Mahatma Gandhi

Honouring the memory of the 60th anniversary of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), La Casa Encendida offers the exhibition, ‘My Life is my message’. The exhibition looks over the life of Mohandas Karamchad Gandhi, better know as Mahatma Gandhi, his birth in Pordanbar (1869), his travels through England, the fundamental role that he played in the fight for the freedom of the Indians in South Africa, his many roles in the road to gaining India’s Independence in 1947 and concluding with his tragic assassination in New Delhi. The text included in the book are unpublished and have been exclusively written by each author for the exhibition, of which are some of today’s most important experts on Gandhi, from India and Europe. The majority of the photographs exhibited are unpublished and digitally restored from the archives most important collections dedicated to Gandhi. Until now this material has never been exhibited.