A grand welcome of 'Gandhi'

A grand welcome of 'Gandhi'

Centenary of Gandhi's arrival to India from South Africa.

"I appreciate your words replete with love and goodwill as your blessings for me...," barrister Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi had said exactly one hundred years ago after his historic homecoming after spending 22 years in South Africa.

Mumbai Sarvodaya Mandal along with other Gandhian institutions in Mumai and University of Mumbai organised a special programme to commemorate the Centenary of Gandhi's return to India on Friday, 9th January 2015.

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Celebrating 100 years of Gandhi's return to India from South Africa

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Gandhi Journal Article-I: Gandhian Perspective of Development

Gandhi Journal Article-I: Gandhian Perspective of Development

By Dr. Usha Thakker

The UN Millennium Declaration of September 2000 indicates eight millennium development goals: eradicate extreme poverty and hunger, achieve universal primary education, promote gender equality and empower women, reduce child mortality, improve maternal health, combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, ensure environmental sustainability, and develop a global partnership for development. When we think of Gandhi in this context, we realize that his ideas are of crucial importance. His life remained 'experiments with Truth' and his concerns embraced the whole of human race and not just India, South Africa and England. His principles, evolved during his life span 1869 to 1948, cover not just the last part of the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, but rather transcend any time-frame.

The world has changed dramatically since he lived and worked. There have been enormous changes in political, economic and social scenes. However, trials, tribulations, and challenges faced by Mahatma in his eventful life remain important. The moral issues he raised are still relevant; and the questions he posed for social, economic, and political justice still remain of crucial importance. 

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