Monday, February 13, 2012
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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