" "That's not what it means." "is being retained by the body." "His kidneys are giving up." "When is someone going to do something?" "Are you all just going to let him die?" "We called him ... the Mahatma." "But we have forgotten what "great soul" means." "I'm going to instruct Patel and the cabinet to send the money to Pakistan immediately. and I don't care what Jinnah does with it." "Thank God!" "Gandhiji." "The leaders of every community." "And we have with us Zahid Hussain High Commissioner of Pakistan." "Bapu. who speaks for the R.S.S.S. and the Hindu Mahasabha. and have pledged themselves to protect the lives and liberty of all." "We beg you to break your fast." "Allah ..." "God's will be done." "What is it?" "I'm sorry." "You were miles away." "Just day dreaming." "I know." "I should have known you would see me on Delhi ?" "Walk everything seems much better." "But that is only on the surface." "The disruption of so many lives." "It will be years before it is settled ... many years." "there is no possibility the economic progress and for our people." "You'll win this fight as you've won so many others." "I know you will. you have to make decisions you regret. you mustn't be ruled by them." "You have to think only of India." "Gandhiji ... there are no police outside." "I wouldn't have them." "They wanted to search everyone who came here." "Gandhiji." "A bomb went off at your last prayer meeting." "The bomb was only meant as a protest." "No one was hurt." "Please leave us." "Vallabhbhai." "No." "I wanted you to know first." "I'm ..." "I'm handing in my resignation from the government." "I was afraid of this." "It's just become impossible." "For years Jawaharlal and I made a good team." "Give and take." "We worked together." "And why not now?" "Being in power has altered him." "He wants to rule the roost." "Make all the decisions." "as you need him." "Talk to him." "Gandhiji." "You got me to take second place to him." "I didn't even mind that." "But now now he's trying to squeeze me out." "I'll stand for that... please." "I know." "I'm sorry." "I'm late already." "please." "Jawaharlalji is coming here after tonight's prayer meeting. as we used to." "If you love me." "Very well." "But I don't promise anything." "We shall settle this between us." "Wait for me." "Gandhiji." "Gandhiji." "Namaste." "Namaste." "Namaste." "Namaste." "Namaste." "You see these poor people." "How many we have kept waiting." "You are my watches." "How could you let me be late?" "Namaste." "Namaste." "Namaste." "Namaste." "Namaste." "Namaste." "Namaste." "Namaste." "Namaste." "You are late today." "Namaste." "?" "(Gunshots)" "(Shouts and screams)" "It was the Muslims who did it." "You fool ... don't you know it was a Hindu." "Are you sure it was a Hindu?" "It'd better be." "we're lost." "¿Hindi?" "¿Hindi?" "¿Hindi?" "¿Hindi?" "¿Hindi?" "¿Hindi?" "What did it?" "A Hindu from the R.S.S.S." "He has been planning it since partition." "How could they possibly blame Gandhiji for that." "These people don't believe in thinking." "They just hate." "He's gone." "But we must never forget what he taught us." "You must make sure that the nation draws the right lesson from his death." "I suppose." "Now people are waiting for a lead from you." "You must speak to them tonight ... on radio." "I can't." "I can't think yet." "I wouldn't know what to say." "Think of him." "You'll find the words." "Sardar." "The country needs you both more than ever now." "You know how much Gandhiji loved you both." "he told me how worried he was were drifting apart." "to find a way to bring you together." "If you wish to honour him you could pay him no dearer tribute." "Sit down!" "Sit down!" "sit down! and how to say it." "Our beloved leader..." "Bapu as we called him... is no more." "Perhaps I am wrong to say that." "we will not see him again as we have seen him for these many years." "We will not run to him for advice and seek solace from him. but to millions and millions in this country." "And it is a little difficult to soften the blow or anyone else can give you." "I said." "And yet I was wrong." "For the light that shone in this country was no ordinary light. will illumine this country for many more years. that light will still be seen in this country." "And the world will see it." "And it will give solace to innumerable hearts." "Al." "but the phase out plans were all drawn up some time ago ... so ... we'll be following you home quite shortly." "is it?" "Malta and the First Cruiser Squadron." "by the way." "sir." "I must run along." "I've still got an awful lot of packing to do. and the last representative of the British Raj will leave India." "Do we have to go?" "Why do we have to? they've all asked you to stay on." "It's time to go." "you have to get back to the navy." "I can't leave it too long." "And what about me?" "What do you mean?" "does it?" "All my life ..." "Edwina!" "do you?" "You never did." "Tell me." "to look after your home." "Once upon a time..." "I was in love." "I loved it." "But ..." "I've ..." "I've come awake... found myself... in India..." "I've been able to give something." "I have become somebody in my own right." "how can I go back to England and be a hostess... and sit on polite committees and make polite conversation?" "here I'm needed." "And loved." "I've seen how much ..." "being here has meant to you." "Perhaps I didn't realise how much." "But what can I do?" "It's time for me to leave." "My work is done." "Your my wife." "I can't leave you here." "Edwina." "and a good team." "Mummy ..." "Elizabeth's waiting." "Right darling." "I'll be there in a minute." "Where are you going?" "The refugee camp at Panipat ..." "Inspection." "I'm spoiling your triumph." "I don't think of it like that." "I'm being very unfair." "Of course you're right." "Staying on here alone would be impossible." "I am used to moving around." "I'm a navy wife." "Namaste. ?" "baby." "Namaste." "baby." "little ?" "There you are mama." "There she's stopped." "¿Hindi?" "Alright!" "lovely." "How's this little creature?" "Namaste." "that an Englishman and an Englishwoman could become so popular in India during this brief period." "A period of achievement ... and sorrow. but many a reputation has foundered in India." "has not foundered." "That is a remarkable feat." "learned much from you. and the lessons we learned will endure." "madam ... also. and vitality." "Great gifts." "Wherever you have gone you have brought solace... you have brought hope ... and encouragement." "therefore... that the people of India ... should love you and should grieve that you are going?" "sir... and madam... how that love and affection work." "We do not look upon this as a goodbye." "We shall remember you ... always." "Zindabad." "Thank you for all you have done for this country ..." "Goodbye." "Mr Patel." "Dickie." "I wish you a safe journey home." "I thank you for everything." "Jawaharlal." "Good luck." "Thank you." "Pammy Goodbye."