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GAndhi

The poem by Niranjan Mohanty expresses Mahatma Gandhi's patriotic feelings and willingness to sacrifice everything for a united India. It suggests that Gandhi would have been willing to give even more of his "flesh and blood", tears, and pain if the people had asked for it, as he sought to overcome divisions in Indian society and achieve independence through non-violence. The poem closes with Gandhi praying to God to save the people of India.

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GAndhi

The poem by Niranjan Mohanty expresses Mahatma Gandhi's patriotic feelings and willingness to sacrifice everything for a united India. It suggests that Gandhi would have been willing to give even more of his "flesh and blood", tears, and pain if the people had asked for it, as he sought to overcome divisions in Indian society and achieve independence through non-violence. The poem closes with Gandhi praying to God to save the people of India.

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Poem Gandhi by Niranjan Mohanty is loaded with

Gandhi's self-less and magnanimous patriotism.


The poet has tried to give voice to Gandhi's unsaid
feelings and thoughts that might have been
suppressed with his assassination.
The poet, Niranjan Mohanty imbibed with patriotic feelings
of Gandhiji, has expressed Gandhiji’s through this poem.

“They” refers here the people of India who have


been divided among themselves in the name of religion,
caste, creed, regionalism and language besides socio-
economic challenges like ignorance, illiteracy, poverty and
untouchablity before Gandhiji to achieve unity among the
people.
He wanted to eradicate these votive egoistic self-
centered demonic people at the time of freedom struggle
by sacrificing everything even his flesh and blood. Flesh and
blood is the rich and fertile manure for the growth of
Liberty.
Gandhiji had sacrificed everything his personal
possessions, wishes, joys, happiness and every possible
good moment for the sake of united India. He shed his
tears, blood to satisfy the dirty monstrous selfish
dividers of the nation.
Probably Gandhiji’s aims and ambitions for
harmonious nation were supposed to be unwanted.
Finally, Gandhiji fell to the bullets of a haughty fanatic
and his body is laid to rest as a martyr, honouring him
as Mahatma (the Great Soul) of the nation. Nobody
was in a position to understand his great motivation to
build a mighty nation.
They didn't tell mehow much of my
flesh and blood they needed; how much
of my silence would have reared the
weedsof their votive ego, I'd have given
them much more.

In the first stanza the poet speaking on behalf of


Gandhi satirically complains that Gandhi was ready
to make many more sacrifices if they needed; but
he had no idea how many more they sacrifices they
needed. He was ready to remain more silent for the
sake of egoistic people, but he did not know how
much more silence was required of him.
They didn't tell me how much of my tears they needed
to hoist a jungle of their pride; surely, I'd have given
them, even much more.

They didn't tell me how much of my pains they


needed to quench their thirst; I'd have given them.

In the second stanza the poet says Gandhi was willing to


shed more tears for the sake of the pride of his people,
but they did not ask him to do so.
In the third stanza the poet says that Gandhi was
willing to bear much more pain for the sake of certain
people of his country; but they did not tell him how much
more pain they wanted him to bear.
Surely, a sea of it I'd have given them.
They only needed my blood's still breath;
and I flooded them with my love.

O' Lord of the universe save them.

In the fourth stanza the poet says Gandhi gave his


unconditional love to his countrymen. He gave
them his blood when they demanded it.

He concludes the poem by praying to God to


save people of his countrymen from the path of
self-destruction.
THANK YOU

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