India’s senior order batsman Shikhar Dhawan and spin all-rounder Ravichandran Ashwin on Tuesday paid tributes to the ‘father of the nation’, Mahatma Gandhi, on his birth anniversary.
Shikhar Dhawan took to the micro-blogging site Twitter and shared an inspirational quote of Mahatma Gandhi. he posted: “In a gentle way, you can shake the world. – Mahatma Gandhi #GandhiJayanti”.
R Ashwin wrote, “Today as our nation celebrates #GandhiJayanti, can we pick up two qualities that Gandhiji embodied, #Truth and #NonViolence, make these qualities a part and parcel of our daily lives.”
Veteran Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif also paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi.
” Not just a symbol , but a being who internalizes the spirit of India, with Values of Peace, Non-Violence, Love, Secularism, Brotherhood & Harmony. May his life be an inspiration for all#GandhiJayanti ,” Kaif wrote on Twitter.