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Post Prayer Speech 1947-12-18
By Mahatma Gandhi BROTHERS AND SISTERS, A correspondent writes to ask why I object to English being used, but not to Urdu. The Muslims and the English are the same to us since we are friends of all. The correspondent’s complaint arises out of ignorance. Not only do I...
Post Prayer Speech 1947-12-11
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...
Post Prayer Speech 1947-12-03
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...
Post Prayer Speech 1947-12-02
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...
Post Prayer Speech 1947-11-28
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...
Post Prayer Speech 1947-11-12
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...
Post Prayer Speech 1947-11-11
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...
Post Prayer Speech 1947-10-24
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...
Post Prayer Speech 1947-10-22
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...