What Would You Give Mr. Gandhi On His Birthday?
HAT do you give a nudist on his birthday? Thanks to Gracie Fields, the problem is an old and trite one, but members of Wellington’s Indian community have recently had to face something similar when raising money for a birthday present to Mahatma Gandhi. Mr Gandhi, of course, is not a nudist, but his life is simple in the extreme, and his material needs are few. Being admirers of Gandhi and of the work he is doing, Wellington Indians are not giving him a birthday present in the conventional sense of the term. They are sending money to assist him in his social work among the many millions of India’s lower castes. Last year, they raised approximately £50; this year, although some money is still to come in, a considerably larger sum has already been collected. Auckland Indians are making a similar collection for Gandhi. Gandhi’s birthday was actually on Thursday, Octber 2; he is 72 years of age. According to the latest Year Book,
there are nearly 1200 Indians in New Zealand. Most of them are in Auckland and Wellington,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 126, 21 November 1941, Page 7
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190What Would You Give Mr. Gandhi On His Birthday? New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 126, 21 November 1941, Page 7
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