"Where did you find him?" " Outside Grant Road railway station" "He was unconscious but sometimes he speaks a little" "Did he give his name ?" "Harilal !" "What is yourfather's name ?" "Try to speak" "Gandhi" "Kastur !" "Out there in that press, do you throw colour on each other ?" "Not at all... just black printing ink;" "we work very hard and it's hot extremely hot out there" "Anyway, there's a letterfrom Rajkot" "From Hari ?" "How is he ?" " He is fine, having fun I erred in my judgement, Kastur, shouldn't have left him alone in Rajkot I warned you, but you wanted him to stay there to get an education in our mother tongue." "But no school teaches that here" "Why go to school for education ?" "He can learn everything here in Phoenix" "See, your disciples have arrived" "Manilal, Ramdas, Devdas, three sons, three fine examples of your education" "All day, they're working in the fields, minding the cows, kneading dough, nursing the sick or singing prayers ;" "what are our children becoming ?" "You heap worry upon worry" "But our children need formal education" "Hard work, self control, compassion, selfless service these are values no school can provide" "School teaches learning by rote." "It does not build character I've heard this before" "By the way, Harilal is getting married" "Really ?" "Hejust informed me." "No permission sought" "He knows you'd surely object, won't you ?" "Marriage, at such a young age ?" "What's the hurry ?" "Well, we got married when we were 13." "You were in quite a hurry then I still regret it." "What !" "No, I mean, it was wrong on the part of our parents, considering our age" "Listen" "It was you who chose Gulab for Hari" "You got them engaged fouryears ago" "How long can they wait ?" "Kastur, you know my views well" "Even so, if ... he insists on marrying against my wishes, then so be it" "But I, his father... must then... stop thinking of Harilal as my son" "Don't move, please" "Yourfather has not disowned you." "He's disappointed, that's all" "I don't know, Gulab." "I want to educate myself, to become a barrister, like him." "Yet, I don't know why, he is the one I fearthe most" "Just see the good in him, in what he does, not what he speaks" "When he sees your determination, your hard work, all else will become past and irrelevant" "Gulab, I want to be here with you forthe birth of ourfirst child" "Long way to go, at least five months" "Shall I stay till then ?" "No" "Yourfather needs you" "Keep us in yourthoughts, always" "All distances will disappear" "As soon as I can, I'll call you to South Africa" "Don't go with that burden on your mind" "Concentrate on your studies" "Become a barrister" "Be a proud son, make your parents proud, I want to be proud of you" "And I will wait foryou" "The tonga-man is throwing a fit." "He has to pick up others" "Stop !" "Please read this on the ship" "Rememberto write to me, I'll wait foryou" "Can I get you something ?" " No thank you, sit" "You didn't go to the port to receive Hari ?" "You told me, you'd go" "He was looking out foryou" "Kastur, I ... I have so much to do and there isn't time enough" "Are we...?" "is yourfamily, a hindrance ?" "I'm happy that Harilal has come back" "I have missed him" "You're reading this romantic novel ?" "You prefer love stories ?" "Son, let go of these fantasies" "Read inspiring biographies of great men, not romances" "Yes, Mahatma Gandhi is the Father of the Nation, he is a Fatherto us all" "But for hospital admission, we need yourfather's name ln the hospital register, we can't write yourfather's name as Gandhi" "What is yourfather's name?" "Barrister" "Barrister Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi" "Not for despair, this is a moment to celebrate" "Once again, Barrister Gandhi has been arrested I am proud of my father" "How ridiculous, a barrister, in the service of the King in a British colony, is ordered to be finger-printed" "You know why ?" "Because the colour of his skin... is not this" "If you are this," "orthis, or shades in between, then you're considered sub-human and will be confined to specific areas" "To enterthe places which belong to people of this colour... you will need an entry pass" "Without an entry pass, you will be thrown into prison" "And you know what my father says" ""l refuse to carry a Pass, nor will I give my thumb-print"" ""They may do whateverthey wish,"" ""besmearthe colour of my