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 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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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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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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“When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men living together in society, they create for themselves, in the course of time, a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.” -Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850), French economist ‘But are the tribals doing anything with that land?’ ‘We need the [...]
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Tradition, Continuity and Conflict in Jharkhand State An exhibition supported by The Gandhi Foundation An exhibition of photography by Robert Wallis and artwork by members of the Tribal Women’s Artist Collective from Jharkhand, North Central India 14th April – 25th June 2011 at The Brunei Gallery, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Sq, London WC1H 0XG In [...]
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31 July, 2010 After the arrival of the Monsoon, the city dwellers are enjoying the cool weather. The farmers are busily preparing their paddy fields. However, the atmosphere in the red corridor is more or less the same, a mood of anxiety, uncertainty, fear, pain and shock prevails in the region. Perhaps, one could hear [...]
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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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With as always (but particularly in our age of 24 hour news coverage) so many negative stories making the headlines is it any wonder that people increasingly feel powerless? Some decide not to get up in the morning whilst others turn to a hedonistic life. Well friends, as many Gandhi followers know, we all have [...]
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This year the Gandhi Foundation’s Annual Lecture and Peace Award took place on the 3rd November in the House of Lords, in a session chaired by Lord Bhikhu Parekh, Vice President of The Gandhi Foundation. Lord Parekh welcomed the guests and introduced Omar Hayat, a Trustee of The Gandhi Foundation who then [...]
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