Arun Gandhi of Tennessee,
grandson of the Mahatma
said.. about his youth
in South Africa where
he was beaten .. simply
for having coffee with
coconut cream colored
skin:
I wanted revenge..
My grandfather said
that anger is energy
which can be channeled
for good..
Arun's grandfather
.. in the tradition
of Jesus and Leo Tolstoy
whom he called along
with Krishna his mentors
in nonviolence..
taught his grandson
to turn evil into good,
hate into love,
violence into nonviolence.