LIBERATING INDIAN MIND- 8
WAR OF EMANCIPATION

I

“Silence of the audience is a proof that it does not agree with the speaker.”
“That may be true in some cases. But in fact silence of the audience is indicative of two other things. One, they are listening with rapt attention. The other, they, despite their attention are not able to reach up to you, either because they are incompetent to grasp you, or because they think you are talking irrelevant.”
“The last explanation is more appropriate.”
“If you profess reticence in a noisy pub the inmates shall find your advice irrelevant.”