The Gandhi Foundation AGM and Annual Gathering 2012

Posted on February 12, 2012 by gandhifriends

Invitation to The Gandhi Foundation AGM and Annual Gathering Saturday 12th May 2012 This years AGM will be at 2pm – 3pm at Kingsley Hall, Powis Rd, Bromley-by-Bow, London E3 3HJ After the AGM, the talented photographer Brijesh Patel will give a lecture & take questions on his current project SALT/Land & People. Traversing the blistering [...]

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What Happened at The Gandhi Foundation Multifaith Celebration 2012

Posted on February 8, 2012 by gandhifriends

The Gandhi Foundation Multifaith Celebration Review at St Ethelburga’s on 30th January 2012 By Mark Hoda, Chair & Trustee of The Gandhi Foundation It was really heartening to see such a large audience gather at St Ethelberga’s on a cold January evening. They heard  though provoking reflections on the environment and sustainability from a range [...]

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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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Great Soul – further views about Joseph Lelyveld’s book on Gandhi

Posted on October 20, 2011 by gandhifriends

Gandhi and South Africa A recent book by Joseph Lelyveld Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India was seen by some tabloid newspapers as suggesting Gandhi had latent sexual feelings towards his close friend Hermann Kallenbach. The controversy was used by the BJP Gujarat chief minster, Narendra Modi, to try to ban the [...]

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Killing, Denial and Manipulation – By Gladson Dungdung

Posted on September 16, 2011 by gandhifriends

30 August, 2011 30 year-old Mangri Honhanga along with her 4 month-old son Dula Honhanga and other family-members had desperately come toRanchi the capital city of Jharkhand after travelling for more than 6 hours right from Saranda forest in West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand last week with the hope of getting justice. Both the mother [...]

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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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Do We Also Have the Democratic Rights? – By Gladson Dungdung

Posted on July 13, 2011 by gandhifriends

10 July, 2011 On July 5, 2011, the Adivasis of Munda Khutkatti areas – Khunti, Murhu and Arki blocks of Khunti district gathered in Kachary Maidanof Khunti situated at a distance of 31 kilometres from the state capital of Jharkhand. In fact, the Khunti district administration had given them permission to hold a rally and [...]

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The Gandhi Foundation Annual Gathering 2011

Posted on July 11, 2011 by gandhifriends

The AGM Annual Gathering Event – Gandhi in Noakhali 21st May 2011 at Kingsley Hall, Powis Road, London Film screening: rare footage of Mahatma Gandhi’s visit to Noakhali during the 1946 riots Testimonials from Gandhi’s visit; Shaheen Westcombe MBE talks about her father’s archive Poetry reading and speeches Tour of Gandhi’s room at Kingsley Hall [...]

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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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Tribes and Tribulations – by Graham Davey

Posted on May 21, 2011 by gandhifriends

How do we bring peace and justice to the dispossessed and who is responsible? Those who came to the Annual General Meeting at Kingsley Hall on 10 July 2010 were privileged to hear two presentations on the plight of the indigenous peoples of East India. The Adivasis are the tribal people of Orissa and Jharkhand [...]

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