skin with blood or even kill me"" ""l challenge the White Government"" ""Dear Harilal, in my fight against this injustice..."" ""perpetrated upon humanity,"" ""and upon the path of truth and sacrifice,"" ""from the lives of Mahatmas like Ram, Jesus,"" ""Prophet Mohammad, Buddha, Mahavir,"" ""l have drawn inspiration and strength."" ""This badge of slavery,"" ""we shall not carry."" ""We will burn the Registration Permit."" ""ln public."" ""We defy the racist government,"" ""to act against us with all its might."" ""The new anti-hawking law,"" ""it is targeted against Indians,"" ""to deprive them of a livelihood ;"" ""and must be resisted."" ""Hari, I want you to be one of my first passive resisters..."" ""to break this law,"" ""as an example for others to follow."" "You have been away too long" "Your little daughter Rami, may not recognise herfather" "Day and night I think of only you and Rami" "As ajunior Gandhi, your chosen path, your cause, is far bigger and more important than yourfamily" "If Bapu wishes, I will go to England soon, to become a barrister" "Then we'll name ourfirm..." "Gandhi and Gandhi, Attorneys at Law" "At times, I wonder... whether I should abandon my ambition and just settle down with my family" "We do not wish to be your distraction" "What is the matter ?" "We are returning to India" "Afamily is escorting us" "I know you will be released soon" "But the ship cannot wait" "My wife is leaving me and going to India and I have not been consulted ?" "Who decides ?" "Circumstances" "Bapu ?" "You're needed here to fight oppression." "You must support yourfather" "And should you miss us... you can always board a ship and come to meet us in India" "Sit" "Nothing very serious, you'll be fine" "Bapu, I hearthat yourfriend Pranjivan-bhai... is offering a scholarship for a barrister's education in England ?" "Yes." "He's very kind." "He has always supported our movement ln times of need, he never refuses" "Without his generous support, it'd be impossible to keep the struggle alive" "But, the scholarship ?" "That's the problem" "Why ?" "The scholarship comes with a condition, it must be used only for my children" "And ?" "He was being adamant and I tried to make him see reason" "About what ?" "I said, Pranjivan-bhai... your insistence implies... it's payback for my services to society" "That is unacceptable" "Ultimately I convinced him, the scholarship should be open to everyone in our settlement" "Yes, the decision about who's the most deserving candidate... may be left to me" "And who is he ?" "Chaganlal, your cousin" "To me, he is most deserving." "He was with me... when I founded the Phoenix Settlement" "Thanks Bapu I'll be fine" "What should I note as case details ?" "Drunkard, drug addict, or beggar ?" "Drunkard, beggar." "Destitute" "Kastur" "Come here. I have important news" "Tell me." " Come here first" "Tell me from there I, Barrister Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, do solemnly declare ... that from this day on, you are my mistress" "What ?" "From now on, you are my mistress" "Have you gone completely mad ?" "Talking to your wife like this... in front of the children !" "Dear god, you've no shame ?" "General Smuts and his white government have no shame." "They have declared... 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 tojail" "Women injail ?" "How will that look ?" "Exactly how men will look injail" "See, if you wish to remain my wife, you have to decide" "With all that horrible food, I'll die" "Don't worry forthat, I shall give you a grand funeral... and declare you a goddess" "Mother Goddess of Earth" "Now I see your plan" "Fine." "Foryou, I'll go tojail" "Hari, I wanted to speak with you about something very important" "Yes Bapu ?" "As forthe 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 lt'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 foryourfamily. lt was personal" "Nothing is personal or private." "Everything is forthe 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 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 rememberthat" "You wish to say something ?" "I can hearyourthoughts" "Speak" "I'm summoning the strength to speak" "Ason does not need strength to talk to his father" "You mustjust speak. I will listen" "You have taken too long to hear my voice, Bapu I admit." "My fault" "To the world, I am your son" "Yet I've never known a father" "That's