Gandhi, Bose and Nehru, The Clash

 Gandhi, Subhas Bose and Nehru are 3 towering figures of Indian poltics and the freedom movement. Out of these Bose and Gandhi represented two different strands of approach to freedom of India. The basic difference between Bose and Gandhi was ideology. Gandhi believed in the creed of non violence and Bose talked of revolution. Nehru without much of a base of his own sided with Gandhi and the anointed heir apparant. In late thirties Bose put forward his theory with vehemence. The net result was that it alarmed Gandhi and Nehru. The mass of Indian population also were galvanized by Bose's call for freedom at any price. This again was not to the liking of Gandhi and he saw his support base shrinking. Matters came to an head in the Lahore session of the Congress party in 1938. Gandhi went public in his opposition to Bose. Above all he opposed the candidature of Bose for the Presidentship of the Congress party. Gandhi in public speech made it clear that Bose must be defeated and his candidate Sitaramiah be elected. Both Gandhi and Nehru thought that in the election Bose would be defeated. The electon result shocked Gandhi. Nehru sulked at the result which brought out that Gandgi's nominee had been defeated by a wide margin. Gandhi's prestige took a nose dive, but he resolved to oust Bose. Gandhi now resorted to his favorite ruse non-cooperation. He refused to meet Bose and also did not meet him. He started a policy of noncooperation with Bose. At this time Subhas Bose wrote a long letter to Nehru requesting support to run the party. It is on record that Nehru ignored the letter and later sent a cursory reply, skirting all the issues raised by Bose. Thus a situation was created by Gandhi and Nehru, where Bose could not function as Congress Partu President. The situatoon was clear to Bose that Gandhi wanted him out of the party. Bose took the extteme step and resigned as Congress President. He parted ways with Gandhi. The exit of Bose was a relief to Gandhi and Nehru. The rest is hostory as Bose charted his seperate course of action and raised the Azad Hind Army to fight the British Raj.

Amrita Shergill, Nudes and Art

When I was younger, I did have some talent as a artist.In those days I painted a lot, but my father was vehemently opposed to any study of art and so I fell in line with him and achieved a conventional degree and carried on in life. Still two or three of my paintings remain as a reminder to what I could have accomplished. Anyway that is old hat now, but my interest in art did not diminish and recently I spent a considerable amount of time witnessing and studying the paintings of Amrita Shergill at the Museum at Delhi.
The paintings are absolutely stunning. The best part are some lovely nudes of herself which stand out in the collection. Who was Amrita Shergill ? Not many may be knowing that she was a Sikh girl who died young at the age of 28. Her short life span however is a beacon to modern Indian painters. Born in 1913 of a Hungarian mother and Sikh father in Hungary, she died of a mysterious illness at Lahore in 1941. I have reproduced one of her paintings to give a reader the visual of the type of painter she was.

 Nudity , beauty and women from centuries have gone hand in hand. However It must be understood hat nudism per se is not art. But again most of the greats in the field of art have painted nudes as a form of self expression.

Coming to Amrita Shergill, she was certainly a genius and achieved more than painters in a life time. Her paintings are raw and earthy and conform to the fact that a nude is Gods most wonderful creation. Her self portraits in the nude are there for posterity as a tribute to her skill and spirit. That is perhaps the reason the ancients in India and Greece painted and sculpted nude women. Lastly we must remember that a nude is a creative form of expression and perhaps an erotic woman's painting is the ultimate in creativity.

I feel sad that Amrita died so young.One wonders what she could have achieved in a life time, but then God has his own peculiar way of running the world.

My Boy Hood Days'Legend of the Lone Ranger'

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The Lone Ranger is a fictional character that has carved a niche of its own. It has been the subject of numerous comics and films. Basically the Lone Ranger is man from the wild west, an era in American history just after the Civil War that ended in1865.

The Lone ranger wears a mask, hence his face is never known. He is the nemesis of rustlers, crooks and fighters. He sports 2 revolvers( .45 ) on belt around his waist. He uses distinct bullets which have an caskng os silver. Thus it is common to say that the Lone Ranger uses silver bullets. The Lone Ranger can handle his guns with ease and is a master shot.

The legend is devolped further and the Lone ranger has a white colored steed named trigger. In one of the films Trigger saves the lawman by taking him to water hole with the Lone Rangers hand on the stirrup. The Lone Ranger also has pal. He is a Red Indian brave named Tonto. His horse is called Scout. Both the Lone Ranger and his companion Tonto form a deadly combination as law men.

Hollywood has produced at least half a dozen films on the Legend of the Lone Ranger. The Lone Ranger is character who is much loved in Americs. Even in India he is a character who is easily identified. The lone Ranger and Tonto fight gunmen, killers and rustlers with guns blazing.It makes thrilling stuff and I suppose the Lone Ranger and Tonto wll live for another 100 years