December 18, 1999, New Delhi, overnight in Su

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Before leaving New Delhi, I thought about a long-cherished wish to visit the grave of Mahatma Gandhi.

Drop by the solemn India Gate, stop and look up. Because I know that there is an important historical logic between this building and Gandhi's tomb.

India Gate commemorates the 90,000 Indian soldiers who died fighting for Britain during World War I, and that alone is not enough to cause me to look up to India Gate for a long time, because there are so many such memorials around the world. What touched my feelings was the historical record: before these 90,000 soldiers died, they all thought that after the war, Britain would definitely make India independent after the war, and the British officers on the battlefield also swore an oath, but when the war was over, there was no such thing at all, and they all died in vain. This cannot but deeply pierce the hearts of the Indian people, one of whom is Gandhi. In such a psychological context, the spirits of the 90,000 Indian soldiers are no longer merely a message of bravery, but a collective cry of anger after being deceived, crying out in heaven and on earth, but without a sound.

I took a closer look, and the names of a large number of war dead were engraved on the Indian door, no less than 90,000, and only more than 10,000 were engraved as representatives. The whole gate is very similar to the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, with a long-standing flame lit in the middle, but the Arc de Triomphe can be entered at will, and anyone can offer some flowers, but the India Gate is not, with a fence and guards. In front of the Indian Gate is a "National Highway" that leads to the Presidential Palace in the distance.

It was after the British did not preach the faith that Gandhi led the national independence movement. He returned the medal awarded to him by the British government to the colonial government, and launched a peaceful "non-cooperation movement" against the British. However, the people loved violence, even against people of different opinions and religions, especially between Hinduism and Islam, and Gandhi used a long hunger strike to call for an end to violence and for peace. His attitude is bound to be attacked from all sides, some **** want to kill him several times, and the government also wants to sentence him, he will never resist and retaliate. He said: "If we use brutality against evil, then brutality can only bring evil." If India wants to be free through brutality, then I will not be interested in India's freedom. ”

Eventually, the people came to understand him, and the colonists were shocked by his indomitable weakness, and he succeeded, and India gained independence. Unexpectedly, he was killed by the religious **** not long after.

Located on the banks of the Jumuna River in northeastern Delhi, Gandhi Tomb occupies an open area, but the real cemetery is not large. There is an old woman selling flowers at the door, and there are five or six different kinds of small flowers on a leaf. I bought four copies, gave them to a few friends who had come with me, and left my shoes and socks with a doorman, and entered barefoot, according to the custom of Indians, with flowers in my hands.

The tomb is made of black marble and is about 16 square meters. There are several low white walls on all sides, which open up the passages for people to enter and exit. Outside the low wall is a meadow, which extends twenty meters away, and there is a ring of high Yellowstone platforms that enclose the entire cemetery.

We gently placed the flowers on the marble of the tomb and went around the tomb. At the end of the tomb there was a glass-covered lantern, and there were several stainless steel carved words on the head of the tomb, which I did not recognize, but I had guessed that it was not Gandhi's name, but Gandhi's last words after his assassination: "Hi, Rama! ”

When I asked, it was. I remember the other day when I was introducing the religious grievances in India, I wrote that Rama is the great god of Hinduism, and shouting "Hi, Rama" is equivalent to us shouting, "Oh my God! ”

Well, this is the smartest tombstone I've ever seen. It is said to be the last word, but in fact it is the last call, the last voice of life is the loudest and most ambiguous, which can be read and denied countless times, engraved on the tombstone for future generations to repeat over and over again, it is really ingenious.

Gandhi pondered the relationship between the religious concept of "no killing, no revenge" and the struggle for national independence, and brilliant thinking turned into victorious action; He also thought about the relationship between modern industrial civilization and ancient local civilization, and his melancholy thinking turned into a rebellious action. Victory prevailed, but he immediately paid with his life for the victory, and he could only shout in the face of the thugs he loved: "Oh my God! ”

Such a tombstone is even more significant today.

If the cemetery were crowded and crowded today, under the countless pairs of bare feet, Gandhi hummed humorously: "Oh my God! ”

If tomorrow there were no people in the cemetery and the leaves were gone, Gandhi would sigh lonely: "Oh my God! ”

If India had been developed, with a lot of traffic, tall buildings, and horns, Gandhi, who had always been wary of modern civilization, would surely shout: "Oh my God! ”

If India is evil, the people are desperate, the people are not happy, and the gods and men are angry, Gandhi, who has always loved peace and opposed violence, will cry out in despair: "Oh my God! ”

Gandhi, who had always believed that the population problem was the first calamity in India, famously said, "We are only giving birth to slaves and sick men", and now, looking out from the cemetery, the sight of just a small corner is enough for him to exclaim: "Oh my! ”

After leaving Gandhi's tomb, Gandhi's voice echoed in my heart, so let's let it be pronounced in Hindi – Hi Rama!