not true, Hari" "My lot has been hard labour, a hard life never a kind word, Bapu" "And love ?" "I've never known it" "I have no education, no family, no future" "The world is waiting foryou, son." " Not for me, Bapu." "Foryou" "At least you are back at home." "That's a solace" "Not by choice" "You have all the freedom, Hari" "You define the freedom, Bapu and you set the limits ?" "My independence is restricted to following your ideals, my thoughts must conform to your ideas I wanted to educate myself I wanted to be a barrister, ajunior Gandhi" "You cut my wings, how do you expect me to fly ?" "Bapu, I'm suffocated with the burden of following your dream I want to breathe" "We're in midst of a battle here son, of right against might, ofjustice against injustice." "I depend on you I have opted out. i must find my own path, search for my own identity" "If you allow me, I will lead you" "Please leave me alone" "Where do we go from here ?" "I will return to my wife and children, I miss them I understand" "Then, continue my education, try and earn my own living" "And what if you fail ?" "At least I tried, Bapu" "Son, is there anything, anything you want me to do... to keep you back with me ?" "Can I ask a favour ?" "If you think yourfather has wronged you... do forgive him" "Please" "Hari-bhai..." "Hari-bhai..." "Yes Jeevan...?" " Gulab-ben... on our streets we've more buffaloes than human beings" "They've no civic sense, they'll relieve themselves anywhere" "Even the British people move aside to make way forthem" "One thing for sure, if all buffaloes in Ahmedabad get together... they'll drive British away from Ahmedabad" "Come in, Jeevan" "Where's Hari-bhai ?" "I was waiting for him in the classroom" "I have all your marks." "English, French... too good !" "But Science, Arithmetic, Geometry..." "Jeevan, go home" "Enough of studies" "I've had enough" "Each time I fail, Gulab... my father wins" "Look at this compartment." "How can I travel in such comfort and luxury ?" "Your Indian friends are unaware of the drastic changes in your life" "Next time, we'll warn them ; book us in third class compartment, only" "Mohandas Karamchand..." "Are you Barrister Gandhi from South Africa ?" "Yes" "Agreat moment in my life, sir." "What an honour" "Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, okay." "Kasturba M Gandhi, okay" "Who are you ?" " He is my son" "His name is not on the list, sir" "There must be a mistake." "Please take the fine from us" "Please don't embarrass me, sir" "This compartment is empty, it's the least I can do foryou" "As a public servant, this is something you cannot do for me or anyone else I refuse and I insist I'll check on the other passengers and return to collect the fine" "Bapu, these are all the letters, the lists and addresses." "I've replied to them all" "Your appointments for the next two weeks" "How does Gulab like Ahmedabad ?" " She's happy I'm eagerto see Rami and Kanti." "And I hear Rasik is a little devil ?" "Your little Shanti, is he speaking ?" "A little too much for his age" "Son, you've been with us, taken care of all arrangements" "What'd we have done without Hari ?" "I am grateful to you, son." " Don't say that, Bapu" "Of late I've been going through serious financial problems" "But I have been sending you..." " l know, but it's not enough" "Then why persist with matriculation examinations ?" "You've failed three times" "What will you achieve with degrees and certificates ?" "Bapu, I want to start a business, if you can lend me some initial capital I have no money of my own" "Whatever I had in South Africa, I donated to the trust" "And never in my life will I borrow" "Maybe we can raise some money against the family home in Rajkot ?" "That account has been settled with my elder brothers." "All expenses for... my education and yours, your marriage and... other sundry expenses all added up, I felt I had no right to any claims." "So... I signed away my rights to inheritance" "In the very least, you could've asked us...?" "For what ?" "You are old enough now, take up responsibility foryourfamily" "Stand on your own feet" "Take up ajob" ""O'Arjuna, the decisive moment has come." "Now, you may kill without guilt"" ""O'Lord Krishna, the battlefield will decide ..."" ""the mightier warrior between us"" ""His vanity will dissolve before the sound of my bow-string"" "Old Theater Company presents the great