<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=370022" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Gandhi Jayanthi</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">You won the hearts of Indians globally –<br>O beloved Father of India! <br>You stood for truth, non-violence totally, <br>And gave the freedom we enjoy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Born in Porbandar on October two, <br>Mohandhas Karamchand Gandhi, <br>You stood against odds of all sorts<br>To win innumerable patriotic hearts.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">About you, Albert Einstein said, <br>‘Generations to come will scarce believe <br>that such a man as this had walked <br>upon the earth in flesh and blood.’</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You were a mediocre student; <br>You were so timid and too shy; <br>You went to England to learn law, <br>To South Africa to practice! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The racial state of Africa<br>Had influenced your mind aright<br>To enter politics and fight, <br>And born were Satyagraha, Ahimsa! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">What mattered was not skin-color, <br>But pangs of hunger and dolor! <br>What mattered was not caste or race, <br>But love of mankind and a smiling face! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">You loved India’s poor peasantry; <br>You fought the British valiantly; <br>You led the nation brilliantly, <br>And won the freedom gallantly! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">You fasted for the people’s sake; <br>You kept the freedom cry awake; <br>You didn’t use things of British make, <br>And made salt boldly with your rake! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Happy Birthday Gandhiji! <br>Though dead, you’re live in Indian hearts! <br>Your noble sacrifice on earth<br>Will shower Indians immense mirth! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">You loved to pray to God always! <br>You trod the land by feet most days; <br>You kept the Freedom Struggle’s pace, <br>And won the battle against race! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Jai Hind! Jai Bharat! <br>Jai Gandhiji! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Copyright by Dr John Celes 2-10-2009</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=370022" data-title="Gandhi Jayanthi de John Celes" data-description="You won the hearts of Indians globally – O beloved Father of India! You stood for truth, non-violence totally, And gave the freedom we enjoy. Born in Porbandar on October two, Mohandhas Karamchand Gandhi, You stood against odds of all sorts..."></div> </div> </div>

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