Lessons from Gandhi

His predictions about the climate crisis, politics and democracy can be a lesson for South Asian nations.

77 years ago on January 30, 1948, a right-wing militant assassinated Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in retaliation for his solidarity with Muslim victims of post-partition riots. A few days earlier, Gandhi broke his last fast after obtaining commitments from religious community leaders that India’s Muslims would be protected and those forced to leave their homes allowed to return.