Making of Mahatma 1st Edition by Jcnc Trust ISBN 1648990606 9781648990606

“In South Africa the public departments were maintained for the good of the people and were responsible to public opinion. Hence officials in charge had certain courtesy of manner and humility about them, and coloured people also got the benefit of it more or less. With the coming of the officers from Asia, came also its autocracy, and the habits that the autocrats had imbibed there. In South Africa there was a kind of responsible government or democracy, whereas the commodity imported from Asia was autocracy pure and simple,” describes Mahatma. What Mahatma described about officers from Asia more than 100 years ago, is even reflected in our day-to-day life when we have to deal with the government. Hardly have we seen a public servant behaving like a servant but as a master. The iniquities an ordinary citizen has to face when he deals with the Government are enormous. What Mahatma faced in South Africa, even today things are not different for someone who is poor and weak.