Seeds of revolution

In my opinion real Gandhi was born when he was thrown out of the train in South Africa. Rest as they say- is history.If you followed up the sequence of events before this incident and after this- you can pinpoint- revolutionary gandhian principles came from this. Though getting freedom for ourselves was a team game and there were many actors who brought sweet Indian independence- but shoving out Gandhi on cold winter night on a station- contribted much to a new revolution.
today- i had a similar experience but maynot be as ugly as what mahatma faced- but ugly enough to create a steely resolve within me.
while coming to shenzhen using ferry service from HK airport ( skypier)- i had worst possible encounter with customs officials of china. everything was ok till i landed in shekou port. Usual efficiency of HK was at its best display ( thank god it is still specially adminstered zone). I don't know why they held me up and interroated fiercely- as if i am somebody who has landed to create trouble for the china. think about it- china the country which i admire a lot becuase of its history and culture and shared connections with india. and here it was- some customs officials made me run up and down and harrassed me to a large extent. so much so- i was resigned to possible deportation back. ( would have been a great story for future generations -- though). They found fault with my N in sengupta and photograph and my coming to china and its purpose. I think too much caution on china part is slowly killing business prospects. It is time that we took over the lead in business.I was really hurt by the behabiour meted out to me- one who landed only to give a presentation in TI- Avnet summit.