During one Thaipusam celebration, before I was aware of my surroundings, I was told that Amma had bought two earthen statuettes from one of the stalls set up around the Waterfall Murugan Temple in Penang. She later explained her choice of Gandhi and Nehru over people like Meerabhai, Annathurai and MGR. She wanted her children to emulate these two Indian freedom fighters. A