What would Gandhi do?

For the past couple days, there has been a roving rally here in Washington to support the movement for democracy in Burma. Chris has been writing almost daily posts about the anti-government protests in that country. The protesters in DC, led by monks, have marched to the Burmese, Chinese and Indian embassies. The Washington Post profiled the Burmese exile community today.

I caught up with the protest today in front of the Indian embassy where they stopped en route to the White House. There was something very powerful about seeing a group of Burmese monks protesting next to a statue of Gandhi -- in front of the embassy of India, the world's largest democracy, which Ganhdi helped create. Gandhi's statue includes the inscription "My life is my message." The Burmese people could use some of India's moral authority and democratic ideals right about now.