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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'IBN7 Zindagi Live National Award' for Laxman Gole

'IBN7 Zindagi Live National Award' for Laxman Gole

who regrets life of Crime to become Gandhian Practitioner

Laxman Tukaram Gole, who has been a 'Gandhian Practitioner' for the last three years, after giving up life of crime, awarded with the Zindagi Live National Award by IBN7 at a special function held in New Delhi on 10^th November. The award carries a One Lakh Rupees and a memento.

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Watch Laxman Gole's interviews on IBN7 at http://www.youtube.com/user/trksomaiya

Real life story of a reformed prisoner, who is spreading Mahatma’s messages

FROM PRISON TO PREACHING GANDHI

Real life story of a reformed prisoner, who is spreading Mahatma’s messages

You may have watched Sanjay Dutt starrer ‘Lage Raho Munnabhai’ where the hero gives up anti-social activities after being inspired by ‘Bapu’ Mahatma Gandhi.

The story of Laxman Tukaram Gole is no different. A man convicted of various cases, he is now a reformed man involved in spreading the message of ‘Father of the nation.’  READ MORE...

142nd GANDHI BIRTH ANNIVERSARY & INTERNATIONAL NONVIOLENCE DAY CELEBRATED…

·    1081 prisoners appeared for Gandhi peace examination…

·    360 MBA students will sell 10,800 Gandhi autobiographies…

·    525 students took the pledge to work for non-violence…

·    Gandhi books worth Rs. 18,000/- sold at 50% discount… 

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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. 

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'Gandhiji changed my life'

11.12.2010

Gandhiji changed my life'
T.V. Sivanandan

Ex-convict Laxman Gole shares his experiences with Gulbarga prison inmates


Telling tale: Laxman Tukaram Gole spins a charkha to produce yarn during a demonstration to mark Human Rights Day at Gulbarga Central Prison on Friday.

GULBARGA: This is a story of the transformation of a man from a hardened criminal to an ambassador of Gandhian philosophy and principles.

Thirty-one-year-old Laxman Tukaram Gole spent nearly seven years in different jails in Maharashtra, facing charges ranging from assault, attempt to murder and extortion. However, after coming under Mahatma Gandhi's spell, he became an apostle of truth and non-violence. He has now taken it upon himself to transform the lives of inmates in jails across the country.

I completed my last jail term from Nasik prison after being booked under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act on extortion charges. It was there that I came across My Experiments With Truth, the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi given by Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal, that changed the course of my life, said Mr. Gole, who was in Gulbarga to speak to the inmates of Gulbarga Central Prison and share his experiences with them.

In a chat with The Hindu, Mr. Gole said that he was drawn to the world of crime at the age of 17 when he stabbed a local goonda during a petty quarrel. That was the beginning of my journey into the world of crime. I was abandoned by my parents after several failed attempts to reform me, he added.

Change
But all this changed after I read the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi. His honesty in accepting his follies and apologising for them moved me. I decided to follow Gandhian principles from that day, he said.

Mr. Gole said that he took an oath that he would only speak the truth from then on. The greatest challenge to my resolve came when I was produced before a judge in a court in Nasik. I confessed to my crime. The judge informed that I could be sentenced for upto seven years for the charges I faced. But I stuck to my resolve and told the judge that I wanted to serve the jail term.

After completing four years of the term, I came out and took up the task of going around prisons throughout the country and sharing my experiences with the inmates in an effort to change their lives too. Mr. Gole has already visited the high-security Tihar Jail and all jails in Maharashtra. He is visiting Karnataka for the first time.

Courtesy: http://hindu.com/2010/12/11/stories/2010121152680300.htm