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Gandhi's Message remains relevant today
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...
Monday, September 26, 2011
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Texas University Opens Vegetarian Dining Hall
The University of North Texas in Denton has opened an all-vegan full-service campus cafeteria that may be the first in the nation and is proving immensely popular. Lines snake out the door. University officials are finding many of the students who eat there are not vegans but simply want to eat healthy meals. More...
Friday, September 23, 2011
Thought For The Day ( REFORMER )
A Hardcore criminal, who changed himself after reading an Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, Laxman Gole, will appear on Sony Entertainment Television (Indian TV Channel)
Today at 9.00 pm, in a show entitled Prayashchit (Repentance): Gunahon ke Zakhm. He has now taken it upon himself to transform the lives of inmates in jails across the country.
Do watch it…if possible recommend it to others…
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
REPENTANT JAIL BIRDS STORIES
On SONY TV Channel, Every Friday @ 9.00 p.m.
A Hardcore criminal, who changed himself after reading an Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, Laxman Gole, will appear on Sony TV Channel at 9.00 pm on Friday, September 23, 2011, in a show entitled Prayashchit (Repentance): Gunahon ke Zakhm. He has now taken it upon himself to transform the lives of inmates in jails across the country.
Do watch it…if possible recommend it to others…
Prayaschit: Gunahon Ke Zakhm ( Worth-seeing Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJepCzkio0U&feature=share
This show features such people and their stories of ‘wrong doings’, stories of ‘guilt’, stories of being ‘sorry’ .Prayashchit is a platform for such real life stories.. stories of confession.. stories of acceptance and stories of saying sorry to the person who suffered and may be get the much needed “Forgiveness”.
Prayashchit is a story about victims who offer prayers in expiation for their sins. Very few people have the courage to ask for forgiveness for the crime which they did knowingly or unknowingly, and then begins his journey of self realization where he realizes his wrong doing .. he feels the pressure of guilt in his heart and wants to say sorry.
This show features such people and their stories of ‘wrong doings’, stories of ‘guilt’, stories of being ‘sorry’ .Prayashchit is a platform for such real life stories.. stories of confession.. stories of acceptance and stories of saying sorry to the person who suffered and may be get the much needed “Forgiveness”.
Do you have 2 minutes for peace?
Do you have two minutes for Mahatma Gandhi? After Anna Hazare’s Gandhian way of protest, it’s now time to involve people to pledge their two minutes of silence.
On the International Day of Non-Violence on October 2 (as announced by the United Nations three years ago), the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti are organising “Your Date with Silence for Non-violence” at Gandhi Darshan, Rajghat at 11.30 am.
Interestingly, in support of this universal recognition, one of Mahatma Gandhi’s granddaughters Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee, the vice-chairperson of Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti and Kasturba Gandhi National Memorial Trust, has proposed that at 12 pm on October 2, citizens of all countries across the world observe silence for a duration of two minutes.
“We would like to make this an annual project, like we have the Earth Hour for saving electricity, we’ll have something for the enlightenment of the soul. Non-violence is an abstract subject. The event would be like an introspection of truth within and around us. It’s a small step aimed at uniting the world. It doesn’t have any barrier of religion, cast or creed. It’ll unite all in one cosmic moment,” says Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee.
And not only people associated to the project, but youngsters who have discovered a new meaning of Gandhi’s philosophy are upbeat about it.
Says Priyanka Goswami, a second year B.Tech student, “It’s not that I didn’t believe in Non-Violence, but I wasn’t aware of its power. I went to Anna’s protest and couldn’t believe the support he got from people. I will go to Gandhi Darshan on October 2 and will spread the word as well.”
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
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Gandhi Centre to be launched in Holland
A Gandhi Centre will be inaugurated at The Hague on Mahatma Gandhi’s Oct 2 birth anniversary, the Indian embassy in the Netherlands said in a statement. Read More...
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Selected writings of the letter to Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister by Jayaprakash Narayan
Please find the following ‘Selected writings of the letter to Indira Gandhi, then Prime Minister by Jayaprakash Narayan’ for your kind information. It is relevant in today’s situation also.
The letter was written to Indira Gandhi on July 21, 1975.
Letters from Jail
TO INDIRA GANDHI
July 21, 1975
Chandigarh
Dear Prime Minister,
In a democracy the citizen has an inalienable right to civil disobedience when he finds that other channels of redress or reform have dried up. It goes without saying that the satyagrahi willingly invites and accepts his lawful punishment. This is the new dimension added to democracy by Gandhi. What an irony that it should be obliterated in Gandhi’s own India!
Moreover, it is a false choice that you have formulated. There is no choice between democracy and the nation. It was for the good of the nation that the people of India declared in their Constituent Assembly on 26th November 1949 that “We, the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Sovereign Democratic Republic…give to ourselves this Constitution.” That democratic Constitution cannot be changed into a totalitarian one by a mere ordinance or a law of Parliament. That can be done only by the people of India themselves in a new Constituent Assembly, especially elected for that specific purpose. If Justice, Liberty, Equality and Fraternity have not been rendered to ‘all its citizens’ even after a quarter of a century of signing of that Constitution, the fault is not that of the Constitution or of democracy but of the Congress party that has been in power in Delhi all these years. It is precisely because of that failure that there is so much unrest among the people and the youth. Repression is no remedy for that. On the other hand, it only compounds the failure.
You have accused the Opposition and me of every kind of villainy. But let me assure you that if you do the right things, for instance, your 20 points, tackling corruption at Ministerial levels, electoral reform, etc., take the Opposition into confidence, heed its advice, you will receive the willing cooperation, of every one of us. For that you need not destroy democracy. The ball is in your court. It is for you to decide.
By Jayaprakash Narayan
Source: From the book ‘J.P.’s Jail Life
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