The time of which I am now speaking is my sixteenth year. My father, as we have seen, was bed-ridden, suffering from a fistula. My mother, an old servant of the house, and I were his principal attendants. I had the duties of a nurse, which mainly consisted in dressing the wound, giving my father […]
I have still to relate some of my failings during this meat-eating period and also previous to it, which date from before my marriage or soon after.A relative and I became fond of smoking. Not that we saw any good in smoking, or were enamoured of the smell of a cigarette. We simply imagined a
Amongst my few friends at the high school I had, at different times, two who might be called intimate. One of these friendships did not last long, though I never forsook my friend. He forsook me, because I made friends with the other. This latter friendship I regard as a tragedy in my life. It
I have already said that I was learning at the high school when I was married. We three brothers were learning at the same school. The eldest brother was in a much higher class, and the brother who was married at the same time as I was only one class ahead of me. Marriage resulted
About the time of my marriage, little pamphlets costing a pice, or a pie (I now forget how much), used to be issued, in which conjugal love, thrift, child marriages, and other such subjects were discussed. Whenever I came across any of these, I used to go through them cover to cover, and it was
Much as I wish that I had not to write this chapter, I know that I shall have to swallow many such bitter draughts in the course of this narrative. And I cannot do otherwise, if I claim to be a worshipper of Truth. It is my painful duty to have to record here my
I must have been about seven when my father left Porbandar for Rajkot to become a member of the Rajasthanik Court. There I was put into a primary school, and I can well recollect those days, including the names and other particulars of the teachers who taught me. As at Porbandar, so here, there is
The Gandhis belong to the Bania caste and seem to have been originally grocers. But for three generations, from my grandfather, they have been Prime Ministers in several Kathiawad States. Uttamchand Gandhi, alias Ota Gandhi, my grandfather, must have been a man of principle. State intrigues compelled him to leave Porbandar, where he was Diwan,
The evening of last week of June.In glittering Ashoka Hall of Rashtrapati Bhavan, Sonia Gandhi sat triumphantly on a front seat in the august gathering of political leaders and newly elected MPs, dignitaries and Rahul Gandhi.Her sacrifices had bore fruit again. The Congress and UPA was back in power.Manmohan Singh, the chosen one of Sonia
Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh were now fully aware that terrorism emanating from Pakistan had to be stopped at all costs. It was time to talk tough and rule out no option.P. Chidambaram took over as new home minister and got down to the business of working out anti-terror measures and make sure that 26/11
Enthused by the success of NREGA, Sonia Gandhi pushed for other welfare schemes most of which were rural centric. UPA government became very serious about other welfare schemes and projects many of them were ongoing. More funds were made available for these programmes, better planning and implementation with seriousness was worked out. The administrations were
Another achievement that UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and UPA government (I) must rightfully be proud of is introduction of Right to Information Law better known as RTI Act. It allows a commonman legal access to the records of the Central Government and those of states. Under the provisions of this act, any citizen may request
In 2004 Jaya Bachchan, the wife of Amitabh Bachchan had been appointed as the Chairperson of UP Film Development Board by Samajwadi Party’s Mulayam Singh government. She was then elected to the Rajya Sabha. A congressman who lost to her filed a petition to Election Commission for Jaya Bachchan’s disqualification citing Article 102 (1) (a)
From a lovely baby, Priyanka grew into a pretty girl, young lady, happily married princess and a proud mother. She had been joy of her late father and Sonia Gandhi. Pretty Priyanka carries with her princessly aura and grace. She has been chatty and articulate.Infact when Rahul and Priyanka started to interact with party workers
Back home in Italy Sonia came from a family with political history. Because of it the family suffered badly and went through a harrowing time when the opponents came to power. That experience left a bad impression on little Sonia. She detested politics and grew up as an apolitical character. Politics was a dirty word