| Zamindar: Where shall we stand when India is independent
MKG: You will be as free as any scavenger …
Z: Many ancient zamindars existed bong before the advent of the British.
MKG: Anything that is ancient and consistent with moral values has a title to be retained. Per contra anything that does not conform to moral values has to go. Wrong has no prescriptive right to exist merely because it is of long standing.
Source: Gandhi Gopalkrishna (ed.), 2008, Gandhi: Essential Writings, The Oxford India, 581-582. |