Today is Gandhi's Birthday.
That is right, today is the Indian National Holiday, Gandhi Jayanti. And, you should celebrate because Gandhi was an awesome man who had some really neat ideas. Also, he worked up Winston Churchill with such regularity that it is said that Churchill called him the "Stick Insect" and once even asked while Gandhi was on hunger strike, "Is the Stick Insect dead yet?" (That's right, I deal in hearsay and gossip. What can I say? I'm not a historian, I'm an Apprentice Linguist.)
Now, that's saying something since Mr. Churchill is the archetypal (British) Statesman. (And would obviously never stoop to such levels of uncouthness unless really, really bothered.)
Some suggestions for things to do:
1. Read some Gandhi. (Hind Swaraj, My Experiments in Truth, Any number of his letters or speeches.)
2. Be civilly disobedient. Host a sit-in protesting something that is ridiculously abhorrent that should no longer exist. Or, stop going to work for that reason.
3. Experiment in Truth yourself. I'm not really sure what this one means. Perhaps, you could come up with an empirical question based on the notion of "truth" and then conduct experiments to test the validity of the notion based on your question.
4. Create your own Homespun garment. Or, just spin. As a way to encourage more economic independence and to further upset the British machine by not purchasing British textiles, Gandhi started a homespun movement, even spinning himself. There are many a picture of Gandhi (and Nehru and much of the Congress Party) in Homespun attire.
5. Eat a bacon cheeseburger. Okay, this is absolutely inappropriate. It is fun, nonetheless.
