Boy from the south who wanted coffee
As he was lying there thinking of the day he would sip coffee again, Gandhi appeared near his bed. After making enquiries from the doctor and assistants, Gandhi told him: “You are getting better. Now you can start eating idlis or upma. Shall I send you some? What do you want?” Suddenly it occurred to the boy to say, “I am pining for the day when I can have a cup of hot coffee. Then to his surprise, Gandhi said: “Light coffee can be soothing to the stomach. We don’t have idlis and dosas. But hot toast will go well with the coffee. And Gandhi moved on, out of the sick room.
The young boy lay on his bed thinking of Gandhi’s words. Coffee and tea were not permitted in the Ashram’s kitchen. Only Gandhi’s wife Kasturba was likely to have some coffee in her kitchen. Gandhi’s house and Kasturba’s kitchen were far away. Even if Gandhi sent someone across and the coffee got made, it will take a long time arriving. As he lay lost in these thoughts, he heard the tick tock of Gandhi’s wooden sandals. And lo and behold! There was Gandhi himself with a tray on which a covered tumbler of hot coffee and two toasted pieces of bread. He set the tray down before the boy was was dumbfounded, and was saying that he would never have dared to ask for coffee it he had known that Gandhi would have had to make it and bring it. Gandhi laughed and asked him to drink his coffee while it was hot. And he left post-haste for work that was waiting for him.
(From G Ramachandran’s A Sheaf of Gandhi Anecdotes)
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