Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

“You must become the change you want to see.” – Mahatma Ghandi 1869-1948

We are in Ahmedabad, India. We have arrived here only four days after 18 bombs killed more than 50 people at the busy markets of the old city. It is a sobering fact that our world is full of sin and hatred, which is played out everyday at the expense of the innocent. We tread carefully here and understand that life is fragile and not to be taken for granted. Today we visited Sabarmati Ashram where Ghandi lived for part of his life.

“In a century in which virtues of western culture and civilization have more or less been taken for granted, the ideas of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi offer a radical alternative. He considered a society based on industrialism to be violent and therefore satanic. He located the strength of India in the villages and in the long tradition of ahimsa. In an age torn by violence and destruction, Gandhi’s creed of non-violence is a message for survival. His message was utopian; however, without dreams there can be no responsibilities.” -The Little Book of Gandhi