I am seventy now, Mahatmaji

During his visit to the Sabarmati Ashram in January 1930 the Poet Rabindranath Tagore remarked to Gandhiji: “I am seventy now, Mahatmaji, and so am considerable older than you”. “But”, said Gandhiji, with a hearty smile, “When an old man of 60 cannot dance a young poet of 70 can dance”. “That is true”, said the Poet, and added, “You are getting ready for another arrest cure. I wish they give me one.” “But”, said Gandhiji, “You don’t behave yourself”, and there was a peel of laugher among the inmates of the Ashram who were listening to the repertories of these two greatest sons of India.