NEW DELHI, January 31: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit met veteran Hindi poet Ram Vilas Sharma and had an hour-long discussion with him on Mahatma Gandhi and his writings.
While relating his experiences and views and on literature and society, the 89-year-old poet said: “Gandhiji was a very good writer and humourist,” a fact which has been forgotten in the 50 years since Independence. He said: “Gandhiji forcefully and effectively described the real face of the colonisers (Englishman) and the status of labourers in South Africa.
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