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Gandhi in Vogue Among American Celebrities

Peace icon Mahatma Gandhi appears to be back in vogue among Hollywood and other celebrities.

Saturn award winner actress Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) was spotted in New York City streets wearing a V-neck T-shirt displaying a large picture of Gandhi.

Actress-supermodel Jessica Szohr (Gossip Girl), Oscar winner Angelina Jolie (Changeling), Golden Globe nominated Jessica Alba (Dark Angel), Grammy nominated Rihanna (Good Girl Gone Bad), etc., also reportedly carry Gandhi T-shirts. DJ I-Dee (Isaac DeLima), scratch music prodigy and winner of DMC USA, was seen in a Miami (USA) club wearing neon Gandhi T-shirt.

A prestigious fashion themed exhibition titled "Italian knots: Evolution, language and style of the tie", organized by Associazione Culturale Colosseum Roma, showing at Embassy of Italy in Washington DC (USA) till July two, displays Gandhi's picture prominently along with the pictures of the likes of Oscar winner George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck).

Acclaimed Indo-American statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, welcoming Gandhi's rediscovery by American celebrities, urged them also to look deeper into Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence, his commitment to world peace, and his work for the upliftment of the downtrodden.

Rajan Zed, who is chairperson of Indo-American Leadership Confederation, further said that although Gandhi never set foot on America, yet he was on Time magazine covers in 1930, 1931, and 1947; Time Person of the Year in 1930; and was runner-up for Time Person of the Century. Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) was one of the few men in history to fight simultaneously on moral, religious, political, social, economic, and cultural fronts.