Aboard the 'Conference Ship', the SS Rajputana

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Aboard the 'Conference Ship', the SS Rajputana

Description

Mirabehn and Desai are seen here on the second-class deck of the SS Rajputana, during the journey from Bombay to Marseilles in September 1931. Disrupting the social conventions of life aboard deck, the Daily Telegraph reported on Gandhi’s daily prayer ritual, when ‘…the Mahatma, raising from his bench, summons his small flock of followers to prayer. Dressed in white flowing robes and looking like biblical prophets, they squat on deck, with hands clasped, heads bowed, and eyes closed in meditation.’ (4th September 1931)

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Associated Press Photo; 4th September 1931 News Chronicle

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“Aboard the 'Conference Ship', the SS Rajputana,” Spaces of Internationalism, accessed May 2, 2024, https://spacesofinternationalism.omeka.net/items/show/21.