• Gandhi of the subway carriage

     

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    Mahesh Chaturvedi, 63, reads a copy of the Bhagavad-Gita, one of Hinduism's most holy books, on a metro train in New Delhi on October 2, 2012.

    63-year-old Mahesh Chaturvedi says that the soul of Mahatma Gandhi resides in him and he has been sent to continue the work of the man known by many Indians as the Father of the Nation, Reuters reports.

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    Since his self-proclaimed transformation into Gandhi in 2002, Chaturvedi has traveled extensively, playing up to his resemblance to Gandhi at protests and demonstrations.

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    Mahesh Chaturvedi poses for a photo in front of a statue of Gandhi in the old quarters of New Delhi on October 25, 2012.

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    Mahesh Chaturvedi (front center) talks on the phone on September 28, 2012.

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    A man takes a photo as Mahesh Chaturvedi (back to camera), walks on the streets of New Delhi on September 28, 2012.

    Editor's note: Images taken in September and October 2012 but made available to NBC News today.

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  • Indians dress up as Gandhi to mark 143 years since his birth

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    An Indian man and children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi wait for the start of a rally against violence to mark 143 years since the birth of Gandhi in Ahmadabad, India on Oct. 2.

    School children dressed as Mahatma Gandhi participate in the celebrations to mark the 143rd birthday of Gandhi, next to India's national flag in the southern Indian city of Chennai Oct. 2. Mahatma Gandhi, also known as the "Father of the Nation", was instrumental in India's struggle for independence from Britain and a devoted follower of non-violent protest and religious tolerance.

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    Indian underprivileged school children offers flower petals to the statue of Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi in the southern Indian city of Bangalore on Oct. 2. Mahatma Gandhi's birthday is marked as the International Day for Non-Violence.

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    Indian President Pranab Mukherjee pays floral tributes to the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi on his birthday in New Delhi, India, on Oct. 2.

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    Indian School children take a tour at Mahatma Gandhi park on the occasion of his birthday in the southern Indian city of Bangalore, Oct. 2.

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    Underprivileged Indian children dressed to look like the late Mahatma Gandhi arrive on a bus in Kolkata, India, before attempting a world record for being the largest gathering of people dressed as Gandhi, Jan. 29. Local non-government organizations put on the event and a total of 485 children from the Training Resource and Care for Kids (T.R.A.C.K.S), a charity for single mothers and children living without support at railway stations took part in the rally promoting the Gandhian ideology of nonviolence ahead of the anniversary of Gandhi's death which falls on January 30th.

    Nonviolence promoted at rally on eve of anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's death

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  • India activist renews anti-graft fast to pressure government

    By Rich Shulman

    Can Anna Hazare really awaken the spirit of Mahatma Gandhi?

    As AP reported:

    Decked out in a plain white shirt, white cap and spectacles in the style of Mahatma Gandhi, the septuagenarian Anna Hazare became the unlikely thorn in the side of the Congress party-led coalition when he went on an indefinite hunger strike in April.

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    Veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare, surrounded by his supporters, prays at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial at Rajghat in New Delhi August 15. Hazare renews a fast to the death in New Delhi on Tuesday to force tougher laws against corruption, to the dismay of the embattled prime minister and his ruling party as they grapple with scandals and a slowing economy.

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    A boy holds an Indian national flag as he sits next to veteran social activist Anna Hazare at the Mahatma Gandhi memorial at Rajghat in New Delhi August 15. Hazare renews a fast to the death in New Delhi on Tuesday to force tougher laws against corruption, defying a police ban to challenge an embattled prime minister who is grappling with scandals and a slowing economy.

  • An 8 year old Mahatma Gandhi and a sacrificial goat

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    Eight-year old Satish, dressed as Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi, begs for alms as Hindu devotees carrying a sacrificial goat walk past during the Peddagattu Jathara festival at Lingamanthula Swamy Temple at Durajpalli in Nalgonda district, some 140 kilometers east of Hyderabad, on Feb. 21. The festival, where devotees worship Hindu god Lord Shiva, is celebrated every two years and has been celebrated for the past 400 years.

     

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    A woman talks on her cell phone next to a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on Jan. 27.

    Mahatma Gandhi in Davos

    By David R Arnott, NBC News

    John Cassidy of the New Yorker has an interesting blog post about the annual gathering of the rich and powerful at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. I hadn't realised that the delegates paid so much - tickets start at $71,000 - to attend. In Cassidy's opinion, 'The point of Davos is not to learn or think or do deals, but simply to be there - and to be seen to be there.'