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1. Letter to Abbas Tyabji 2. Necessity of Discipline 1. LETTER TO ABBAS TYABJI SATYAGRAHA ASHRAM, SABARMATI, May 2, 1928 MY DEAR BHRRR, You were right in your surmise about absence of any letter from me. 1 God is great and good and even merciful. I am following the events in Bardoli. Every word of what you say is well deserved by Vallabhbhai. Don’t flatter yourself with the belief that if the Government invite you as their guest, they will house you at Sabarmati. The Ashram is too near for the Sabarmati guest house.2 Yours sincerely, M. K. GANDHI From a photostat: S.N. 9563 2. NECESSITY OF DISCIPLINE Some workers in the Khadi Service write :3 Here there is an obvious confusion of ideals. Distorted notions of superiority and inferiority have given rise to indiscipline in al- most all the national organizations. Many people think that to abolish distinctions of rank means passport to anarchy and licence. Whereas the meaning of abolition of distinctions should be perfect discipline,—perfect because of voluntary obedience to the laws of the organization to which we may belong, i.e., the laws of our being. For man is himself a wonderful organization and what applies to him applies to the social or political organizations of which he may be a member. And even as though the different members of the body are 1 Following the death of Maganlal Gandhi, Gandhiji had not sent any letter to the addressee. 2 Abbas Tyabji who was at the time assisting Vallabhbhai Patel in the Bardoli struggle had, while giving an account of the arrest and trial of Ravishanker, mentioned the possibility of his own arrest. 3 The letter is not reproduced here. The workers had complained that though they were required to attend Khadi Office punctually the Secretary himself was not punctual. They had asked: “. Why should this inferiority and superiority prevail among workers in the same field?” VOL. 42: 2 MAY, 1928 - 9 SEPTEMBER, 1928 1 not inferior to any, they are voluntarily subject to the control of the mind, whilst the body is in a healthy state, so have the members of an organization, whilst none is superior or inferior to any other, to be voluntarily subject to the mind of the organization which is the head. An organization which has no directing mind or which has no members co-operating with the mind suffers from paralysis and is in a dying condition. The correspondents who have signed the letter I have reproduced to not realize that if they do not accept the elementary discipline involved in giving regular attendance, that Khadi Office of which they are members cannot work profitably to its purpose, i.e., service of Daridranarayana. Let them realize that the voluntary discipline of a khadi office should be much stricter than the compulsory discipline of a Government office. If the chief of the Khadi Office concerned does not attend always in time, it is highly likely that he is engaged in khadi work even when he is not at his office. For whilst the staff has fairly regular hours the chief has no hours of receration. If he is honest and realizes the responsibilities of his high office, he has to work day and night in order to make khadi what it should be. It is one thing to come into a going concern, totally another to enter a newly-formed organization intended to be the largest of its kind in the world. Such an organization requires the vigilant, intelligent and honest watch not of one worker but of thousands. These workers have to come into being by belonging to the existing organizations and imposing on themselves the hardest discipline of which they way be capable. Young India, 3-5-1928 3. THANKS Friends from far and near have overwhelmed me with their kind messages in what has been to me the greatest trial of my life. It was foolish of me but it is nevertheless true that I had never contemplated Maganlal Gandhi’s death before mine. The cables, telegrams and letters I have received from individuals, associations and Congress Committees have been a great solace to me. The senders will forgive me for not making personal acknowledgments. I assure them all that I shall try to become worthy of the affection they have bestowed upon me and of the silent devotion with which Maganlal Gandhi served the ideals he held in common with me. M. K. G. Young India, 3-5-1928 2 THE COLLECTED WORKS OF MAHATMA GANDHI 4. LETTER TO VIRUMAL BEGRAJ THE ASHRAM, SABARMATI, May 4, 1928 DEAR FRIEND, I have your letter. You do not want me to answer your questions as a lawyer; for my law may not be accepted. But as a