Sunday, August 5, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Gandhi Journal Article - I
GANDHI : Rethinking the possibility of Non-violence
Prof. Sudhir Chandra, Centre for Social Studies
…Gandhi’s
anguish was manifold. But it centred around his tragic discovery that the
freedom struggle led by him had not been the unique non-violent struggle that
he and the whole world had believed it to have been.
The
discovery forced itself upon him when the country erupted into savage violence
on the eve of Independence. Could decades of non-violence, Gandhi wondered,
have produced such savagery? ‘No,’ was his categorical answer. Whence, then,
had the savagery come? Gandhi came up with an answer that has left academic
wisdom as well as popular memory untouched. But it is an answer that
necessitates a radical re-examination of what Gandhi is believed to have
achieved and, consequently, of his potential as a continuing historical
presence. READ FULL ARTICLE…
Friday, August 3, 2012
Hiroshima Day Peace March on 6th August
The students, graphically depicting the horror of the atom bomb, will lead the peace march along with about 3,000 NSS volunteers, Gandhian workers, peace activists, advocates, journalists & NGOs.
Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal along with NSS Units of SNDT
and Mumbai University have organized an Anti-Nuclear
Peace March to commemorate Hiroshima Day on Monday, August 6, 2012.
The
Peace March is organized with a view to join hands with the people of the world
for a Nuclear-Free World and to create Social Awareness among students about
the holocaust of nuclear armaments.
Do Participate in the Peace Rally.
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