What Would a Gandhian Society Look Like? – by George Paxton

Posted on January 19, 2011 by gandhifriends

Much of Gandhi’s constructive programme was based on village India where the majority of Indians lived (and I believe still do). However, in the West, and increasingly throughout the world, most people live in urban centres. This, along with changes in society brought about by rapid technological developments perhaps require some adaptation of Gandhi’s ideas. [...]

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Martin Luther King on Gandhi

Posted on January 30, 2010 by gandhifriends

Excerpt of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Radio Address to India – All India Radio – March, 1959 Leaders in and out of government, organizations, particularly the Gandhi Smarak Nidhi and the Quaker Center, and many homes and families have done their utmost to make our short stay both pleasant and instructive. We have learned [...]

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Gandhi Inspires Obama

Posted on September 8, 2009 by gandhifriends

8th September 2009 Wakefield High School, Arlington, Virginia President Obama went to Wakefield High School in Arlington to give a national speech welcoming students back to school. He called for students to take responsibility and to learn from their failures so that they succeed in the end. A student asked President Obama: Hi. I’m Lilly. [...]

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Response to Sale of Gandhi’s Personal Items

Posted on March 5, 2009 by gandhifriends

In response to the sale by auction in New York of Gandhi’s round glasses, a pocket watch, leather sandals and other personal items, members of The Gandhi Foundation Executive Committee have the following comments: “It is rather obscene that items belonging to a man who deliberately led a simple lifestyle are now being sold to [...]

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US Congress Recognizes Gandhi

Posted on February 16, 2009 by gandhifriends

The US House of Representatives has passed an historic Resolution recognizing Mahatma Gandhi’s influence on Martin Luther King Jr. and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the American civil rights leader’s visit to India in 1959. Passed on Tuesday 10th February 2009 with a 406-0 vote (26 abstentions), the Resolution recalls how Dr. King’s study of [...]

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Obama on Gandhi

Posted on January 22, 2009 by gandhifriends

On Gandhi Service Day October 2 “Dear Friends, It’s a pleasure for me to join today in commemorating Mahatma Gandhi’s day of birth, celebrated across America and around the world by service to our neighbors and other good works. Gandhi’s commitment to creating positive change by bringing people together peacefully to demand it resonate as [...]

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Thomas Merton’s Reflections on Mahatma Gandhi – by Rasoul Sorkhabi

Posted on November 5, 2008 by gandhifriends

Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated in New Delhi 1948 (now sixty years ago) and Thomas Merton, a renowned Trappist monk and author, was killed in a tragic accident in 1968 (forty years ago). These anniversaries are valuable opportunities to reflect on the legacies, works and teachings of these two great men of peace. Gandhi has influenced [...]

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Martin Luther King Jnr: The Civil Rights Movement and Gandhian Philosophy – by Michael Lewin

Posted on June 16, 2008 by gandhifriends

Gandhi’s long-standing commitment to, and promotion of passive resistance eventually paved the way for full Indian independence in 1948. The long and arduous struggle that he had engaged with, for over fifty years, finally culminated in the end of British imperialistic rule that had gripped Indian life for centuries. At this historical point Gandhi’s political [...]

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