epic war, Mahabharata" "Hasmukhbhai is marrying again !" "Again, in his dotage ?" "He says he needs at least two wives to prop him up in his old age" "He even asked me to find a bride" "Watch yourfavourite actors on stage" "Prices are rising, there's no stopping them" "You tell me Sharda-ben, how am I to manage the months with thirty Rupees that Bapu sends us ?" "House rent, food, school fees for children, my husband's school fees" "I don't know what to do" "Why beat around the bush, Gulab ?" "Tell her straight and clear" "Tell her, I am uneducated" "Tell her, I am unemployed." "Tell her everything... because today I will put an end to this" "Tell her, will you ?" "Please be quiet." "Please" "The neighbours can hearyou" "Tonight, the whole world will hear" "Kanu-bhai" "Girish-bhai..." "Usha-ben !" "Listen to me I am Gandhi-ji's good-for-nothing son" "Yes ?" "I'm Gandhi's good-for-nothing son I have this house..." "I have it because of my father" "My father's money pays for my failures in examinations" "And I know, every time I walk this street, you wonder and you say, look at Mahatma Gandhi and look at this lowly son" "This Gandhi name is stamped on my forehead" "And you will never let me forget it" "He's the greatest fatheryou can have" "But he is one father I wish I never had" "The performance will be held at Manek Chowk, tomorrow" "Please come with your whole family, if you fail to attend, you will regret" ""Without ajob and without any formal education, where is my dignity ?"" ""Everyday, I wake up with pain and I sleep with anger."" ""l know Bapu, I am not the ideal son you wanted me to be."" ""But for whatever I have become, I hold you responsible."" ""Believe me, I was never like this."" ""Forgive me Bapu, if I have hurt you, but it hurts me as much."" ""l wish I had an option."" ""Yours and only yours, Harilal"" "He's brave, my son" "His public anger may be misguided" "But he is standing up for his beliefs, even if it is against me" "From now on, we will have to learn to live with Harilal's angst" "We will have to, Ba" "It is my certain conviction... that with every thread we draw," "we are spinning the destiny of India lf you wish to save India, then do the little I plead for l want you to take up the spinning wheel now" "Or perish forever" "The spinning wheel is a symbol of our self-reliance... and a simple means of employment for millions of poor Indians" "Every Indian must take a vowto boycott foreign cloth and wear only Indian" "Foreign cloth is stained with the blood of countless Indian weavers lt is your duty to burn foreign cloth in public, to make bonfires" "Gulab !" "Yes ?" "I've invited friends from the factory for dinnerto celebrate Durga Puja" "How many ?" " Three" "No, with wives, six" "All right" "Do you speak Bengali ?" "A little" "Manu" "Look, new clothes for everybody" "Shanti, foryou, for Rasik, Kanti" "Rami... this foryou." "Give this to Manu" "Gulab, I have good news" "What ?" "Offer me some tea at least ?" "Rami, get everybody dressed for the Puja rituals." "Quickly now" "Good news !" "Seth Narottamdas-ji is so happy with my work at the factory, he has given me charge of keeping the office cash in safe custody l have become the Cashier" "Bapu will be happy to hearthis." "Narottamdas-ji will surely tell him" "We must begin to think of Rami's future" "We should start saving each month for Rami's wedding" "These girls grow up very fast" "Howtrue." "You must also start saving for Kanti's education I want him to study in England, whatever he wants to study" "Thank you" "What is all this ?" "Expensive foreign fabric, made in England" "Foreign goods ?" "You know, yourfather..." "Where did you get so much money ?" "On loan. investment from people" "Why did you do it ?" "This is a legitimate business, Gulab investors want their capital back with interest. I'm giving good returns I'm not forcing anybody" "What if something goes wrong ?" "How can I go wrong !" "Look at the cloth, look at the quality" "The World War isn't ending that soon, there is scarcity in the market" "Once the right people knowthat this cloth is available... there will be a stampede for it" "I tell you, empty your drawers, for cash you will need the space" "You are not doing the right thing" "Please trust me, Gulab" "This is my one opportunity, I can stand upon my own feet I will not cheat anyone." "After all, I am Gandhi's son !" "Gulab, I