Years ago, while reading an obscure text on the Indian National Congress, I ran across a historic nugget that caught my eye…June 7, 1893 was the date when young Mohandas Gandhi was tossed off a train on his way to Cape Town. The reason it struck me was because I had just listened to a recording of Robert Kennedy’s Day of Affirmation speech, which had been recorded when he spoke at Cape Town University on June 6, 1966….and I became immediately fascinated by the surprising nexus between these two men, their paths, these dates and Cape Town.
I’ve spoken about it numerous times, and always longed to try to write down my thoughts on the intersection. Long story short, I just did.
Here is an excerpt and a link to it, from today’s Huffington Post.
Thanks for reading.