Grandfather Gandhi by Arun Gandhi
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
This was a pleasant slice of history from a primary source. The interesting turn is that it is less about Mahatma Gandhi, and more what it was like for the grandson to grow up in his shadow. Expectations were thick in the telling, and Evan Turk's fiber work was a brilliant way to illustrate the boy's fomenting anger and frustration. It felt human to see the doubt and anger be the object of the story and take up the bulk of the time. While the lesson his grandfather taught him was probably important, this felt less important than Arun's mismatch to the big world of expectations.
It felt a bit cheap that the worst moment of anger was almost throwing a rock at someone. I'm not sure what to think. It makes him seem like he's inflating himself some by giving us an 'almost' moment, and then solving it by going directly to his wise grandfather for advice. While this may be the true memory, is it the best story about learning to work with anger? I wasn't so convinced.
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