have worked hard forthis, I need your support" "Get dressed forthe Puja" "I am sorry, I am late" "Three minutes is not late." " Even one second is very late" "Have you been spinning ?" "Gandhi-ji's call, who can refuse I am trying, but my progress isn't encouraging" "Join the Ashram." " Thank you, no" "The Ashram is fine, but your vow of sexual abstinence, is difficult for me" "Sorry, I have placed you in an awkward situation" "On the contrary, you gave Harilal ajob because of me" "You took care of him, trusted him and... he swindled you out of 30,000 Rupees" "You cannot trust him anymore." "Dismiss him from thejob, immediately" "But, Gandhi-ji, my intentions..." "File a case of fraud against him I have stopped practising law." "Otherwise I would have fought your case" "He's young." "Mistakes can happen" "So...?" "He is your son after all" "How long ?" "For how long will we keep protecting our children, even in crime ?" "What kind of a society do we wish to create, Narottamdas-ji ?" "If you have any respect for me or concern for our relationship... then file the case." "Let the courts decide lf Harilal accepts the punishment, that will be his glory" "And my pride" "Now come." "Today you will learn from me before you leave" "He is not at home" "Forthree days now you've been repeating that lie" "From Porbanderto Calcutta, I have travelled, in search of him" "And you are hiding him !" "He has not returned home l am a poor man, but I gave to him my savings, I trusted the Gandhi name" "But you people have no shame !" "You are cheating people in Gandhi's name" "Gulab lt is me, Gulab." "He is gone" "Don't touch me" "You smell of liquor" "At every step, I have been with you." "But you have gone too far" "Fraud, cheating, now drinking" "What next ?" "What can I do, Gulab ?" "The war ended without warning I cannot realise even ten percent of my investment I had warned you" "I won't let my children grow up here I am going away to live with my parents and I'm taking my children away" "Gulab, give me one more chance" "Rami takes care of Manu and Kanti, of Rasik" "Paper boat foryou" "Shanti, careful boy" "Gulab, what have you decided ?" "I am leaving for Rajkot tomorrow" "I'll return to my parents' home" "But the children ?" "At least, they'll stay with us ?" "They are coming with me" "Telegram" "What ?" " Telegram !" "You wait." "The milk is coming to a boil I have work." "More deliveries." "The telegram is marked Urgent" "Read it out for me and leave it there" ""Your son Shanti died today, because of cholera Stop"" ""Your wife Gulab is gravely ill Stop Come soon Stop"" "Bapu...?" " Hari my son, come with me to the Ashram." "Forget the past" "Your children need you I'm there at the Ashram, Ba is there, your children are there" "Come, we will live together" "Come" "Bapu, here comes your little prince" "What's the matter ?" "You look very happy" "Come here, Rasik" "You must recite for me a poem, at the prayer meeting." "Let us practise" "Rasiklal Harilal..." "Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi" "He had a goat, the goat refused to be milked" "So Rasiklal Gandhi... could not stop weeping !" "Very good" "Greetings, Satyapal-ji." " Greetings Hari-bhai !" "All well ?" " l sent you a message and you're here ?" "Godrej customers cannot go away empty-handed for lack of stocks" "Hari-bhai, I think that's enough" "Why do you worry, Satyapal-ji" "You are very special to us." "Do not worry I've spoken to the company." "You will get extended credit... and a special discount" "What about last month's account ?" "Next week" "Sure ?" " Sure !" "Thank you" "Mahadev-bhai, greetings." " Greetings" "Bapu, you... here ?" "I waited so long foryou to return." "You didn't come, so I decided to come" "How is Ba ?" " The same" "And the children ?" " They're fine" "But they miss you a lot" "As soon as I have the money, I want them to come here, to live with me. I will call Ba also" "Well, if you invite me, even I will come back" "These photos... are from our South African days ?" "What a wonderful collection of books you have I've tried my utmost to educate myself, Bapu" "Mahadev, do you remember me telling you that... my Harilal was the first passive resister in South Africa... to use fasting as a weapon forjustice" "You were my brave soldier, Hari" "That was a long time ago, Bapu" "Bapu, this is Calcutta" "They will not listen" "You will have to