New Delhi, April 18 -- Mahatma Gandhi, in his lifetime, practised even before he preached. His life truly remained an experiment until Nathuram Godse shot him on the fateful evening of January 30, 1948. He fell with a thud and uttered "Hey Ram." The man who had said, "My life is my message," left another message in his last utterance.

Jungian psychoanalysis would explain this as both individual and collective unconscious, with culture and mythology shaping both.

Mahatma Gandhi's mind reveals both the individual and collective shaping of India's mind. Why does Ram hold the place he does in the Indian psyche? Also, why is Krishna difficult for people?

No one pondered over this, but it could hold great significance not only for Gandhi's l...