Monday, May. 03, 1948

In Memoriam

Twelve weeks after his death, the people of India were vying with each other to enshrine Mahatma Gandhi. There were Gandhi auto works, Mahatma memorial colleges, Gandhi restaurants. In a Durga temple, an image of Gandhi now stood among the Hindu gods and goddesses. An enterprising manufacturer brought out the "Gandhi Cigar." The Congress Party planned a huge memorial fund (talked-of goal: $300 million), to be spent on such Gandhi causes as relief for Untouchables and village sanitation.

There was another tribute that might have pleased Gandhi even more: Moslem coolies were working at New Delhi's railway station again. A few Moslems had begun to drift back to their old farms. In twelve weeks there had been only one communal riot in all India.

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