Tag: MAHATMA GANDHI
What Gandhi can teach today’s protesters
Almost a century ago, Mohandas K. Gandhi – commonly known by the honorific Mahatma, the great-souled one – emphasized nonviolent resistance in his campaign...
‘A writer’s beliefs must never be mortgaged to a particular party or ideology’, says Professor...
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Looking at the Contemporary World through the Gandhian Perspective
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Young Minds and Their Creative Articulations
The New Leam organized a creative writing project involving the students of Jesus and Mary college, University of...
Debunking the Myth of Modernist Development: An Opportune Moment to Walk on the Gandhian...
Whenever you are in a doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the...
Revisiting Mahatma Gandhi’s Most Essential Message for Our Times
Gandhi left a lasting impact on the socio-cultural and political landscape, but his deep emphasis on communal harmony and social equity resonate the most with the contemporary Indian crisis.
Auctioneers Shocked to Find Gandhi’s Gold Rimmed Glasses Inside Letterbox
To their utter shock and extreme surprise, a group of auctioneers in Briston, England find Gandhi’s glasses popping out of the letterbox.
Unity or Partition: The Final Week of the Mahatma’s Life
The state of the nation tends to indicate that we have not yet been able to combat the politics of communal division and hatred that led to the traumatic Partition. Under these circumstances, historical memories teach us a couple of lessons.
1918 flu pandemic killed 12 million Indians, and British overlords’ indifference strengthened the anti-colonial...
The Spanish flu, 1918 pandemic likely began in Kansas and killed between 50 and 100 million people worldwide.
My Gandhian Way of Invoking Krishna
The author has invoked Krishna, and argued how Mahatma Gandhi's anashakti yoga was in tune with Krishna's teachings in the Bhagavadgita.
Glorifying Gandhi’s Assassin in School Syllabus
The Hindu Mahasabha wants Godse’s court statement included in school syllabus.