By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, A friend desires that the verses from the Koran we recite here should be explained. These verses are ancient. The Koran was composed by Mohammed Saheb—it was spoken by him, thirteen centuries ago. The extracts from it that we...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I receive many visitors. I do not relate to you everything they say. I do let you know if something is important enough. Today I had some visitors. It appeared they had had some business with the Prime Minister. They said the...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I had told you I should be going to Panipat today. I had intended to be back by four o’clock. But there was so much work that I could not come before thirty-five minutes—at any rate thirty-three minutes past five. Then I heard...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, You know that today is Guru Nanak’s birthday. Someone had sent an invitation to me also but at that time I had told him that I should be excused. But today Baba Bachittar Singh came to me and insisted that I should go. He came...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, Today is Diwali and I congratulate all of you on the occasion. It is a great day in the Hindu calendar. According to the Vikram Samvat, New Year begins tomorrow on Thursday¹. You must understand why Diwali is...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I told you yesterday that the Provisional Government had entered the State of Junagadh at the request of its Prime Minister¹ and Deputy Prime Minister². I was surprised as well as happy to tell you this because I had not...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, Probably the news appeared in the newspapers four or five days ago that a labour conference is being held here which will be attended by many representatives from Asia. The conference will be held on the 27th of this month. The...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, First of all let me inform you that blankets continue to come. I have just come to know that two hundred blankets have arrived today. The blankets and also money arrive every day. I hope that the people who are in the camps here...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, Many persons come to see me every day. Some of them leave with me blankets and money for the refugees. A lady has given me today a cheque for Rs. 2,000. Two persons also came to see me on behalf of the Muslims. They have...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, In my speech yesterday there was no mention at all of what is going on between Hindus and Muslims these days. But today something has happened and I should not keep quiet about it. It has happened not here but at Dehra Dun. A...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I find satyagraha being carried on in many places in the country. I really wonder if what people describe as satyagraha is satyagraha or duragraha. What is happening in the country is that people talk of one thing and...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, The bhajan¹ which you heard today applies well to the present situation. We can all describe ourselves today as ’wrecked boats’. And then we pray to God that He may bring us to the shore, that is, without His grace our...