How Mahatma became Mahatma
A name that travelled past one country.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi, was a pioneer of the Indian freedom movement. He became a real mahatma through his thoughts and his actions, and through the impression he left on the whole globe. Why did Obama take Gandhi as an inspiration, and not Martin Luther King? Why did busy Americans protest when someone made fun of Gandhi? The questions pile up, and each one only adds to what he gave the world: peace, and non-violence.
First written in 2009 on virtual eye.