World Civilian Coalition Gathers for Global March to Jerusalem

Posted on January 16, 2012 by gandhifriends

World Civilian Coalition Gathers for Global March to Jerusalem Beirut -The International Executive Committee of the Global March to Jerusalem announces the completion of the preparations for the Second International Conference where the representatives of the International Committees involved in the organization of the Global March to Jerusalem will meet. The conference will be held in [...]

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Who Was Fritz Schumacher? by Diana Schumacher

Posted on November 25, 2011 by gandhifriends

Who Was Fritz Schumacher? by Diana Schumacher E F Schumacher, the economist-philosopher, was born 100 years ago this year. The following article is edited from a longer paper written for the Schumacher Society in 2008. Ernst Friedrich (Fritz) Schumacher was an unlikely pioneer of the Green Movement. He was born in Bonn in 1911, studied at Oxford [...]

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Indian Relations

Posted on October 19, 2011 by gandhifriends

India - Question for Short Debate Asked By Lord Parekh To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of economic, political and cultural relations between the United Kingdom and India. Lord Parekh: It is a great privilege to initiate this debate. Since it is a common practice to declare an interest, I begin by saying that [...]

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The Indian Anti-Corruption Campaign of the Politician Anna Hazare

Posted on August 26, 2011 by gandhifriends

I’d rather not be Anna by Arundhati Roy Click on the link below to read the original article from The Hindu 21st August 2011 http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/article2379704.ece?homepage=true “While his means may be Gandhian, his demands are certainly not.”   A Response by Dr Felix Padel I’ve been up since 4am, woken by hearing Arundhati Roy interviewed on [...]

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Battle of Plassey Day – 23rd June

Posted on June 16, 2011 by gandhifriends

How should we remember the Battle of Plassey Day on 23rd June every year ? Since 2007 Brick Lane Circle has been organising annual events – conferences, East India Company Walks and poetry readings – to explore important issues relating to the English East India Company’s rule over Bengal.  The first conference was held in [...]

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East Meets West Through Rokeya – by Shaheen Choudhury Westcombe

Posted on October 14, 2010 by gandhifriends

    Rokeya Sakhawat Hossein has inspired and changed the lives of many women. A muslim feminist writer and educationalist, she campaigned for equality, peace, social justice, harmony and an eco-friendly world. Born in 1880, in colonial Victorian India in Rangpur, now in Bangladesh, she fought a lonely battle to create a better society and [...]

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Tibet: The Gandhi Way – by Anupma Kaushik

Posted on September 14, 2010 by gandhifriends

Tibet represents one of the unresolved problems of the world. On the one hand are the Tibetans led by the Dalai Lama who claim that Tibet was an independent country which was annexed by a stronger neighbour, i.e. China. They also claim that their efforts for finding a solution through peaceful negotiations are not reciprocated [...]

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Major Victory for Dongria Kondh Adivasis Against Vedanta’s Mining Plans

Posted on September 9, 2010 by gandhifriends

Jairam Ramesh, India’s Minister for Environment and Forests, has handed a major victory to campaigners working to protect the Niyamgiri Hills in Orissa from planned bauxite mining by the British-registered company Vedanta. Activists in the region had faced violence and intimidation from police and armed gangs. The campaign, using which included Intellectual Satyagraha type methods [...]

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Indian Secularism Revisited – by Antony Copley

Posted on August 11, 2010 by gandhifriends

A very distinctive Indian version of secularism has underpinned India since independence and is the critical guarantee in the continuing existence of its multi-cultural pluralist society. Were it to weaken then terrifying forces of communal violence are always at risk of breaking out. These thoughts are prompted by the Olympian lecture on this theme by [...]

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Increasing Equality by Matthew Bain

Posted on March 28, 2010 by gandhifriends

According to Lord Griffiths, the Conservative peer and Vice-Chairman of investment bank Goldman Sachs “we have to accept that inequality is a way of achieving greater opportunity and prosperity for all”. Has he hit on a clever, counter-intuitive truth ? No, he is just plain wrong. In their book The Spirit Level, Richard Wilkinson and [...]

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