Discuss gandhis attempt of seling English gentleman
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While studying Law in England,
To attune himself with
The way of life therein
To emulate the polished way
Of English society
Gandhi tried his hand at becoming
An ‘English Gentleman'!
Through many trials, many attempts!
Gandhiji spent ten pounds to buy an evening suit,
And a chimney pot hat to match his attire.
He invested three pounds
To learn dancing
Another three pounds to learn violin!
That was not all!
He joined elocution classes,
Tried a hand in learning French too!
The eagerness to learn
And acquire more skills
Gripped Gandhiji
But after six lessons of dancing
He could neither dance
With ‘any rhythmic motion'
Nor was he able to play or
Tune the violin strings.
Gandhiji suddenly felt like a recluse!
His state was like the one
In the old Indian fable!
A man kept a cat to keep off the rats,
Then, a cow to feed the cat with milk,
Then, a care taker to look after the cow,
So, it went on; his ambitions growing.
Like that of the recluse!
The period of infatuation
To imitate,
To walk and talk gently,
Like a polished Englishman,
Hardly lasted for three months!
The initial period was not merely
A period of desires and experiments,
But a period of introspection as well!
Gandhiji reasoned that neither learning to dance,
Nor lessons in elocution can make a gentleman out of him!
And violin! He could learn in India too!
He needed to stop!
After all he had come to England
Not to stay there for a life time!
He realised he needed to remain focused on his study
And get back to his native land at the earliest.
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