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Four Mumbaikars who are still carrying the lagacy of Mahatma Gandhi

As the country enters the 150th year of Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, Anju Maskeri meets four Mumbaikars who carry his legacy without a badge

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Arnaz Khan says she makes it a point to buy garments from Khadi Bhandar in Fort in order to promote the indigenous fabric. Pic/Suresh Karkera

Arnaz Khan says she makes it a point to buy garments from Khadi Bhandar in Fort in order to promote the indigenous fabric. Pic/Suresh Karkera

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Khan, who works with the Blue Ribbon Movement, a Mumbai-based social organisation, was 15 years old when she first picked up Gandhi's autobiography, The Story Of My Experiments With Truth. She laboured through it and gave it up halfway. “At the time, it seemed like a farfetched philosophy, so I left it at that,” says Khan, now 21. A couple of years later, while cleaning the book shelf at her Mahalaxmi home, the Sophia College alumna chanced upon the book again. This time, she decided to give it another chance. And, that made all the difference.

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