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Morarji Ranchhodji Desai war von 1977 bis 1979 Premierminister von Indien.

Er schloss sich 1930 Mahatma Gandhis Kampagne des zivilen Ungehorsams an und war dafür zur zeit Britisch-Indiens viele Jahre inhaftiert. Nach der Unabhängigkeit war er politisch in der Kongresspartei aktiv. Von 1952 bis 1956 war er Chief Minister des Bundesstaats Bombay. 1967 wurde er Vize-Premier unter Premierministerin Indira Gandhi. Bei der Spaltung der Kongresspartei im Jahr 1969 schloss sich Desai dem kleineren Flügel an und war dessen Spitzenkandidat bei der Parlamentswahl 1971.

Nach der durch Indira Gandhi 1975 veranlassten Verhängung des Ausnahmezustandes wurde er erneut inhaftiert.

Nach der Suspendierung des Ausnahmezustandes 1977 vereinigte sich der INC mit drei weiteren Parteien zur Janata Party, die die anschließenden Parlamentswahlen gewann. Morarji Desai wurde danach zum Premierminister gewählt, musste aber 1979 aufgrund der völlig zerstrittenen Janata Party sein Amt wieder aufgeben.

Morarji Desai hat strikt die Prinzipien von Mahatma Gandhi verfolgt und war Moralist. Er starb im Alter von 99 Jahren.

Zu seinen Eigenheiten gehörte, dass er praktizierender Anhänger der Eigenharntherapie war. Damit hat er sich in Indien viele Spottnamen eingehandelt. Wikipedia  

✵ 29. Februar 1896 – 10. April 1995
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“I only cherished service to people. There should not be greed even in service.”

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Quelle: Morarji Desai speaks about life and celibacy

“This country [India] has the best future. When it reached its summit, it was bound to come down. It has taken 2000 years. Yet, this is the only country which has not been destroyed in the world. All other civilizations have gone…. This is the only country whose civilization has survived to this day. Whether it is Egypt, Babylon or Sumeria, there is absolutely no indication of that in those countries at present.”

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Morarji Desai speaks about life and celibacy

“If we do not want to be pained by anybody we must not pain anybody; and how can man consider himself humane if he wants to live at the cost of others.”

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19th World Vegetarian Congress 1967

“I have even acted in a children’s film. It was a 10-minute role which I did somewhere around 1961. I had to quote from Gandhi. I spoke for 8 to 10 minutes continuously without any rehearsal, or writing, or retake. Not one word had to be changed. Because when you speak and act truthfully, you do not make a mistake. It comes naturally.”

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Morarji Desai speaks about life and celibacy

“It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.”

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19th World Vegetarian Congress 1967

“I can’t say I have shed [ego] it completely. I have certainly given it up, up to 95 per cent. I believe until and unless I give up my ego, I can’t realise God. My whole ambition in life is to realise God or truth, whatever you may want to call it. Do you believe in God? It’s a fashion not to believe in God.”

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Morarji Desai speaks about life and celibacy

““If charity and philanthropy is not connected with any ulterior motive, they are beneficial. But charity and conversions cannot go together. Religion prospers only when charity and philanthropy are undertaken without any motive. … The poor and illiterate may enjoy religious freedom without any fear. We have to be particularly vigilant about the Scheduled Tribes whose protection is not only guaranteed by the laws of the land but is also enshrined in the Constitution. It is our duty to preserve every aspect of their way of life along with their religion and ways of worship. No group belonging to any creed should interfere with their religion and rituals. Other organizations are also engaged in the philanthropic work… But that work can be helpful only when it is done without any ulterior motive.”

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Morarji Desai, Letter to Mother Teresa, 21 April 1979. quoted from Madhya Pradesh (India), Goel, S. R., Niyogi, M. B. (1998). Vindicated by time: The Niyogi Committee report on Christian missionary activities. ISBN 9789385485121

“I receive letters from people who’ve been cured with the ‘urine-therapy’…. Several years ago, a man called Lawrence Armstrong was suffering from TB. One day, he was reading the psalms from the Bible, he found the passage, ‘Drink from your own cistern when you’re in trouble.’ He wondered what it meant. It struck him that it was his own urine. And, he saw in the veterinary hospitals some animals given their own urine by his doctor friend. Nature has provided its own cures. What happens to the birds and animals in the forest? For 45 days, he consumed all the urine he passed and at the end of it, he was a young man. Then he wrote a book, "Waters of Life."”

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Morarji Desai speaks about life and celibacy

“God has also given the sense to control. He has given us intelligence which could be utilised both for good and bad. I am not saying it’s easy for people to adopt celibacy—very few can do it.”

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“[becoming the Prime Minister of this country] That’s destiny. That’s not the result of my work. But, what I do as Prime Minister is a new action for which I am responsible. And whatever wrong I have done, I’ll have to pay for it.”

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“Whoever said Gandhi was against technology was wrong. I am not against industries. There are times when other things have to play a role—like food. But big industries are essential. Take electricity, or steel. These are essentially for big industries only.”

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Morarji Desai speaks about life and celibacy

“Is any serious crime committed without drinking? You see, if drinking were ruining only the man himself, then it wouldn’t matter so much. But, why have we introduced it [prohibition] in the constitution? It’s a crime against society as well. Take the case of ending your own life. Life is to live, therefore we’ve to discourage suicide. That doesn’t mean you can’t actually stop suicide, nobody can stop the actual act. Therefore, it’s only the unsuccessful attempt which is an offence.”

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Morarji Desai speaks about life and celibacy

“Take life as it comes.”

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Morarji Desai speaks about life and celibacy

“A majority of Indians considered him an embodiment of obscurantism and obstinacy who espoused antediluvian, regressive and protectionist fiscal measures which sparked off an inflationary spiral in the Sixties.”

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Obituary: Morarji Desai

“He was a staunch Gandhian, driven by the burning conviction that he had a selfless mission to accomplish.”

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Obituary: Morarji Desai

“He played a very significant role in the state politics and held many important positions. Even before entering the political life, he had served the Government, as an upright judicial officer, for a period of twelve years. It goes to his credit that he did not compromise his principles under any circumstances.”

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Janak Raj Jai in: Commissions and Omissions by Indian Prime Ministers, Volume 1 http://books.google.co.in/books?id=5Wrc1K0uJTgC&pg=PA216, Daya Books, 1996 P.216

“He had a strange set of rules, based on what he believed was the truth. There are a few politicians today who look as immaculately clean as he did in his starched white dhoti-kurta outfit, among a sea of corruption. His principles were his own, difficult to follow, even more difficult to understand. You can either agree with him or disagree. No one could say he betrayed them himself.”

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Binoy Thomas in: "Morarji Desai speaks about life and celibacy"

“My only interest in remaining in politics is to bring in morality.”

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Quelle: As quoted in My only interest in remaining in politics is to bring in morality: Morarji Desai https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/voices/story/19801015-morarji-desai-my-only-interest-in-remaining-in-politics-is-to-bring-in-morality-821528-2014-01-08, India Today (15 October 1980).

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