(This is) simply to note (what is apparently) the 70th anniversary of the death (by assassination) of India's global colossus, Mohandas (Karamchand) Gandhi...
*Having (simply) heard tale of such (anniversary) the other day...
*In the context of New Zealand's ongoing 'Jami Lee Ross' political saga/drama, to wit, The NZ National Party's abject (if entirely understandable) grovelling before our ethnic Indian community in penance for the recorded comments of JLR in particular, but - moreover - unrepudiated (at the critical time/juncture) by National's leader (then and now), the hapless (and then evidently helpless) Simon Bridges...to wit: the awful/appalling/atrocious suggestion that their parliamentary representation by two Chinese was worth somewhat/appreciably more than that of two or three 'equivalent' Indians...which comment their two Indian MPs evidently felt not significant enough to publicly speak out about in criticism of Mr Bridges...
*Having (35 years ago) seen a deeply affecting film, 'Gandhi', the three-hour-plus movie docudrama by Richard Attenborough, the late brother of longtime and justly-celebrated TV filmmaker/nature doco star David Attenborough...which film graphically and powerfully depicts the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi in gripping and unforgettable fashion...
*Though having also - thus far only cursorily - surveyed another far less favourable and flattering depiction of his life in the magazine, Natural Medicine, (The New Zealand Journal of), Nov. 2016.
*Having also long been an admirer of the Gandhi clan/political dynasty (of Congress Party fame) which long ruled India, in particular Indira Gandhi, also sent from this life by an assassin's bullet (33 years ago, I believe)...
Epilogue:
And would'ya believe that today (Oct 23rd) I happened to bump into and chat with two local Indian-born contractors, and that one of them was actually surnamed 'Gandhi'?!?!?
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