Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa. A Gujarati newspaper reporter came to interview him. As soon as the Gandhijis disembarked from the ship, he asked a barrage of questions.
Gandhi looked at him quietly for a while and said, "You are an Indian and I am an Indian. Your mother tongue is Gujarati. My mother tongue is also that. So, why do you dare to ask a question in English? Do you think that I have forgotten my mother tongue after going to South Africa and staying there for some time?"
Or, as a barrister, do you think it's worth talking to him in English?" he asked.
The reporter who came to do the interview realized his mistake.
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