One Gujarati with whom President Obama wants to have meal

One Gujarati with whom President Obama wants to have meal
By Krushn.Y
Ahmedabad, DeshGujarat, 21 September, 2009


One Gujarati with whom President Obama wants to have meal

Mahatma Gandhi’s photo behind Obama in his office



Who is the one Gujarati with whom present American President would like to have a meal, given a chance?

Well, he is Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, our Gandhiji.

Recently during interaction with a ninth grade school student asked President Obama , “Given a chance, with whom you would like to have a meal?”, President Obama replied, “You know, I think that it might be Gandhi, who is a real hero of mine. Now, it would probably be a really small meal because he didn’t eat a lot.”

When the question was posed to him – who was the one person, dead or live, that he would choose to dine with. Obama’s answer ? Gandhi. His exact words were: “He’s somebody I find a lot of inspiration in. He inspired Dr. King with his message of nonviolence. He ended up doing so much and changed the world just by the power of his ethics.”