By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, Is there anybody in the meeting who is against the recitation from the Koran?¹ I shall respect your opposition, though I know that the rest of the people would be disappointed that the prayers will not take place.² With my...

After my experience of last evening¹ I have decided not to hold the prayers till every man present in the audience is ready for it. I have never imposed anything on anybody, then how can I impose a highly spiritual thing like prayer? The prompting to pray or not to...

By M.K.Gandhi Historical SpeechesSpeech About Satya aur AhimsaM.K. GandhiAudio Source: All India Radio Notes This item is part of a library of books, audio, video, and other materials from and about India is curated and maintained by Public Resource. The purpose of...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS,¹ Gandhiji apologized to the radio men for his occasional breach of the rule that his speech should not exceed twenty minutes, not even fifteen, if possible. He said that he could not always observe the rule for his main purpose...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, Brajkishan tells me that the gentleman who protested yesterday is protesting today also. I like his protest and at the same time I do not like it. I like it because of its peaceful and dignified nature. If he disapproves of...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, Long ago, perhaps in 1915, when I came to Delhi I had met Hakim Saheb¹ and Dr. Ansari. I was told that Delhi was ruled not by the British but by Hakim Saheb. Dr. Ansari was an elderly man and a great surgeon and physician. He...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, Today I want to tell you something about the refugees from Pakistan. But the difficulty is whether they should be called refugees. Some persons met me yesterday and asked me why I was referring to them as refugees. In a way they...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, When I was walking around in Noakhali I saw that people were very frightened. And frightened people cannot think of God. Then we had to pass through villages and find our way along narrow tracks round the fields—something which...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, A friend suggests that since it is getting cold we should begin our prayer half an hour earlier, that is, at 5 p. m. I admit it is getting to be pretty cold. Though the days will be getting longer minute by minute from now on,...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, A gentleman has written a letter to me. It is accompanied with a cutting from a Bombay newspaper. It is stated in that cutting that Gandhi is only carrying on propaganda for the Congress, but people are not interested in hearing...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, Today you have heard a very sweet bhajan. The person who sang that beautiful bhajan may not be known to all of you. His name is Dilip Kumar Roy. He has visited many places. Few persons in India possess the...

By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, I have been forgetting to talk about Mysore. You must be aware of what has happened there. Sir Ramaswamy Mudaliar is the Dewan of Mysore. Mysore has joined the Indian Union. The people of that State are well educated. They have...