Congressman wants to send Americans to India to study Gandhi

Washington, Feb 24 (PTI) An eminent US lawmaker has said
that he is thinking of starting a fellowship wherein Indians
can come to America to study Martin Luther King and people
from here can go to India to study Mahatma Gandhi.

Congressman, John Lewis, was in India recently as part of
an official delegation which went there to commemorate the
50th anniversary of the historic visit of Martin Luther King
Jr in 1959 to study the teachings and philosophy of Mahatma
Gandhi.

"One of the things that I've been thinking about since
coming back from India, that we can have some fellowships for
young people from India to come to America to study the civil
rights movement of Martin Luther King Jr," Lewis said.

Interacting with foreign journalists at the Foreign Press
Center here, Lewis said the fellowship could also send young
people from America to India to study Mahatma Gandhi and pass
it on to generations.

"They can create a sea of humanity all over the world,
not just in India, but in other parts of Asia and Europe and
in Central and South America," said Lewis.

"Mohandas Gandhi's success in bringing about a
non-violent revolution in India inspired Martin Luther King
Jr," he said. PTI