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The Long Walk
His name is everywhere along a 230-mile stretch in the western state of Gujarat, where hundreds are marching to honor the 75th anniversary of an important Gandhi protest.
Gandhi's great-grandson walks on the route every day. Teenage villagers dress as young Gandhis. There are pins of Gandhi, posters of Gandhi and Gandhi baseball caps. Two elderly marchers closely resemble Gandhi with their simple white cloth and glasses and bamboo walking sticks. "Children come and pay me respect," said one faux Gandhi, B.A. Rao, a former freedom fighter who believes he is 82. "They don't know the real Gandhi anymore. They think I'm Gandhi. I am not, but it makes me very happy." Rao is one of about 250 people retracing the footsteps ...Full Article  |
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