Sunday, October 5, 2008

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

It was at the Aga Khan palace that I found the first wealth of information about Mahatma Gandhi. Other places had made mention of him, but this was the first place that really went into detail (at least in English) about his life and teachings. The Aga Khan palace itself was a prison where Gandhi was held for two years after his part in the Quit India pact of 1942.


They had wonderful murals of his life, intermixed with the rooms being setup as they were when he was there.


It was here that his beloved wife Kasturba passed away.


Gandhi was truely a man of the people, and a man of God. He lifted those around him, succorred those who stood in need of succor, and fought for those who could not fight for themselves.


Gandhi, I would glady fight with you any day.


Born Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on the second of October in 1869, he rejoined his beloved wife as a true Mahatma on the thirtieth of January in 1948. May you rest in peace.

2 comments:

Kate the Great said...

Travel Froggie, how exactly would you fight? Froggies don't have thumbs?

Travelling Froggie said...

We most certainly do. Its obvious you never finished you frog dissection in high school Biology.