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Their experiments with Mahatma Gandhi

In a world filled with suspicion, fear of terrorism, and corrupt leaders, there is always space for Gandhi.

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As the director of the 52-year old Gandhi Memorial Centre at Washington in USA, Carrie Trybulec has her hands full doing what she loves doing best. Ask her why is Gandhi revered more now, she has a simple explanation to offer:

“We often view Mahatma Gandhi as having had a particular relevance during a particular time in history. Yet, Gandhi’s message transcends as well as encompasses the current issues of the world today.” 

Howard Gardner, professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and also the author of the book on Gandhi Creating Minds and Extraordinary Minds said that he considered Gandhi to be the most important human being of the last millennium. “He not only realised that individuals of different backgrounds... he worked out the methods, the algebra whereby such confrontations would be staged and resolved, ultimately strengthening each of the struggling parties.”

Mahatma Gandhi Canadian Foundation for World Peace based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, traces its origins to 1988 when observances of Gandhi’s birth anniversary were so well received by the people of Edmonton that the initiators launched plans to enlarge the annual observances. In the UK, there are several prominent statues of Gandhi, most notably like the one near University College London where he studied law. 

India’s chief cultural diplomat Dr Karan Singh is to inaugurate the Gandhi Centre at The Hague in Netherlands. Suresh K Goel, director general at Indian Council for Cultural Relations explains, “In today’s times where conflict of civilisations seems to be a pre-eminent thought in the minds of many people, Gandhi’s philosophy of promoting dialogue and understanding for equal rights for all has an increasing relevance.”

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