Farewell to Bapu's last remains
AS HE watched a motley gathering meander up to the beach on Wednesday morning, trailing an urn of Mahatma Gandhi's ashes on its journey to immersion in the sea off south Mumbai, German radio producer Jean-Claude Kuner wondered aloud: "Gandhiji has now vanished from the lives of his countrymen, is it?"
The ashes, which began their journey from Mani Bhavan museum, were the last known physical remains of the man who inspired leaders from Martin Luther King Jr to Nelson Mandela - and whom India calls the Father of the Nation. But on the morning of January 30, the 60th anniversary of Gandhi's martyrdom, the nation seemed to have forgotten the Father As Nilam Parikh, Bapu's grand-daughter, immersed the ashes in the Arabian Sea, Mumbai demonstrated it had little time for him. At 10.45 am, as the urn was
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The ashes, which began their journey from Mani Bhavan museum, were the last known physical remains of the man who inspired leaders from Martin Luther King Jr to Nelson Mandela - and whom India calls the Father of the Nation. But on the morning of January 30, the 60th anniversary of Gandhi's martyrdom, the nation seemed to have forgotten the Father As Nilam Parikh, Bapu's grand-daughter, immersed the ashes in the Arabian Sea, Mumbai demonstrated it had little time for him. At 10.45 am, as the urn was
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To read the ePaper, visit : http://epaper.hindustantimes.com
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