Keeping history alive at Tolstoy Farm
Indian companies will support the restoration of the place where Gandhi lived and established a community in SA
Tolstoy Farm near Lenasia in Gauteng, once the home of Mahatma Gandhi, is being brought back to life after lying derelict for many years. The decision to resuscitate Tolstoy Farm is the result of a process which began about six years ago. "Various organisations started coming together with a view to restoring Tolstoy Farm," says Kirti Menon, Gandhi’s great-granddaughter. "No one person can be credited with it. It is a great community effort." Restoration of the farm has also received attention in India, says Gourish Chakravorty, CEO of the SA unit of Indian water purification solutions group ION Exchange. It is not surprising. In India Gandhi bears the unofficial title of "father of the nation." A number of Indian companies have stepped forward to assist, says Chakravorty. They include his own group (which will ensure the supply of drinking water), Kirloskar Group (which will supply a 10KV generator) and CRI Pumps (which will provide a borehole pump). The State Bank of India will fu...
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