Talk with Kanu Gandhi, Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi(Video)
Kanu Gandhi, a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and son of Ramdas Gandhi actually stayed with Mahatma Gandhi in his childhood. Kanu Gandhi has candidly narrated his experiences with Mahatma Gandhi in this four parts interview. This interview took place in Jamestown, U.S. Interview is uploaded by humanrelieftechguy on YouTube.
- Kanu Gandhi, a second cousin of Mahatma Gandhi, was born in 1917. Initially he wanted to become a doctor, but that changed when he became involved with the Indian independence movement at the age of fifteen. Under the inspirational leadership of Mahatma Gandhi this organization sought to win independence from British colonial rule. Kanu went to work as a typist and personal assistant to his uncle. Because he had direct access to this political leader, his colleagues urged him to photograph his life. He began doing so in 1938, with Gandhi’s permission. Gandhi did lay down two conditions: he would not have to pose, and no flash would be used in the photographing. He also insisted that the photographs not be paid for by the independence movement. Kanu financed his reportage through the photographs he sold to newspapers in ever increasing numbers. With his wife Abha he grew into one of Gandhi’s most important confidants. The bond only deepened after the death of Gandhi’s wife in 1944. After the assassination attempt in 1948, Mahatma Gandhi died in Abha’s arms. At that moment, Kanu was working on a reportage in what later was to become Bangladesh. For the rest of their lives, Kanu and Abha remained fervent adherents of Gandhi’s philosophy. Kanu continued to photograph sporadically from 1948 to his death in 1986.
Saleem Arif Quadri (India/Great Britain, 1949), a British painter and photographer, met Abha Gandhi in 1992 during a study trip to India, the land of his birth. She showed him her husband’s photo albums, partly eaten by white ants. They appeared to be full of intimate, affectionate photographs of the greatest historic importance. Using new prints, in 1995 Quadri assembled the exhibition KANU GANDHI’S MAHATMA (1938-1946). Abha Gandhi died shortly before the opening
–Kanu Gandhi’s collection which is with over 1300 photographs of Mahatma Gandhi is the second largest photo collection on Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi’s great nephew Kanu lived with his family on Gandhi’s ashrams in Ahmedabad and in central India, near Wardha. In 1936 Kanu Gandhi (1917-1986) was given his first camera and a roll of film and thus began his document of the last 11 years of Gandhi’s life. Gandhi agreed to be photographed by him on three conditions: Kanu was not to use a flash, the ashram would not finance it and Gandhi would never pose. He was thus able to capture Mahatma Gandhi in all his moods and moments. This is a collection of rare intimacy presenting Gandhi in the company of his family and other ashram members, and shows the private Gandhi in contrast to the public Mahatma.
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