Thursday, July 28, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Gandhi's letters to 'Dear Friend' Hitler inspire film
Two letters written by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to German dictator Adolf Hitler addressing him as 'Dear Friend' during the latter's ambitious eastern Europe push is subject of a film that hits the theatres this weekend.
The film 'Gandhi to Hitler' stars Raghuveer Yadav as the diminutive German dictator, Neha Dhupia as his love interest Eva Braun and Avijit Dutt as Mahatma Gandhi.
The film takes a parallel look at two socio-political set ups - the last days of Hitler when only his trusted comrades Eva and Joseph Goebbels stood by him through the upheavals in Germany and India's desperate bid for freedom and the individual choices of a young couple.
Although the enemy was common, the diametrically opposite ideologies adopted by both the leaders prompted Gandhi to write to Hitler to dissuade him from a bloody campaign against humanity.
The first letter was written on July 23, 1939 before the invasion of Poland and the start of World War II, while the second was written on Christmas eve in 1940.
Addressing him as 'Dear Friend', Gandhi wrote ...Read More
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Unique centre of Learning Gandhi thought with his lifestyle
In what is probably the only kind of its effort in the world, a Wardha-based institute has been imparting training not only in Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy and ideals but also in his lifestyle to people from across the globe for the last 25 years. Launched in 1986, the silver jubilee batch of eight-month 'Diploma Course in Gandhian Thought', run by the Institute of Gandhian Thought, will start next month, said Bharat Mahoday, who heads the institute. Read More...
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