Celebrating the Mahatma

Last year, the India League and High Commission of India in London, led by the new High Commissioner Vikram Doraiswami, paid tribute on the 153rd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The day marked a gathering of the Indian diaspora, parliamentarians, and community leaders at a historic statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Tavistock Square in London. Team ⁦⁦High Commission of India in London, MPs, Camden City Council & Indian diaspora paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Tavistock Square on #nonviolenceday.
"His life was one that was lived in simplicity, in strife, and in an effort to bring out from each of us the best that we could be. The more we engaged with it, the more we realised that his message contained wisdom and a value that remained universal," HC Doraiswami said in his speech in 2022.
India League president Alpesh Patel said, "Generations to come scarcely believed that one such as this of flesh and blood ever walked this earth: those were the words of Albert Einstein. Consider that the greatest mind in Western civilisation held in awe and wonderment the greatest that my civilisation had ever produced. Consider also the values he represented at that most dangerous time in the world. We had a man whose values transcended countries and religions."
Like last year, this year too, the Indian diaspora, India League and High Commission of India in London are expected to pay tribute to the Mahatma at Tavistock Square in London on 2 October.