Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story by Arun Gandhi & Bethany Hegedus, illustrated by Evan Turk

Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story by Arun Gandhi & Bethany Hegedus illustrated by Evan Turk Purchased for my school library with grant funding Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mohandas K. Gandhi, lived with his grandfather in his service village for two years (1946-1948) from the ages of 12 - 14. As an adult, he was a journalist for the Times of India for 30 years and continues work as a socio-political activist. Hearing him speak about healing and forgiveness after witnessing the terror attacks of 9/11, Bethany Hegedus, with the goal of “bringing something good into the world,” asked Arun to partner with her to “turn his unique insights and memories of his grandfather, and the impact they had on his life, into books.” From this came Grandfather Gandhi in 2014 and Be the Change: A Grandfather Gandhi Story , published in 2016. Be the Change focuses on one of the eleven vows of ashram living, the one that Arun found the most challenging: not to waste. He