Mahatma Gandhi, whose moral courage feared even Emdens like Winston Churchill, was afraid of his wife Kasturiba. But his fear was borne out of his love to her, which was illustrated in a beautiful incident.
A small group of national leaders like Motilal Nehru paid a late night visit to Gandhiji's Sabarmati Ashram. They were very hungry and expected of Bapuji to feed them.
Gandhiji did not want to wake up his wife because, she was sleeping like a log, after the daylong chores at the kitchen and the ashram in general. So, he tip toed into the kitchen. He tried to make wheat dough, but it resulted in a soup as he poured water more than required. The large vessel containing the dough slipped out of his hand and fell on the floor with deafening noise. Kasturi ba was startled out of her sleep and rushed into the kitchen. She noticed Bapuji looking helplessly at the dough flooding like a stream on the floor. Also she heard muffled voices of Motilal and others in the hall. She understood the situation. She looked at Gandhiji, "Cooking is woman's business." she said. Go and entertain the guests. I will prepare chapathis (wheat cakes) and serve them soon."
Like a little son admonished by his mother, Gandhiji walked back into the hall silently as ordered by his wife.
Gandhiji's deed is a glowing example of a man's love to his wife. It should be emulated by the lazy men who expect their wives to do all the household work, while they themselves while away their weekends, glued to the television set.
(Gandhiji's deed was poorly sourced).
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