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Nobel for Gandhi

The masses, intelligentsia and even Mahatma Gandhi’s critics admired him for his simplicity, honesty and adherence to values that enrich individual and social life. They spontaneously acknowledged him as the Mahatma, who claimed that he was only experimenting with truth — he never claimed that he attained it. He was a practical idealist who tried to cleanse social, political and economic life through religion. The Nobel Prize or the Bharat Ratna is too insignificant for a man of his stature.

M. Govindaswamy,

Chennai

There are few persons like Mahatma Gandhi whose stature increases after their death. The Mahatma’s contributions to mankind cannot be recognised by the award of Nobel Prize or the Bharat Ratna.

G. Krishnan,

Thiruvananthapuram

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