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Ghandhi and the Professor



Email from Kamalini Kanapathippillai  

Repartee  at its best 

Gandhi  ...
 A lovely  little anecdote about one of life's more interesting 
characters  ...     




When  Mahatma Gandhi was studying law at the University College of London,  a professor, whose last name was Peters, disliked him intensely and  always displayed animosity towards him.
 Also, because Gandhi never lowered his head when addressing him as he  expected, there were always "arguments" and  confrontations. 

One day,  Mr. Peters was having lunch at the dining room of the University,  and Gandhi came along with his tray and sat next to the professor.  The professor said,"Mr Gandhi, you do not understand. A pig and a  bird do not sit together to eat."
 

Gandhi  looked at him as a parent would a rude child and calmly replied,  "You do not worry professor. I'll fly away," and he went and sat at  another table. 


Mr.  Peters, reddened with rage, decided to take revenge on the next test  paper, but Gandhi responded brilliantly to all  questions.
 
Mr.  Peters, unhappy and frustrated, asked him the following question:
 "Mr  Gandhi, if you were walking down the street and found a package, and  within was a bag of wisdom and another bag with a lot of money,  which one would you take?" 
Without  hesitating, Gandhi responded, "The one  with the money, of course." 
Mr.  Peters, smiling sarcastically said, "I, in  your place, would have taken the wisdom." 

Gandhi  shrugged indifferently and responded, "Each one takes what he doesn't have." 

Mr.  Peters, by this time was fit to be tied. So great was his anger that  he wrote on Gandhi's exam sheet the word "idiot" and gave it to  Gandhi.
 
Gandhi  took the exam sheet and sat down at his desk, trying very hard to  remain calm while he contemplated his next move. 

A few  minutes later, Gandhi got up, went to the professor and said to him  in a dignified but sarcastically polite tone, "Mr. Peters, you  autographed the sheet, but you did not give me the  grade."