When real and true is not proper

It happened at a time when the India team had beaten the Proteas in the first of the One Day Internationals in Durban three days ago.  At the celebrations of the 150 years of Indians in South Africa, much ado was made of Mahatma Ghandi's contribution to the resistance against apartheid.  This comes after the celebration of 99 years of the founding of the African National Congress, now popularly known as the ANC.

It will be noted, however, that Ghandi has also been criticised for a somewhat unsavoury attitude towards Black folk in South Africa, even though that has not been spoken about in the open.  It should be of great interest that throughout the proceedings on Thursday, these people of Asiatic extraction were referred to as 'Indians'.