Traditionally the biggest of all the sacred bathing days in the 50-day long Mela, Mauni Amavasya this time holds greater significance as it falls on a Monday and that too during the Kumbh - a rather rare combination on many accounts.
Security measures have been heightened in Prayagraj and surrounding areas for the auspicious occasion.
The sea training also included 'how to fish', something that made Kasab think that 'he had got a job and he could earn a respectable living'.
While historian Ramachandra Guha and Iranian-Canadian philosopher Ramin Jahanbegloo believe Gandhi was less than the perfect father, author Sandhya Mehta treads a more middle path.
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