Gandhi was born 146 years ago this weekend. Kevin Pilley follows in his footsteps and visits the birthplace and family home of the influential leader in Porbandar, Gujarat.

With summer almost upon us, it’s a great time to get out and about. This weekend sees the annual Afri famine walk take place in Co. Mayo, an experience that is always uplifting and memorable, writes Rob Fairmichael.

POLITICAL leaders paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on the 140th anniversary of his birth yesterday, which is also World Non-Violence Day.

AS much of the world marked September 11 by remembering the 2001 attacks on the United States, India celebrated it as a day of peace — the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mohandas Gandhi’s philosophy of peaceful resistance.

Manmohan Singh, the soft-spoken economist named India’s next prime minister, pledged today to work to restore religious harmony, keep India investor-friendly and seek peace with rival Pakistan.