Found a book ' the truth about Gandhi'- review


J'ai trouvé ce livre dans ma bibliothèque négligée, protégé du temps et de la poussière par quelques autres ouvrages. Je ne me souviens pas quand je suis entré en possession de ce livre car, assurément, je ne l'ai pas acheté. C'est au mieux un livre d'occasion car il porte le gribouillis : "Meghshyam Ajgaonkar, Mani Bhavan Gandhi Sangrahalaya, Laburnum Road, Bombay, 400007". Enfant, j'ai vécu dans la zone du code postal 400008. La proximité de la transhumance reste inexpliquée.

Le gentleman qui le possédait auparavant ne l'avait pas lu, ce qui est évident d'après les premières notes d'attention, puis le silence. Il apparaît également, par les méthodes déductives de Holmes, que c'était une personne âgée dont les tremblements séniles se reflètent dans le gribouillis. Il est curieux qu'il ait choisi la dernière page pour inscrire son nom et le nom d'une bibliothèque – peut-être dédiée à un être cher. La dernière page a pu être choisie parce que c'est souvent une page blanche ou publicitaire, moins intrusive esthétiquement que la première page. C'est une façon simple et fonctionnelle de revendiquer le livre tout en sachant que l'inscription sera moins visible s'il le prête. Ou peut-être y a-t-il d'autres raisons.

Le livre lui-même est une appréciation consciente de l'approche de l'ahimsa et du Satyam dans la vie, telle que nous l'a présentée le Mahatma Gandhi. C'est une sorte d'éloge, mais qui vaut la peine d'être lue comme une perspective clairement présentée pour beaucoup d'entre nous, même si nous n'adhérons pas à la partie politique. L'auteur, MD. Jepheth, a quelques autres livres à son actif. Je n'ai pas réussi à comprendre grand-chose sur la personne qu'il est, mais ses autres livres suggèrent son affinité avec les idées de paix, l'Afrique du Sud et les Juifs.

Pratyush Chaudhuri

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