Mahatma Gandhi led a successful non-violent resistance to British rule of India, which won its independence in 1947. However, riots broke out between India’s Hindus and Muslims, leaving nearly one million people dead and resulting in the portioning of the country India and Pakistan. Gandhi, who had undertaken hunger strikes while jailed by the British, used the non-violent protest of a hunger strike in an effort to stop the violence between Hindus and Muslims, which was only briefly successful. Less than a year later, a fellow Hindu, who felt that Gandhi had betrayed the Hindu cause by advocating peaceful relations between Hindu and Muslim, assassinated Gandhi.
Mia Farrow is the daughter of late Irish actress Maureen O'Sullivan and Australian film director John Farrow. Besides once being married to Frank Sinatra and later having a long-term relationship with filmmaker Woody Allen, Farrow is known for her roles in "Rosemary's Baby" and "Hannah and Her Sisters."
Farrow plans a "fast of only water" Monday to demonstrate "outrage at a world that is somehow able to stand by and watch innocent men, women and children needlessly die of starvation, thirst and disease." Her spokesman said Farrow will fast for as long as possible.
Darfur advocates have asked Farrow that instead of fasting, she donate the amount of money it takes to maintain her brood of adopted children for a week, which would feed and clothe several hundred Sudanese children for three to six months.
In solitude and support, I plan to fast between breakfast and lunch, and again until dinner.
