I love simple things, like this Gandhi statue
Of the throngs of people who pass this Gandhi statue in Union Square, I’d guess a few percent notice it.
That modesty and humility are part of its appeal to me. Also that my parents met in Ahmedabad, India, where his ashram was. I spent a year there as a child. My father probably spent ten or fifteen years of his life there. Also that Gandhi has long been one of my leadership role models. When people want to meet near Union Square, I usually suggest meeting near this statue.
The statue isn’t usually covered with this canopy of green. Rarely do I take a picture of it, but the green compelled me.
He was backlit, so I changed the contrast in this version:
He negotiated with the king of England, once the greatest empire in history.
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