Mahatma, Set Quotes

“The newspaperman has become a walking plague. In the East, as in the West, the newspapers are fast becoming the people's Bible, the Koran, the Zend-Avesta and the Gita, rolled into one. All that appears in papers is looked upon as God's truth. For instance, a newspaper predicts that the riots are coming, that all the sticks and knives in Delhi have been sold out, and the news throws everybody into a panic. That is bad. Another newspaper reports the occurrence of riots here and there, and blames the police with taking sides with the Hindus in one place and the Muslims in another. Again, the man in the street is upset. I want you all to shed this craven fear. It is not becoming of men and women, who believe in God and take part in the prayers, to be afraid of anyone.”
― D.G. Tendulkar, Mahatma, Set

“In India there can be no reason for any
referendum, because drink and drug habit are universally recognized as a vice.
Drink is not a fashion in India, as it is in the West.”
― D.G. Tendulkar, Mahatma, Set