Park University, in Missouri, recently brought the iconic leader's grandson and biographer to town for celebrations and talks for the sesquicentennial of Mahatma Gandhi's birth. The elder Gandhi sought to attain purity as a way of leading entire nations to peace; his grandson believes that we can contribute to that greater good, even while falling short of perfection in our lives.
Listen to grandson and EPOL research professor Rajmohan Gandhi speak to his grandfather's legacy on KCUR's BBC Newshour.