As a part of the celebrations of the grand finale of the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Embassy in Antananarivo organised a Gandhi Katha on the theme “The Oceanic Gandhi” by renowned Gandhian Scholar Professor Makarand Paranjape, Director of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study.
The event was attended by participants from Madagascar and Comoros and was telecasted live on the Facebook page of the Embassy.
Professor Paranjape explained about the influences of oceans on the life of Mahatma Gandhi both metaphorically and literally. Mahatma Gandhi travelled as a young student across the Indian Ocean and through Atlantic Ocean to England for studying law. Thereafter he came back to India, only to travel to South Africa in 1893. He came back to India in 1915.
Prof Paranjape further talked about how oceans made Gandhi the person he was. Gandhi saw the…