Chappals made of tyres  :  

         This incident happened when the  Vietnamese Revolutionary and the President of Vietnam   Ho Chi Minh   visited India.  Though he was President of a country, he used chappals made from used tyres of vehicles  and his cap was made of straw.   He was involved in a violent revolution and yet he  had a strong  belief in the Non-Violence of Gandhi and in a way he took pride in calling himself a disciple of Gandhi.

        In a function held in his honour, one speaker compared him with Gandhi, Ho Chi Minh did not like this comparison. And his face exhibited his displeasure on hearing this simily..

        While replying to the reception, he said, “ Some speakers have compared me to Gandhi, but I do not like this comparison. Gandhi  had a grand personality, I am a pygmy  before him. I am certainly a revolutionary  but I can never be compared to Gandhi at all.”