Delhi: Ghandi's Last Home

I visited here on my first full day in Delhi. Impressive. Moving. Walla and walls of quotes and articles. Some of his last few humble possessions.

Birla House was supposed to have been a safer place for Mahatma Ghandi than the slums he would have chosen to live in. He had 144 days there, with regular afternoon walks and prayers. He did by an assassins bullet because he was thought to have compromised in the division of India & Pakistan to alleviate religious tensions. Birla House

Ghandi's wife Kasturba was a lifelong partner and friend until her death in detention.

“Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.” M Ghandi