Gandhi is still inspiring
This spring, performances of the opera Satyagraha of Philip Glass had a tremendous reception in New York and London. This opera, although composed 28 years ago still moves the audience with its repetative cords that bring near exaltation or trance. I hope to see it sometime if I get the chance.
I remember that I was working for the peace movement in The Hague when in 1982 Gandhi the movie came out and we all got an invitation to see the film prior to the premiere, as were all peace activists I knew.
In my library is the autobiography of Gandhi. I decided to get a copy, because on a couple of lists about “books that changed my life”, like this one included this life story from the man that hated to be called ‘Mahatma’. In this book, the image of a very honest and outspoken man is painted, somebody who is just as open about his failures as he is about his triomphs.