The Danish Peace Academy
GANDHI AND NORDIC COUNTRIES
Collected by E. S. Reddy - EReddy@aol.com and Holger TerpLetter, May 7, 1933
Yeravda Central Prison,
May 7, 1933
My dear child,
I know what you are passing through. I look upon the coming fast as the richest gift God has yet blessed me with.173 I must not write more. You should know that it is well whatever the result.
Love for you both and kisses for the children.
Bapu
Source: My Dear Child, page 101; Collected Works, Volume 55, pages 137-38
173 Gandhi undertook a week’s fast from May 8, 1933, for “self-purification,” stressing the need for purity among workers serving Harijans. The government released him from prison on that day.
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