Sarvajit Chakravarti

Mark Worden (Standard British accent):

The March issue of Speak Up features an article on the 60th anniversary of the death of Mahatma Gandhi. In this out-take Sarjavit Chakravarti, the Indian Consul General to Milan, discusses Gandhi's status as a global icon:

Sarjavit Chakravarti (Indian accent):

Well, he was, I think, a global citizen. All his ideas about political change and social change evolved as a result of his experiences in India, in Britain and in South Africa. He spent 21 years of his life in South Africa. And that is why he not only succeeded in creating a mass political movement that brought India her independence, but also initiated a system, a force, a philosophy that brought freedom to much of the rest of the world, the latest example of which, politically, has been South Africa. So Gandhi to us, and in my personal belief, is and remains a global icon.