How Ghandi Got His Mojo Back
By Swati Gauri Sharma | October 13, 2006 | The Boston Globe
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/10/13/how_gandhi_got_his_mojo_back/
A very cool piece on `Gandhigiri,” a term that means to use moral force and kindness to make a point or fight injustice. It has emerged from a revival of interest in Gandhi driven by a popular Mumbai “Bollywood” movie. It is a comedy called “Lage Raho Munna Bhai,” and the main arc of the plot os that gangster Munna Bhai meets Gandhi and changes his ways: instead of indulging in his usual “dadagiri,” meaning bullying, he endorses Gandhi’s teachings of non-violence and begins to battle with his arch-enemy by giving him flowers, rather than brass knuckles.
The punch line is this (pertinent to the ideals of HAIR): “What America needs is a film that encourages people to take up Gandhigiri, Kinggiri, or Kennedygiri. If it worked for Bollywood, it could work for Hollywood.”…BS
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