Ent said he originally heard Arun Gandhi speak in Muncie, Ind., about six years ago. Tenn. He and his wife, Sunanda Gandhi, founded the institute in 1991. Arun Gandhi spoke to an audience of about 400 people at Pioneer High School on Tuesday evening. He related the struggles of growing up in South Africa under the apartheid system. He recalled being beaten as a child because of racial hatred.
Racism exists in everybody, in every color.
When he was 12 years old, Arun Gandhi's parents took him to live with his grandfather in India to calm some of the rage he felt under apartheid. He said one of the first lessons his grandfather taught him was to control his anger. Mahatma Gandhi advised him to keep an anger journal, he said. It is a very good source of energy and very useful, but only if channeled intelligently and respectfully. Arun Gandhi has continued his grandfather's legacy of non-violent activism through work in India, South Africa and the United States.