layman, it seems to me that neither the Bava nor his widow nor the Brahmin in the other case have any right to the properties mentioned by you and held under the circumstances described by you. Yours sincerely, SJT. VIRUMAL HEGRAJ “SINDHI” OFFICE SUKKUR From a microfilm: S.N. 13214 5. LETTER TO P. T. PILLAY THE ASHRAM, SABARMATI, May 4, 1928 DEAR FRIEND, I do not consider the burning of Manusmriti to be on a par with the buring of foreign cloth. Burning of foreign cloth is like burning a thing that is injurious; but the burning of Manusmriti is at best like the burning of an advertisement for foreign cloth showing nothing but childish rage. Moreover, I do not regard Manusmriti as an evil. It contains much that is admirable, but in its present form it undoubtedly contains many things that are bad and these appear to be interpolations. Whilst a reformer would therefore treasure all excellent things in that ancient code, he would expurgate all that is injurious or of doubtful value. If we are to attain swaraj by effort from within, I do consider removal of untouchability like achieving Hindu-Muslim unity as a condition precedent to the attainment of swaraj. But when the English rulers resist the demand for swaraj because we have not attained fully removal of untouchability, I rgeard their resistance as hypocritical and illegitimate. Yours sincerely, SJT. P. TIRUKOOTASUNDARAM PILLAY SINDUPPONDURAI TINNEVELLY From a microfilm: S.N. 13211 VOL. 42: 2 MAY, 1928 - 9 SEPTEMBER, 1928 3 6. LETTER TO L. CRANNA [May 4, 1928]1 The reference to me in the last paragraph of your letter, I am grieved to say, is a fabrication from beginning to end.2 I should be sorry to learn that the Dean of Bristol had indeed spoken as reported. L. CRANNA, ESQ. C/O Y.M.C.A. SINGAPORE From a photostat: S.N. 14345 7. LETTER TO HARIBHAU UPADHYAYA Vaisakha 15, May 4, 1928 BHAI HARIBHAU, I shall see Punjabhai with regard to Raichandbhai’s writings. Yes, do translate Mr. Gregg’s book3 into Hindi. There is little hope of getting any funds from Charkha Sangh in this connection. The article on khadi in C.P. will appear in Navajivan. I shall try to give a synopsis in Young India.4 Blessings from BAPU SHRI HARIBHAU KHADI KARYALAYA AJMER From Hindi: C.W. 6059. Courtesy: Haribhau Upadhyaya 1 This was an enclosure to “Letter to L. Cranna”, 13-7-1928. The addressee in his letter of May 18 had referred to it as of this date. 2 Cranna had earlier sent Gandhiji as letter addressed to “Sustaining Members” enclosing a cutting from Central Christian Advocate, which read : “‘A friend of mine, said the Dean of Bristol, lately, ‘told me recently a striking story of Mr. Gandhi. After one of his foreign tours as a champion of Indian interests, he was received by a tremendous meeting of people in Calcutta. He was the popular hero of the day and the place was crowded with, I think, 15,000 Bengalees who had come to welcome him. My friend was the one Englishman present. For three hours the orators of Bengal spoke in praise of themselves and Mr. Gandhi: and then came the great moment, when Mr. Gandhi rose and all this vast assembly settled themselves on their haunches waiting for their great orator to speak. His speech consisted of one sentence, and one sentence only: ‘The man to whom I owe most and to whom all India owes most is a man who never set his foot in India—and that was Christ.’ And then he sat down.’” Cranna had asked: “Has this your confirmation?” 3Economics of Khaddar 4 An article by Mahadev Desai appeared in Hindi Navajivan, 10-5-1928, and a summary by Haribhau Upadhyaya in Young India, 9-8-1928, under the title “Khadi in Central India”. 4 THE COLLECTED WORKS OF MAHATMA GANDHI 8. INDULGENCE IN THE NAME OF DEVOTION Thanks to Shri Jaydayalji Goenka, an attempt is nowadays being made to create a spirit of devotion in the Marwari society. With this object in view bhajan groups have been formed and bhajan bhavans1 are also being run. One such bhavan called Govind Bhavan has been started in Calcutta. At Shri Jaydayalji’s instance, a certain gentleman was put in charge of it. He indulged in debauchery in the name of devotion. He accepted puja from women; women regarded him as God and worshipped him; he gave them his left-overs to eat and debauched them. The simple-hearted women believed that having physical relations with one who had attained self-realization could not be regarded as sinful. Although the incident is painful, it does not surprise me. All around us we find people who gratify their lust under the guise of devotion.
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