speak" "Please, I am here as my son's guest." "I will spend the night here" "Asmall request, please let me spend some time with my son, without disturbance" "History is calling you again, Hari I want you tojoin the struggle" "And do what ?" "Fight, for country" "With me, you can fight your whole life" "Forthe country, this may be your last chance." "Join us" "Proclaim to the British Government, you may hang us on the gallows oryou can send us to prison," "but from us, you get no co-operation" "Today the British Empire represents Satanism" "And those who love God, cannot love Satan, can they ?" "This empire is guilty of the most terrible atrocities I tell you if it does not apologise to God and to this country... it will definitely perish" "And I also wish to say, if it does not apologise, then we make it our duty as Indians... to destroy it" "We are fortunate to have you amongst us" "We wondered, who besides Gandhi...?" " Then thankfully, you arrived I am indebted to you foryour help" "All that's in the past" "The rents you owed to your landlord are paid" "You can now sleep peacefully in your house I am very grateful" "Hari-bhai, as your well-wisher, I must advise you that... the welfare of your children should be a priority" "As important as the freedom movement is, so also is your responsibility towards... the children" "I know, but nowthat I've made the choice, I'm either in or out of prison, or marching the streets with passive resisters" "Exactly, this is where we come in" "That is why we called this meeting" "We have formed a group of a few respectable people to help you" "We will float a company in your name, we'll build a factory, issue shares, we'll collect money, make profits, to secure yourfuture" "Who'll invest in my name ?" "I'm not from... a business family or industrial group" "Gandhi is much biggerthan anything else in this country" "You cannot use my father's name" "No... no, he did not explain correctly" "We will use your name, Harilal Mohandas Gandhi" "You're confusing him" "Hari-bhai, let me explain." "It's quite straightforward, men like you who fight forfreedom are very emotional, but you must look at economic realities" "This is yourtime, you are hailed as a Gandhi" "So encash on it" "You don't have to run to yourfatherfor money I have never done all this, I don't know..." "Youjust leave it to me." "I will fix everything" "Anytime you feel uncomfortable, just quit" "No thank you, I have stopped all this" "Hari-bhai, God gives us only one life I know you have a public image, but in private, you can always enjoy" "Please..." "As a token of our respect" "Have they found his relatives ?" "No" "Bapu, I invested all my savings... in Hari-bhai's company" "Nowthere's no company, and no Hari-bhai" "Everyone has run away" "They showed me your photo, that's why I gave them my money" "Bapu, at that time, I saw only you" "Now, I am ruined" "What am I to do now," "what should I do, Bapu ?" "Bapu, tell me" ""Harilal is my eldest son, but we have had our differences."" ""He does not believe in my ideals and even challenges them in public."" ""lf he changes his ways, my arms are always open to embrace him."" ""However, all relationships have their limits."" ""lf Harilal has a conscience, he will repay his debts."" ""Let this be a warning to all,"" ""who are being lured by big names into financial transactions."" ""Men may be good, but not necessarily their children."" ""Next time you deal with him, please remember."" ""l am not related to him in any manner whatsoever."" ""Signed, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi."" "I ask you to donate generously to eradicate the curse of Untouchability" "And now I want you to repeat after me" "Let there be many temples, mosques, churches, gurudwaras" "But as Indians... we shall bow as one... to Mother India" "We bowto Mother India" "Mahatma Gandhi..." " Long live" "Gandhi !" "We will not allow an Untouchable into ourtemples" "Keep your untouchable filth in your Ashram, Gandhi" "Hindu society will never accept this" "Down with Gandhi !" "Gandhi-ji, please state your clear position on Untouchability" "Untouchability is a curse on humanity" "So long as it exists in Hindu society... we cannot be a part of the civilized world" "Hari...!" "What has been the response to your call for donations forthe Untouchables ?" "I've been going with a begging bowl all across the country I admit, I