India is celebrating the 150th birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. From padayatras (covering a distance, usually a long one, by walk) to spinning of the charaka (the wheel) to emphasis on cleanliness - the government's pet programme Swachh Bharat Mission - the Mahatma's ideas are rightly being played out with pomp and fervour. Yet sufficient care should be taken to ensure that these ideas or ideals do not turn into mere symbolisms.
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