Great Minds Think Alike.. Or Do They?
Once when Gandhi visited Tagore's school at Santiniketan, a young woman got him to sign her autograph book.
Gandhi wrote: "Never make a promise in haste. Having once made it fulfill it at the cost of your life."
When Tagore saw this entry, he became agitated. He wrote in the same book a short poem in Bengali to the effect that no one can be made "a prisoner forever with a chain of clay."
He went on to conclude in English, possibly so that Gandhi could read it too, "Fling away your promise if it is found to be wrong."
Gandhi wrote: "Never make a promise in haste. Having once made it fulfill it at the cost of your life."
When Tagore saw this entry, he became agitated. He wrote in the same book a short poem in Bengali to the effect that no one can be made "a prisoner forever with a chain of clay."
He went on to conclude in English, possibly so that Gandhi could read it too, "Fling away your promise if it is found to be wrong."
posted by GS at 3:22 PM
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Hmm.. I think 'to err is human', sometimes we might go wrong as well. To me it also shows Gandhi's mentality to stick to something even if it is wrong. He never believed in Science, like there was a quake in Bihar in the 30's and Gandhi claimed that it was God'd punishment for the wrong doings of the people!
RM
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