When Chaplin Met Gandhi – A Play by Eastlea Theatre Company & Community School

Posted on January 31, 2012 by gandhifriends

When Chaplin Met Gandhi A play by Eastlea Theatre Company & Community School Saturday 11th February 2012 2.30pm & 6pm The Joan Littlewood Theatre, Eastlea Community School Pretoria Road, Canning Town, London, E16 4NP (Nr Star Lane DLR or Canning Town / West Ham Tube) Tickets: Adult £4, Child £2 from Eastleigh School Reception Tel: 0207 [...]

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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 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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The Kettling – A Masque for Our Times – by John Rowley

Posted on April 5, 2009 by gandhifriends

Director: Sir Paul Stephenson Script: Sir Ian Blair Producers: The Metropolitan Police Troupe: “The Darth Vader Clones” Extras: Thousands of Unwitting Citizenry The Revolutionary Committee re-named 1st April this year as “Financial Fools Day”. By chance, your own newly-appointed Theatre Critic chose to review the Premiere of “The Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse”, a play [...]

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Peter Cadogan (1921-2007)

Posted on February 16, 2008 by gandhifriends

Peter Cadogan, who has died at 86, was once called ‘the most expelled socialist in England’. He campaigned effectively on many fronts for peace, justice and human rights in print, on the streets and through teams of like-minded thinkers. He moved from radical politics [Labour, Communist, Workers Revolutionary and Socialist Worker Parties] to radical spirituality [...]

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Summer Gathering 2007 – by Denise Moll

Posted on July 7, 2007 by gandhifriends

How does one catch a moonbeam, or a passing week of laughter, learning, sharing, healthy food, cleaning, walking in the hills, staying up late to chatter? As I reflect, my heart is full of sights and sounds of the week just passed and a welling up of gratitude for this oft-repeated event and especially to [...]

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