Remembering Gandhi
By Kamla Bhatt • Oct 2nd, 2012Category: Books, Movies, Music, Televison, San Francisco, Start-ups
Come October and it is time to remember Gandhi. Born on Oct 2, 1869 in Gujarat, India Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi played a key role in India’s freedom movement during the British Raj. Gandhi’s influence was not limited to India, but went to influence other leaders like Martin Luther King.
Interestingly, in the 21stc it looks like Gandhi has been rediscovered by the startup and entrepreneur community in San Francisco. Jack Dorsey of Twitter and Square is known to take new employees of his start-ups to Gandhi’s statue at the Ferry Building in San Francisco. So, one foggy morning I trekked down to Ferry building and lo! and behold! there was a meeting in progress right under the Gandhi statue. Not wanting to disturb the group of people gathered under the statue I quickly took some photos and exited. I did hear the leader of the group mention why he started his company.
Besides the recent photos here is a podcast interview on Gandhi. In the 1940s Flower Silliman was a student at Lady Irwin College, New Delhi and part of the choir that sang for Gandhi’s choir in the city. In this podcast interview Flower remembers Gandhi.
Hi Kamla, the birth year is 1869
Thank you Archena for that quick catch. The error has been corrected. Appreciate it. Kamla
Thank you for writing on Gandhiji today!