Tuesday, June 19, 2018

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on Mahatma Gandhi's Vision and Contemporary Political Leadership in North East India

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 

on Mahatma Gandhi's Vision and Contemporary Political Leadership in North East India

(October 5-6, 2018)

Organized by:
International Centre for Gandhian Studies University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya(USTM), India.

Venue:
USTM Campus, Khanapara, Ninth Mile, Meghalaya

October 2nd, 2018-19, marks the 150th Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. His message of Non violence and peaceful co-existence is more relevant to the current situation now than ever before. Therefore, we at USTM decided to provide a common platform to international, national as well as our own scholars where we can review the teachings of Gandhi in modern context.

Under ICGS, a Gandhian centre for peace and conflict resolution, we propose to organise a two day International Conference on 5th and 6th October, 2018. Eminent Gandhian scholars and reputed academicians from across the globe will participate in the Conference. READ MORE...


Thought For The Day ( SATYAGRAHA )

Mahatma Gandhi Quotes on Satyagraha

Thursday, June 7, 2018

Gandhi Biopic marks start of 125th commemoration of Satyagraha in South Africa

Gandhi Biopic marks start of 125th commemoration of Satyagraha in South Africa

Gandhi-thrown-out-of-train-at-Pietermaritzburg
On the night of June 7, 1893, Gandhiji, a young lawyer then, was thrown off the train's first class compartment at Pietermaritzburg station.

The screening of the biopic 'Making of a Mahatma' at Pietermaritzburg on 7th June 2018, marked the opening of a three-day series of events to commemorate the historic incident 125 years ago when Mahatma Gandhi was evicted from a train because the compartment he was in was reserved for whites only.
On the night of June 7, 1893, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, a young lawyer then, was thrown off the train's first class compartment at Pietermaritzburg station for refusing to give up his seat.
The incident led him to develop his Satyagraha principles of peaceful resistance and mobilise people in South Africa and in India against the discriminatory rules of the British.

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Thought For The Day ( LOVE )

Mahatma Gandhi Quotes on Love