4 death sentenced inmates and 10 inmates of Anda cell with other 75 jail inmates of Arthur Road Jail appeared for Gandhi Peace Exam

Arthur Road Jail inmate's 'Experiments with Truth'

4 death sentenced inmates and 10 inmates of Anda cell with other 75 jail inmates of Arthur Road Jail appeared for Gandhi Peace Exam

Two Anda cell prisoners are exam toppers amongst prisoners with 79 out of 80 marks

Gandhiji said, ‘Hate the sin, not the sinner.’ It is mostly the violent act that puts one behind bars but repentance can dilute it and it seems true for the 89 inmates of Arthur Road Jail who appeared for Gandhi Peace exam today. Among them, 4 death sentenced inmates and 10 Anda cell (egged-shaped high security cell) inmates appeared for the exam. One Jail official also appeared for the exam. Two of the Anda cell prisoners are toppers in the exam with 79 out of 80 marks.
"I came to know true value of truth and ahimsa. I realized the mistakes made by me and took a vow not to go astray in life," one of the Anda cell prisoner expressed his view in feedback after the exam. He wrote a letter to Sarvodaya Mandal last year, expressing his interest in reading Gandhi Books and appear for Gandhi exam and Mandal also send Gandhi’s autobiography to him.

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Reformed criminal spreads Gandhian thoughts in Inmates of different Jails

Reformed criminal spreads Gandhian thoughts in Inmates of different Jails

 

A hardened criminal a decade ago, Laxman Gole's life now revolves around reforming lives of hundreds of convicts serving jail terms across the state. And his tool is 'The Story of My Experiments with Truth', an autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi.

Convicted for a number of crimes in 2005, Gole has been preaching Gandhi's views among prisoners all over the state through Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal. He conducted a sort of examination for 452 inmates of Nashik, Aurangabad, Taloja and Nagpur Jail in Maharashtra on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. 

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Gandhian thoughts continue to inspire jail inmates

Gandhian thoughts continue to inspire jail inmates

92 Jail inmates of Taloja Jail appeared Gandhi Peace Exam

To evoke the sense of regret in the minds of jail inmates and reform and help them to be a responsible citizen of society, Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal and Saksham conducted Gandhi Peace Exam for the inmates of Taloja Central Jail.

On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, prizes and certificates were distributed to the inmates who appeared for the Gandhi Peace Exam on 2nd October.

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