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14th August 1947. Mahatma Gandhi was in Calcutta where he was together trying to ensure that the communal riots of 1946 would not be repeated when 15th August came. When they asked Gandhi whether he would miss being in Delhi that day, he quoted John Masefield's 'A Consecration'
"Others may sing of the wine and the wealth and the mirth,
The portly presence of potentates goodly in girth;—
Mine be the dirt and the dross, the dust and scum of the earth!
Theirs be the music, the colour, the glory, the gold;
The portly presence of potentates goodly in girth;—
Mine be the dirt and the dross, the dust and scum of the earth!
Theirs be the music, the colour, the glory, the gold;
Mine be a handful of ashes, a mouthful of mould.
Of the maimed, of the halt and the blind in the rain and the cold—
Of these shall my songs be fashioned, my tales be told."
I always see the little children selling the Indian flags at traffic signals and remember his words.
Of the maimed, of the halt and the blind in the rain and the cold—
Of these shall my songs be fashioned, my tales be told."
I always see the little children selling the Indian flags at traffic signals and remember his words.
