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…

Thought For The Day ( GOD )

Gandhi Quotes on God

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.

Thought For The Day ( DEMOCRACY )

Gandhi Quotes on Democracy