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US envoy to India commemorates Gandhiji's birth anniversary |
US Ambassador to India Timothy J. Roemer today commemorated the 140th birth anniversary
of Mahatma Gandhi by joining the inter-faith prayer meeting and memorial ceremony
at Raj Ghat. On his recent trip to Mumbai, Ambassador Roemer also visited Mani
Bhavan, a house where Gandhiji once lived and worked, and held an education roundtable
with students there to explore the concepts of justice, equality, and peace, core
values of both U.S. and Indian democracy. Ambassador Roemer noted, "The roots
of the American civil rights movement can be traced directly to Mahatma Gandhi's
ideals and the nonviolent social action movement for Indian independence which
he led. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other American civil rights leaders drew
on Gandhi's ideas to transform American society. Americans owe a great intellectual
debt to the life and teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. In many ways, President Obama's
life was directly influenced in a very positive way by Mahatma Gandhi's principles
and teachings. This connection was clearly illustrated in the President's former
Senate office, where on my first visit there, I was struck immediately by the
picture of Mahatma Gandhi above the desk." |
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