Gandhi, brought out of his semirural setting and given a Western-style education, initially attempted to become more English than the English.
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Gandhi's ideas were rooted in a wide experience of a freshly globalized world.
I guess the most surprising discovery was how long Gandhi remained loyal to the ideal of the British Empire, even in India.
It is interesting that Nehru fought and kept saying that if you break India into languages, there is no end to it.
I'm used to shifting languages because my father used to speak to us, to my brother and I, he used to speak in English. He wanted us to be quite fluent in English, especially when he was trying to correct our behavior; he would do that in English.
I have stayed in south India all my life. English comes more naturally to me than Hindi.
Like Gandhi, my husband had struggled with the issue of materialism.
My father thought Gandhi was a great man. I suppose subconsciously, consciously even, I was aware that I wanted to please him and Ma, so I thought doing something like 'Gandhi' would be phenomenal.
In India, it's hard not to have Gandhi as a hero. To give up everything - including power and money - and to live for his countrymen, that beats everything else. He's a role model of selflessness.
The first Western teacher of English in Japan was a Native American.
Ang Lee was educated in the West and his English is good.