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Silent march in Ahmedabad to protest violence

Moved by the communal violence that swept across Ahmedabad, citizens from various religious groups on Tuesday staged a six-km long silent march, demonstrating their support for peace and harmony.

Around 1,000 marchers, including women, carrying placards and their mouth covered with scarfs, covered a distance of six km in silence from Kochrab Ashram to Sabarmati Ashram -- both set up by Mahatma Gandhi in 1917 after he returned to India from South Africa.

Some of the prominent personalities who joined the march, organised by Gujarat Loksamiti, were Narayan Desai, son of Mahadev Desai (personal assistant of Gandhi) and noted Sarvodaya leader 85-year-old Chunibhai Vaidya, veteran Gandhians, well-known social workers and writers from the state, including Prakash Shah.

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