Keshav Gupta, a young social activist from New Delhi, had always wanted to visit Sarvodaya, the house where Mahatma Gandhi lived in Durban, South Africa. When he finally did last year, he was elated. “It felt inspiring to be at the Phoenix Settlement in KwaZulu-Natal where Gandhiji was based. It felt special to be in the house and to learn about his continuing influence in society,” says Gupta, who visited Durban again recently to attend a conference organised to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Gandhi’s removal from a first-class train compartment at Pietermaritzburg railway station on June 7, 1893.
A bust of Gandhi at Pietermaritzburg railway station.
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