The Mother

Agenda

Volume 12

May 19, 1971

There is something from Nolini.... A thought came to him and he wrote it down; it's about Mujibur, the man who led the revolution in Bangladesh and whom they imprisoned.

Yes, he is now in Pakistan.

I don't know. But a thought came to Nolini and he wrote it down:

Mujibur's Bengal risked her body but saved her soul.
Indira's India neither risked her body nor saved her soul.

I refuse. I don't want to say anything against Indira!

Yes, but what happened is that he wrote this down, left it on his table, and as usual people go by; they saw it, took it, copied it, and passed it around.

Oh!... That's going to get us into great trouble! It's very regrettable – very regrettable. I didn't want to say anything against Indira.

But it's terrible the way people come into his room, take papers lying on his table and proceed to pass them around!

But why does he leave them on the table! (Mother looks very angry) It's disastrous. A dreadful blunder. It's going to get me into big, big trouble – just what I wanted to avoid.

I think, or hope at any rate, that it won't get out of the small collectivity of the Ashram.

It always gets out. And there's someone (nobody knows who) who sends the government EVERYTHING that appears here.

It's a disaster.

(Mother goes within for a long time,
she moans)

Anything to ask?

It's not easy.

(Mother makes a gesture as if to agree
and goes back within)