Why Sulu thinks Mahatma Gandhi is Mahatma ...... The Great Soul..

Sulu reads works of and on Mahatma Gandhi and thinks, "Mahatma is great not because he gave us freedom, freedom in any case, would have come. Not because he preached and followed non violence, for his non violence caused lots of suffering to himself and others and any form of suffering is no non-violence. Not because he had a right vision for india, for if his vision of India was followed in ditto, India would have remained vastly agrarian and rural. Not because he gave us one india, for the birth of Pakistan was based on fear of many of his thoughts and practices. Not because he was a responsible and caring individual, for he was neither an ideal parent nor an ideal husband. Not because he took to Brahamacharya, because preaching against sex is preaching against what is natural to man. Not because he lived in poverty, for, as Smt. Sarojini Naidu said it neede lots of money to keep Gandhi in poverty/maintain his utopian lifestyle.

Sulu thinks Mahatma is great because he is symbol of triumph of human spirit over all odds. The symbol of ultimate victory of self belief and self respect. He was a living example to demonstrate that satisfaction and comfort of life need not necessarily come from rich life, but from where one puts his soul in. Mahatma's greatness is in his imperfection, acceptence of it and living with it without compromising with greater goals of life.
Mahatma Gandhi was great, because, with sincerity and dedication to his belief, he was beacon of hope to millions of Indians, those teeming million souls, who for centuries trembled at the sign of authority. His greatness came from the fact that he lit lamps of HOPE in millions of heart that was in dark. After all, whether hope transforms to reality or not, WE THRIVE AND LIVE ON HOPE .

Sulu, with his own idea, pays his homage to Mahatma Gandhi, the Great Soul.