The kindred soul

The kindred soulMahatma Gandhi

By: Rajni Ghai Malhotra

The gentle soul, the benign smile The man who could walk many a mile In rain and heat alike, Gandhi - the Mahatma

The epitome of undaunting courage He marched with his entourage To win India’s Independence Without arms, simply with non-violence

Always an acute empathizer Of the weak and the lowly Simultaneously an adversary Of the oppressor and the mighty

Compassion running through his veins Not one to treat others with disdain Forever willing to forgive his enemy The world knows him as Mahatma Gandhi Founder of Satyagraha – the truth force Swaraj – his call for freedom, of course The charkha – the spinning wheel to give us khadi Ideas of a master strategist – Mahatma Gandhi Armed with a keen wit He parried provocative questions with it From Einstein and Tagore To the poorest of the poor He would embrace with equal delight The kindred soul - The Mahatma

With a tiny frame, the body frail Ran a revolution - Our Mahatma Gandhi The Mahatma we cannot forget His message is not hard to get Let us live with equality, in peace and

harmony And live to be worthy of our Mahatma Gandhi.

Composed by Rajni Ghai Malhotra and Anya Malhotra