BUILDING PEACE & NON-VIOLENCE BRICK BY BRICK...

 6 lakh students and 1,081 jail birds will participate in a Week long variety of programmes from October 2  to mark the 142^nd birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and International Non-violence Day

Even after his assassination in 1948, Mahatma Gandhi’s teachings and values regarding non-violence are an inspiration to ordinary people as well as to those who went on to become eminent personalities and world leaders. Recently, Anna Hazare resorted to a non-violent satyagrah by going on a fast and drew the world’s attention to the effectiveness of Gandhiji’s mode of protest, carried out in the largest democracy in the world. READ MORE...

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142nd Gandhi Jayanti Celebration at Gandhi International Institute for Peace, Honolulu

142nd Gandhi Jayanti Celebration at Gandhi International Institute for Peace, Honolulu

Gandhi's Message remains relevant today

He died in 1948.

But his message is still relevant and important today.

And once again the Gandhi Society of Calgary will be honouring the memory and continued impact of Mahatma Gandhi in today's world.

On Sunday, Oct. 2, the annual dinner takes place with guest speaker Dr. Ramin Jahanbegloo, a Canadian-Iranian philosopher who was arrested by Iranian authorities in 2006 and held in jail for 125 days for his criticism of the Iranian government. READ MORE...

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