Thursday, February 2, 2012

Long Live Gandhiji!


LONG LIVE GANDHIJI
EDITORIAL by Faiz Ahmed Faiz published in the Pakistan Times, dt. Feb. 2, 1948



The British tradition of announcing the death of a king is “The king is dead, long live the king!”Nearly 25 years ago, Mahatma Gandhi writing a moving editorial on the late C.R Das in his exquisite English captioned it as “Deshbandhu is dead, long live Deshbandhu!” If we have chosen such a title for our humble tribute to Gandhiji, it is because we are convinced, more than ever before that very few indeed have lived in this degenerate century who could lay greater claim to immortality than this true servant of humanity and champion of downtrodden. An agonizing 48 hours at the time of writing this article, have passed since Mahatma Gandhi left this mortal coil. ...Read More

Record-breaking sale of 6,300 Gandhi Books worth Rs. 1.52 lakhs just within three days

Record-breaking sale of 6,300 Gandhi Books worth Rs. 1.52 lakhs just within three days
On  the occasion  of  64th  Gandhi  Death  Anniversary
Gandhi books exhibition-cum sale at 50% discount till 4th February

Rush at Gandhi Book Exhibition at Fountain, Mumbai
There is an overwhelming response to Gandhi Books Exhibition-cum-Sale at Hutatma Chowk and Gandhi Book Centre at Nana Chowk. About 6,300 Gandhi books of worth Rs. 1,52,000/- were sold within just three days.  READ MORE...