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Meeting the Mahatma: Gandhiji’s Visits to Orissa Edited by Jatindra K Nayak Rupantar 2006 pp123 ISBN 81-901759-7-1 Rs195 Gandhi visited the Indian state of Orissa seven times and this book brings together 25 short accounts of some of these visits written by mostly Oriyas but also by two European women. Most of the authors were [...]
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Born in a remote Himalayan village and that too in a princely state, I could know about Gandhi when I was a High School student at the age of 13. My inquisitiveness to know about a strangely dressed young man, who was dressed neither like the officers of the state nor like the poor subjects [...]
Filed under: Living & Environment, South Asia | Tagged: activism, alcohol, ashram, Chipko, dams, deforestation, environment, fasting, Gandhi, Ganges, Himalayas, Hinduism, India, liquor, Nehru, Sarvodaya, satyagraha, trees, Untouchability, Vinoba | 1 Comment »
The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence and India’s Future Martha C. Nussbaum Belknap Press of Harvard University Press pp403 29.95 euros Martha C. Nussbaum is Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of Chicago. She worked for eight years (1985-93) with the Research Project of the UN World Institute for Development in Helsinki, focusing [...]
Filed under: Reviews & Arts | Tagged: clash of civilizations, Gandhi, Hinduism, India, Islam, multiculturalism, nonviolence, Peace, pluralism, UN | 1 Comment »
It is now six decades since India became independent. When we start reflecting on our achievements, the scenario is somewhat odd: We have nuclear bombs and missiles and rockets and satellites side by side with bullock carts and hand pulled rickshaws. We have five star hotels with luxuries and comforts matching the best in the [...]
Filed under: Gandhian Economics, Living & Environment, South Asia | Tagged: Chaudhuri, consumerism, development, economics, Gandhi, Hinduism, India, Kumarappa, Schumacher, Vedas | 2 Comments »
Sir Mark Tully had a very distinguished career as BBC Correspondent for South Asia for 25 years. He has a vast knowledge of and respect for Indian culture and has written a number of books on the subject. This is a summary of the Lecture delivered on 1 September 2005 in City Hall, London. Was [...]
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Just where does Gandhi’s central concept of nonviolence fit into the overall Gandhi world view? Our understanding of Gandhi has normatively been shaped by the role he played as an antagonist of racial prejudice in South Africa and of colonialism in India. We see him as an exceptional politician in some of the great power [...]
Filed under: Spirituality & Religion | Tagged: artha, darshan, Gandhi, Hinduism, independence, India, kama, karma, moksha, nonviolence, politics, sadhana, sadhu, satyagraha, yoga | Leave a Comment »
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