November 23, 2015

Hero of the Week: Gandhi

Our Hero of the week is Gandhi! He shows true strength and courage when he fights for what he believes in – equality. Born and raised in a Hindu merchant caste family in coastal Gujarat, western India, and trained in law at the Inner Temple, London, Gandhi first employed nonviolent civil disobedience as an expatriate lawyer in South Africa, in the resident Indian community’s struggle for civil rights. After his return to India in 1915, he set about organising peasants, farmers, and urban labourers to protest against excessive land-tax and […]