Tag: MAHATMA GANDHI
Sarla Behn – Gandhi’s Comrade, Social Reformer and an Ardent Environmentalist
Sarla Behn was by origin a British lady who lived in Kausani, Uttarakhand and dedicated her life to fighting for the rights of the families of Indian freedom fighters and to the conservation of the Himalayan ecology.
To Be Young and to Approach Gandhi in Present Time
Gandhi is more relevant today than at any other time. Gandhian ideas provide a subversive lens to grapple with the present pathology of modernity, nationalism and violent existence.
Video/The New Leam’s Workshop on ‘Gandhi for the Young’
We live in an extremely violent world. With hyper-masculine aggression, militant nationalism, technological domination, neoliberal developmentalism, media simulations and ecologically
destructive consumerism--we find ourselves in a world that seems to devalue all higher principles for creating an egalitarian/peaceful/ ecologically sensitive world characterized by a non-violent art of resistance against whatever causes divisions and inequality in society. Under these circumstances, what does it mean to invoke Gandhi? Yes, we know that there is a conspiracy--an exercise in Gandhi-bashing. Moreover, even among the supposedly radical youth, one notices some sort of indifference to Gandhi. While they talk about Marx, Ambedkar, Phule and Bhagat Singh, not much enthusiasm can be seen amongst them as far as Gandhi is concerned.
Transcending Violence: Gandhi and His Art of Resistance
To invoke the Mahatma in 2019, is to revisit his trailblazing spirit of being a torchbearer of non-violent dissent at a time when the world is mired in war and misery.
Pedagogy/Relevance of Education from Gandhi, Freire and Dewey’s Perspective
The educational discourse of Gandhi, Freire and Dewey remind us of the multi-faceted debates on the meaning and significance of education in the society.
Keeping the Mahatma’s light shining
Over 6 million children in rural India have already been given this lamp at a subsidised rate of Rs 200 each.
Remembering Gandhi: The Pedagogue
The Gandhian approach to education was one of action and not one of bookish study. This is exemplified in his keeping vocational activities, particularly the making of handicrafts, at the centre of the school curriculum in Nai Talim.
Mahatma Gandhi’s Role As An Ecologist
Gandhi’s vision of a better world includes a very clear understanding of what needs to be done for the protection of environment.
