On Saturday we visited a few of Mumbai's heritage sites, one being, Mani Bhavan, the house in which Gandhi stayed when in Bombay. It is filled with dioramas & story boards describing the life of Gandhi and the struggle of India to claim it's independence from British rule. On this day we shared the house with what seemed 100 primary school children all shuffling in a line, snaking around each exhibit like an oversized centipede, teachers pleading with them to pay attention to the exhibits and not the "tourists" from the land of Ricky Ponting..Gandhi was born October 2, 1869, and his non violent exploits are well documented and much loved by the Indian people. His life spanned times which were defining in the development of the world as we know it. Unfortunately as has been seen with many of the leaders which bring about change for the better he was assassinated on January 30, 1948.
With the actions of Gandhi and others India established a Declaration of Independence whereby the declaration was passed to stop paying the taxes to the British rule to bring about the independence of India.
This week we will take a moment to celebrate Indian Independence Day while we celebrate Australia Day.
Gandhi wrote on many topics which are meaningful to this day, Tolerance is one.
"The unity we desire will last only if we cultivate a yielding and charitable disposition towards one another.
Toleration is the only thing that will enable persons belonging to different religions to live as good neighbours and friends."
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