Why Gandhi?

San Ġwann council has unanimously agreed to name a recently built garden at the entrance of the locality 'Garden of Peace - Mahatma Gandhi, icon of peace, 1869-1948'. I know I am opening a can of worms, but couldn't the local council come up with a...

San Ġwann council has unanimously agreed to name a recently built garden at the entrance of the locality 'Garden of Peace - Mahatma Gandhi, icon of peace, 1869-1948'.

I know I am opening a can of worms, but couldn't the local council come up with a better name for that garden? What did Gandhi do to help the cause of people in San Ġwann - or Malta, for that matter? Here are some alternative Maltese names that come to mind, even after living away from Malta for some 30 years: Ġnien il-Mensija; Ġnien San Ġorġ Preca; Ġnien l-Assedju l-Kbir; Ġnien l-Ewropa.

Or how about naming the garden for some Maltese 'icon' like Dom Mintoff or George Borg Olivier? It is also fitting perhaps to name the garden after the 47 Maltese who were most unjustly exiled during the war as a full and unqualified apology for the wrongs done to them. And while they are at it, I suggest the council rename the town Il-Mensija. I am sure these are move fitting names than Gandhi.

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