The Mahatma’s lofty ideals are a balm to many bruised
minds serving sentences in state jails
Sarvodaya Mandal
and Gandhi Research Foundation are organising Gandhi Peace Examination and
other reformation programmes in jails. This year, about 1081 jail inmates
appeared for Gandhi Peace Exam. Feedbacks of prisoners are overwhelming. Around
3,000 inmates will appear for the exam and reformation programmes such as
meditation, yoga, AIDS awareness, adult education are planned to be held in the
jails and films like 'Gandhi' and 'Lage Raho Munnabhai' will be screened for
about 15,000 inmates throughout the year..
