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Gajagamini The House Journal
September 2008
The shy young students with Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who always had a special place in his heart for children.From right to left: Joy Kiwanuka (Sandhyaben), Roset (Prabhaben), Rosemary (Rashmiben), Juliet (Chandrarekhaben), Catherine (Usha Ben).
 
An
African-
Indian
Odyssey

The India - Africa connection has always been very predominant in the Mehta Group - thanks in the most part to the destiny that took our Founder, Nanjibhai Kalidas Mehta to Africa to begin his industrial empire there.

That link served as a basis for a unique cross-cultural experiment that began in the 1960s.
Five girls from Uganda came to Gurukul in order to be educated there. Their expenses were underwritten by Pu Bapuji.

The five girls - Rosemary Nadeope, Catherine Nanairi, Joy Kiwanuka, Juliet NaMukasa and Roset YesiErusha were given Indian names by Didiji - Rashmi, Usha, Sandhya, Chandralekha and Prabha and within a year they were proficient in Gujarati, Sanskrit and Hindi. An oft-repeated anecdote is that if the girls were hidden from view and you could only hear them speak Gujarati, you would never guess they were not of Indian origin!!

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