On this day in 1948 Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated. I would be born about six months later. I no longer recall when I first heard of him, his life, his example was simply part of the rhythm of life, like Christmas, and nuclear attack preparedness, such as it was. But there was something special in the Mahatma and his story. Somehow that story seeped into my consciousness and would inform me in ways that I often was barely aware of.... Read more