The Gujarat government is spending Rs 1,200 crore to make the Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram a world class tourist spot. But the place where Gandhi started his ashram life is sidelined. Gandhi started his first ashram at Kochrab village near Paldi, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. When Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi returned home from South Africa and started looking for a place to establish an ashram, Rabindranath Tagore suggested he start the ashram in Santiniketan. Then the people of Rajkot in Gujarat urged him to establish an ashram, but when Gandhi passed through Ahmedabad many friends chose a place there and started the exercise of establishing an ashram. They said they would bear all the expenses of the ashram.
Back in 2011, Ramon Magsaysay Laureate Ela Bhatt, founder of Ahmedabad s Self Employed Women s Association (SEWA), was giving a talk at the India International Centre in New Delhi, where she introduced the audience to Ansuya Sarabhai.Bhatt .
The Gujarat government is spending Rs 1,200 crore to make the Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram a world class tourist spot. But the place where Gandhi started his ashram life is being sidelined nowadays.Gandhi started his first ashram at Kochrab village .
If you are wondering about Sarabhai’s family you will be surprised to know that the family has it all starting from scientists and industrialists to artists.
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