am disappointed with people in the cities." "Their hearts... have shrunk" "Ask them to contribute for a social or national cause, they look for excuses ln contrast, our villagers who have very little, will give all they can I am convinced, the heart of India lives in her villages" "I will feed you" "No matter how old you are, you will always be my child" "Where have you been, Hari ?" "We've been looking foryou everywhere" "Make no mistake, Untouchability has to be eradicated" "And Hindu-Muslim unity is the foundation on which a new India will be built" "And forthese principles, I am willing to lay down my life" "Wonderful !" "Ba, God has answered your prayers !" "Harilal has come to see you" "At every railway station we stop, Ba is searching foryou only." "Ask her" "Don't test our patience" "Don't challenge our belief, Gandhi" "Hari, I read your statement in a newspaper... that you might be embracing Christianity...?" "I was misquoted" "However, I do respect their service to the community" "Son, I am also told... you have been borrowing money... at high interest rates" "How will you repay ?" "I don't know, Bapu" "And I don't care" "Son, come back to us." "Come and live with us in the Ashram" "Long live Mahatma Gandhi" "He has escaped unhurt !" "Let's run !" "Can I stay a while longer ?" "I just want to talk to you" "You know, this is business time, please understand..." "Shalini, how much longer ?" "I am done" "Hari-bhai, stop" "Listen" "We aren't afteryou forthe money." "Zakaria-saheb sent us" "Zakaria-saheb said, you have spoken with him" "No Hari-bhai, please, these are small matters I am glad you are here" "We have paid all your debts" "We can no longer bearto see you in this condition anymore" "You don't have to hide anywhere, you do not have to sleep on streets lt's a shame on us, that you have to suffer all this" "Thank you" "Oh Hari-bhai, please don't mention it, this is your house" "You are now part of ourfamily" "Hindus and Muslims are my two eyes" "They are simply testing ourfaith" "But a fewfanatics on both sides cannot hold a civilization to ransom" "Harilal has sold his soul to the highest bidder... and his flesh to the cheapest pleasure" "Now, it is up to his newfriends to save him from hell" "Harilal and Abdullah are one and the same, Ba." "The same... a true devotee of God lf Harilal achieves true devotion by following the path of Islam... then he should be dearto us... by whatever name he is known" "Good evening, gentlemen." "Don't move." "Don't be afraid" "Don't worry, give me the reins" "Abdullah-bhai, you put yourfeet on the accelerator and press hard I will race with the horse" "The police is here !" " Get into the van" "Where are you taking us ?" "We're no freedom fighters... we'rejust happy." " Get in" "Where are you taking my friends ?" " Get down" "Get down ?" "Say, "Please get down"" "Don't misbehave" "You know Mahatma Gandhi ?" "Who does not know him" "He is my father" "You are Gandhi-ji's son ?" " No." "He is my father" "Really ?" "It's a long story I just announced in a meeting today... that both he and my mother should also change their religion" "You too can follow my path and change. I will recommend you" "Since you claim that Gandhi-ji is yourfather... we will put you people in a comfortable place to sleep tonight" "Good !" "Get him into the police van." "Why... what, police van... where ?" "Abdullah-bhai... because of yourfather, they were kind to you" "And that's why you are sitting here and eating this food" "But you are embarrassing us, misusing our hospitality" "Enough" "You have changed a lot, Hari" "Every time I see a newspaper, or hear about you... I wonder... is it my son they are talking about ?" "My own Hari" "The one I nursed in my womb" "Where do we hide ourfaces, Hari ?" "What do I say to your children ?" "Bapu is strong, he can bear it" "But what do I do ?" "I am a mother, I cannot disown you" "Nor can I call you my own" "Harilal, we have done you no harm" "Then why do you bring shame on us ?" "Why do you abuse us, our religion ?" "You have a right to say what you want, to do what you want" "As a mother," "I can only plead, Hari" "Please spare us" "I am too old to bearthis, son" "I am very tired, Hari" "Very tired, defeated" "I am defeated now" "Following the teachings of Dayanand Saraswati, and due to the efforts of Arya Samaj, I return to Hinduism" "Where are you going ?" "I don't