Gandhi…. King……Mandela….

January brings the memory of great souls like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King.  King followed the footsteps of Gandhi invoked the nonviolent civil rights moment in the USA which resulted in removing the segregation completely from the southern states. Nelson Mandela fought to remove apartheid following the nonviolent principles of Gandhi.   2018 is the birth centenary year for Mandela.
My travels in 2018 culminated in S. Africa. Landed in Johannesburg in December.  It was great to pay homage to Mandela by visiting his house in Soweto. The house where he grew up is now a museum well maintained by the Mandela foundation.  

Another important place to visit is the Apartheid Museum that chronicles the poignant history the fighters, supporters, gruesome details that is an eye opener to everyone and the future generation as how apartheid, segregation and discrimination are the three evils that humanity should avoid at any cost.

In Gandhi square there is a statue of young Gandhi as a barrister. This is a

unique statue with his barrister robes. The Gandhi museum keeps the history of the civil disobedience moment he started first in S. Africa.

Salute to these three great souls.

PEACE ON EARTH 

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