Approximately 600 prisoners across various jails in Maharashtra took the Gandhi Peace Exam October 2. The annual event is special as it marks the start of Gandhiji’s 150th birth anniversary.
Beyond testing their skills, the voluntary test introduced inmates to Gandhi’s own trials and moral dilemmas, and how he overcame them by prayer, fasting, penance and resolve.
“The prisoners have to read about him, and this has wrought a change of heart in several jailbirds,” said T R K Somaiya of Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal which conducts the exam.Click Here: IQOS White