know" "I gave you money for medicine and you... I am here to look afteryou" "Alcohol cures me and kills me I keep trying to change my future," "I wear new clothes, but my past always catches up with me I've too much history" "And very little sense of geography" "I will not let you go alone" "Howfar will you follow me ?" "I have gone too far" "Victory to Mahatma Gandhi" "Victory to Mahatma Gandhi" "Victory to Mother Kasturba" "Hari !" "Look what I have foryou, Ba" "Harilal, what have you brought for me ?" "Nothing." "This is only for my mother" "All this "Long live Mahatma Gandhi", all this adulation you are getting, it is only because of my mother I knowthat" "Will you come with us, son ?" "No, I have come only to meet my mother" "Where did you get this ?" "I told the fruit seller, "This is for my mother"" "He said take it." "No money lf you are not going to eat it, then give it back to me" "No, son." "Only I will eat it." " l brought this only foryou." "You eat it" "Victory to Mahatma Gandhi" "Victory to Mother Kasturba" "Here is a mantra... I give you. Imprint it on your heart... let your every breath give expression to it" "The mantra is, "Do or die"" "We shall eitherfree India, or die in the attempt" "Every one of you, from this moment onwards, must should consideryourself free, a free man orfree woman" "Act as if you are free and... no longer underthe heel of foreign domination" "This is an open rebellion" "Leave India to God" "Orto anarchy" "But quit India" "Do or die" "We shall do or die" "How big is our country ?" "Why ?" "You don't know?" "You keep taking my tests, now you tell me, how big...?" "Very big" "What is big ?" "You remember, in our geography class, I showed you the globe of the world" "And I also showed you Europe" "So take Europe, add a few other countries. lt's that big" "And how many British are there in our country ?" "Three hundred thousand, add a fewthousands" "Then why do you want them to quit India ?" "Such a big country, we can all live here like a big family I want them to quit as our rulers" "Once they stop ruling us, we have no quarrel with them" "Good point, you must tell them this I will" "Now I cannot take long walks, I get tired" "You go alone from tomorrow" "Where have you been, son ?" "Ba, I wanted to come here to meet you, but they wouldn't allow me" "Who, who is stopping you ?" "Just because he is poor ?" "They allow all my children, he is also my son" "Come here, son" "No Ba, I will sit here" "Come here, come." "I won't let you go anywhere" "You're staying with me, you aren't going anywhere else" "Come to me, son" "You are drunk ?" "You come drunk to meet me ?" "I have come to see you, Ba" "No liquor..." " Bapu, he has been drinking !" "You have no shame ?" "I came to see you." "You go away !" "Go now" "Take him away" "Take him away..." "Hari, just go away I'm not drunk." " Leave, Hari" "Bapu, Ba needs you" "Ba..." "Where is Hari ?" "He will come" "What will happen to him after me ?" "Bapu, promise me" "You will take care of Hari I will" "He is not bad... just unfortunate" "Where is my sari ?" "Which one ?" "You forgot ?" "The one you spun specially for me, the one with a red border" "Promise, you will drape... that sari on me on my lastjourney" "I will" "Ba..." "Ba" "Where are you hiding ?" "Come out" "Come out and kill me" "As it is, how many years have I left to live" "At least I will be spared this inhumanity, this barbarity" "I won't have to bearthis agony" "How do I face the world ?" "Hindus call me a traitor and Muslims are praying for my death" "But let me make this clear, you can cut me into pieces," "but I will not be a willing party to a divided India" "Never !" "Can you find out where my Harilal is ?" "Why, Bapu ?" "Overthe past few days, I've been thinking about him a lot lt's very difficult to trace him, but we can try" "If hejoins me in this critrical hour... then I am ready to die in his lap, a very happy man" "You know, the greatest regret of my life is... that there are two persons... whom I could never convince" "One is my friend from Kathiawad, Mohammed Ali Jinnah" "And the second," "my own son Harilal" "Harilal Gandhi" "Please leave." "We are closing shop now" "My Bapu is no more, I am an orphan now" "My Bapu is gone" "I don't want your money." "Please keep it." "Just go" "Those cowards." "They killed him with bullets" "Bullets !" "My Bapu is gone, he has left us alone"