Mahatma Gandhi was the spiritual leader of America\u2019s non-violence movement, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has said as she described how the Indian leader influenced American social activist Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A strong proponent of India-US relationship, Pelosi said she believes in Gandhian philosophy and thinking. \u201cGandhi was the spiritual leader of America\u2019s nonviolence movement,\u201d she said referring to the India visit of Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Martin Luther King Jr was an activist who played a key role in the American civil rights movement from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The word Satyagraha means two things, she said. \u201cIt means nonviolence and insistence on the truth. That was exactly what Martin Luther King did: nonviolently insisting on the truth. So the gift, the spiritual gifts that India has given to the United States is really one of those strong ties that we have in our shared values,\u201d Pelosi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pelosi got interested in Gandhi during her school days. \u201cWhen I was a little girl, I went to school one day, Catholic school, and I went in, I had a hat on. And the nun said to me, who do you think you are? Mahatma Gandhi! I had no idea who Mahatma Gandhi was,\u201d she said. \u201cI went to the library. In the 1950s they had books on Mahatma Gandhi for children,\u201d Pelosi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOne day this young woman came up to me in saree, who was my classmate and she said, I see that you have taken out all the books on Gandhi. My father is the Pakistani Ambassador to the United States. I want you to take out the books on Jinnah,\u201d she said amidst laughter from the audience. Muhammad Ali Jinnah was the founder of Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Referring to Modi\u2019s speech in the Silicon Valley a few years ago, Pelosi said: \u201cHe just was spectacular and how he had that audience in the palm of his hand from an emotional standpoint.\u201d She then referred to another speech by Modi in New Delhi wherein he was calm and spiritual and was completely different. \u201cIt was almost like two different people,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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