to have known mahatma gandhi. he had his own views on his philosophies. >> that gave me an opportunity to write a letter to gandhi, saying, "this is what is happening in your ashram, and you talk about non-violence." >> even before the ashram opened, gandhi had drawn up rules for the community to follow. they are fascinating, encapsulate a loss of the that would guide him for the rest of his life. their business. one cannot follow truth or low so long as what is subject to fear. so it was really important that people should not be afraid of anything. >> yes, that was the most important part. >> at the heart of the ashram, is gandhi's room, a place full of memories. do you remember him sitting here? >> i more remember my father sitting over there taking dictation, sometimes showing him the papers, etc. >> how do you feel when you are in this room? >> i feel as if i have come back to my old house. this is like my own place. he was 56 years older than me, but there was no distinction of age between him and me. you fe

. >> id is hundred 40 years since mahatma gandhi was born in. -- it is 140 years since mahatma gandhi was born. we explore his mixed feelings as india became a freeountry. the feelings that i can to calcutta, a city simmering with fear and violence. -- feelings that took him to calcutta up and do. taft puf>> of the viceroy comese part in the official end to british rule. >> india's leaders finally gained the power to govern eir own land. india was free at last. it was gandhi that had brought the cause ofndia to international attention. at the moment of independence, he was held up as the man responsible. this is not how he thought of himself. >> he was completely disenchanted. he is a broken man. he does not think that this is the independents for which he struggled. this is not the independents for which he mobilized the people. 80 of his dreams, nonviolence ththe unity of india, they are completely broken apart. -- in two of his dreams. this was at the moment i could have been the moment of his triumphs. >> the independence movement has been defined by non violence but the long awai

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today, he is one of the few remaining people who can claim to have known mahatma got me. -- mahatma gandhi. he had his own views on the philosophy. >> it gave me an opportunity to write a letter to him, saying, this is what is happening. >> you think he told her, no more children? >> i think it helped. >> maybe not literally. i will follow you. even before it opened, he had drawn up rules for the community to follow. it encapsulate it the philosophy that would guide him the rest of his life. fearlessness, one cannot follow ututh or love someone is one is subject to fear. it was aboard the him that people should not be afraid of anything. -- it was important to him that people should not be afraid of anything. at the heart of the town, en for us, is his room, a place full of memories. ithis is where he used to sit? >> this is the drawing room. about what do you remember him sitting here? >> i can remember him sitting there, taking dictation, sometimes reading papers. >> how do you feel when you were in this room? >> i feel as if i have come back to my old house. this feels like my own place

>> mahatma gandhi never got a nobel peace prize. >> such a joke. >> the air waves are an open battle how he made it on the nomination list 11 days after inauguration and was picked over 200 others? >> has he ended a war? no, he made matters worse. >> reporter: from the head of the republican national committee. what has president obama actually accomplished? and there was this refrain -- >> you got to turn it down, you got to turn it down. you've got to turn it down. >> reporter: democrats hit back. comparing it to hamas and taliban, which also criticized the nobel choice. and the president's fans rallied too. >> at the end of the day, i think part of the reason was because he inspired many people around the world to want to make change and make peace. >> reporter: the nobel committee says that's precisely it. the president has given hope to the world for better relations and fewer nuclear arms and he's gone beyond some of his recent predecessors in reaching out to muslim countries. >> i've come here to cairo to seek a new beginning. >> i think it's a good start, really. i think he d

. >> mahatma gandhi never got a prize. >> it is such a joke. >> reporter: he made it on to the nomination list 11 days -- >> has he ended a war? no. >> reporter: from the head of the republican national committee, what has president obama actually accomplished? there was this refrain -- >> ute to turn it down, you've got to turn it down, you've got to turn it down. >> reporter: democrats hit back, comparing the rnc to hamas and the taliban, which also criticized the nobel choice, and the president's fans rallied, too. >> at the end of the day i think part of the reason was is he inspired many people around the world to want to make change and make peace. >> reporter: the nobel committee says that's precisely it. the president has given hope to the world, and he's gone beyond some of his recent predecessors in reaching out to muslim countries. >> i've come here to cairo to seek a new beginning. >> i think it's a good start, really. i think he deserves it. >> but the award is still a shocker for many. >> it's a bit early, isn't it? >> that's just ridiculous. >> reporter: despite all the opi

>> mahatma gandhi never got a nobel peace prize. >> it is such a joke. >> the chairman of the republican national committee was also quick to dismiss the award and yesterday michael steele said the award should have gone, quote, to people who have made real achievements working toward peace and human rights. but other republicans are starting to back peddle on their criticism. former gop presidential candidate mike huckabee says republican criticism could begin to sound like, quote, right wing whining. some democrats starting to attack republicans over this issue. on her twitter page senator mccaskill said she feels like she's living in an alternative universe and says the same people who called anyone who disagreed with the previous president unpatriotic are now jeering when the current president gets the peace prize. meanwhile, referencing a huge embarrassment for president bush, secretary of state hillary clinton's spokesman said it's better for the united states to have accolades tossed its way rather than shoes. as you see here, last year an iraqi journalist threw shoes at president