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Mahatma Gandhi, South Africa and Satyagraha
Mahatma Gandhi, South Africa and
Satyagraha
By E. S. Reddy
A century ago, on 10 January 1908, M. K. Gandhi, an attorney
with a lucrative practice in Johannesburg, appeared before the magistrate’s
court for defying an anti-Asiatic law and disobeying an order to leave the
Transvaal within 48 hours. He asked for the heaviest penalty – six months’
imprisonment with hard labour – for organising defiance of this “Black Act” by
the Indian community. The magistrate, however, sentenced him to two months
simple imprisonment.
Gandhi gladly went to prison to enjoy “free hospitality”
at “His Majesty’s hotel”, as did 150 other resisters.
That was the first of many imprisonments of Gandhi and the first
non-violent challenge to racist rule in South Africa. READ MORE…
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Monday, February 13, 2012
Peace Approach : From Gandhi to Galtung and beyond
Peace Approach : From Gandhi to Galtung and beyond
By Dr. Anupama Kaushik
Associate Professor in Political Science, Banasthali University,
Rajasthan, India.
Peace can be defined as a two sided
concept. On the one hand it implies absence of violence and on the other the
presence of positive, harmonious, cooperative relationships. These two aspects
are referred to as negative and positive peace. Johan Galtung clarifies that
peace research is based on the assumption that peace is as consensual a value
as health…..
……The people who established peace studies in the west- Johan
Galtung and Kenneth Boulding were admirers of Gandhi.13 However
in west peace studies have taken a very different path to that of Gandhi.
Probably the reason was that Gandhian peace demands a great deal of sacrifice
from the practitioner. He calls it satyagraha i.e. ‘adherence to truth’ and
truth and non violence are the main planks of satyagraha. A person who resolves
to adhere to truth cannot remain silent at the sight of violence which is
negative of truth. Truth functions in form of non violence or love. While the
lover of truth ought to oppose violence such an opposition would mean ‘fight
the evil’ while ‘love the evil doer’. It is a dynamic soul force based on the
concept of self- suffering. As there are many forms of injustices there are
many forms of satyagaha too such as- non cooperation, civil disobedience,
fasting, hijrat, hartal, picketing, boycott, and renunciation of titles,
honours and positions.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Friday, February 10, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Non-violence : A Force for Radical Change
Non-violence : A Force for Radical
Change
By Narayan Desai
Chancellor,
Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad, India (the University founded by Mahatma Gandhi)
The days that have been chosen for this international Congress on
Peace and Non-violence are more significant than probably what we think about
it. 30th January is the death anniversary of Gandhi. But I consider 29th
January also to be important. It was on this day, Gandhi mentioned about his
own death. It seems that he foresaw his death. During the year 1947 he repeated
the vision thrice. He said to his grand-niece one day before his death. ‘If I
die of any common disease, please announce to the world that Gandhi was not a
Mahatma. But if I would be going for my prayers, and somebody comes and shoots
at me, and I receive the bullets on my open chest, and have the name of God on
my lips without having any ill will or hatred in my heart, then tell the world
that I was an humble servant of God’. He was also foreseeing and describing
which was going happen the next day. READ MORE…
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Interdisciplinary National Conference on 'Gandhi, Nehru and Sustainable Development'
Interdisciplinary National Conference
on
Gandhi, Nehru and Sustainable Development
19th and 20th March, 2012
| Organised by
Mahatma Gandhi Study and Research Centre,
Nehru Study Centre, Faizpur, Dist: Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
GANDHI BOOKS AT ITS BEST...
GANDHI BOOKS AT ITS BEST...
15,440 Gandhi Books worth Rs. 3.86 lakhs sold within six days
On the occasion of 64th Gandhi Death Anniversary
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There was a tremendous response to Gandhi Books Exhibition-cum-Sale. About 15,440 Gandhi books of worth Rs.3,86,000/- were sold within six days from 30th January to 4th February. 'An Autobiography' of Mahatma Gandhi, and a set of five important books, 'Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi' were the top-selling books at the exhibition. About 3,652 copies of 'Gandhi's Autobiography' and 145 sets of 'Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi' were sold. ...Read More
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Monday, February 6, 2012
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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
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...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
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