Mohandas Karam Chand Gandhi
The Father of Modern India

The central figure in the story of modern India is, of course, Mohandas Gandhi. Many of you have already seen the film about Gandhi's life and death. But India is a huge place with many different ethnic groups and religious heritages. India is a modern nation that has the atomic bomb (one wonders what Gandhi would like!) and a gigantic motion picture industry (Indians are now claiming that Bollywood is bigger than Hollywood!).

India is the scene of Mother Theresa's heroic efforts to help the very poor. And its citizens claim it is the largest democracy in the world! But it is also one of the countries whose citizens most actively seek to become U.S. residents.

There are many persons of Indian heritage living in Birmingham. And there are also many Indian students attending Jefferson State. The links that follow below will allow interested visitors to this page an opportunity to find out . . .well, "what India is really like. . ."