MAHATMA HAILED: 'Mahatma Gandhi was the spiritual leader of America's non-violence movement': US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Mahatma Gandhi was spiritual leer of America's n-violence movement, Speaker of US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has said as she described how Indian leer influenced American social activist Martin Lur King Jr.

A strong proponent of India-US relationship, Pelosi said she believes in Gandhian philosophy and thinking. 

"Gandhi was spiritual leer of America's nviolence movement, she said referring to India visit of Martin Lur King Jr.

Martin Lur King Jr was an activist who played a key role in American civil rights movement from mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968.

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word Satyagraha means two things, she said. 

"It means nviolence and insistence on truth. That was exactly what Martin Lur King did: nviolently insisting on truth. So gift, spiritual gifts that India has given to United States is really one of those strong ties that we have in our shared values, Pelosi said.

She was speaking at Second Leership Summit of US India Strategic and Partnership Forum (USISPF).

Pelosi got interested in Gandhi during her school days. 

"When I was a little girl, I went to school one day, Catholic school, and I went in, I h a hat on. And nun said to me, who do you think you are? Mahatma Gandhi! I h idea who Mahatma Gandhi was," she said.  

"I went to library. In 1950s y h books on Mahatma Gandhi for children," Pelosi said.

And when she went to college, she got all books of Gandhi from college library.

"One day this young woman came up to me in saree, who was my classmate and she said, I see that you have taken out all books on Gandhi. My far is Pakistani Ambassor to United States. I want you to take out books on Jinnah," she said amidst laughter from audience.  

Muhamm Ali Jinnah was founder of Pakistan. Pelosi also praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's communication skills at event.

"We have our vision, we have our kwledge, we have our strategy., mess, mess, mess. And he (Modi) really is a master of that, she said.

Referring to Modi's speech in Silicon Valley a few years ago, Pelosi said: "He just was spectacular and how he h that audience in palm of his hand from an emotional standpoint." 

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She n referred to ar speech by Modi in New Delhi wherein he was calm and spiritual and was completely different. 

"It was almost like two different people," she said.

Pelosi also praised dress of prime minister to joint session of Congress.

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