Mahatma Gandhi Forum

Thought For The Day ( MAN )

2012-03-06T08:28:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( FORCE )

2012-03-05T12:00:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( ECONOMICS )

2012-03-03T08:16:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( TEMPLES )

2012-03-02T12:38:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( SWADESHI )

2012-03-01T08:46:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( AGRICULTURE )

2012-02-29T08:01:00.002+05:30

Thought For The Day ( HATRED )

2012-02-28T08:17:00.002+05:30

Thought For The Day ( POLITICS )

2012-02-27T12:37:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( MAN )

2012-02-25T08:50:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( TRUTH )

2012-02-24T09:19:00.002+05:30

Thought For The Day ( GOD )

2012-02-23T12:09:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( Non-Cooperation )

2012-02-22T12:49:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( ENEMY )

2012-02-21T08:06:00.000+05:30

Exhibition of different types of weaving instuments of Khadi clothes

2012-02-20T21:13:00.000+05:30

'Kargha Yagya'

Exhibition of different types of weaving instuments of Khadi clothes

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Thought For The Day ( NATURE CURE )

2012-02-20T13:27:00.002+05:30

Interesting Gandhi Video

2012-02-18T18:05:00.002+05:30

Gandhiji from amar kapoor on Vimeo.

Thought For The Day ( SELF RESPECT )

2012-02-18T08:18:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( COPYRIGHT )

2012-02-17T08:01:00.002+05:30

Mahatma Gandhi, South Africa and Satyagraha

2012-02-16T22:19:00.000+05:30

Mahatma Gandhi, South Africa andSatyagraha

By E. S. Reddy

A century ago, on 10 January 1908, M. K. Gandhi, an attorneywith a lucrative practice in Johannesburg, appeared before the magistrate’scourt for defying an anti-Asiatic law and disobeying an order to leave theTransvaal within 48 hours. He asked for the heaviest penalty – six months’imprisonment with hard labour – for organising defiance of this “Black Act” bythe Indian community. The magistrate, however, sentenced him to two monthssimple imprisonment.

Gandhi gladly went to prison to enjoy “free hospitality”at “His Majesty’s hotel”, as did 150 other resisters.

That was the first of many imprisonments of Gandhi and the firstnon-violent challenge to racist rule in South Africa. READ MORE…

Thought For The Day ( EDUCATION )

2012-02-16T11:58:00.001+05:30

Thought For The Day ( CO-OPERATION )

2012-02-15T13:10:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( LOVE )

2012-02-14T08:02:00.000+05:30

Peace Approach : From Gandhi to Galtung and beyond

2012-02-13T21:19:00.000+05:30

Peace Approach : From Gandhi to Galtung and beyond

By Dr. Anupama Kaushik

Associate Professor in Political Science, Banasthali University,Rajasthan, India.

Peace can be defined as a two sidedconcept. On the one hand it implies absence of violence and on the other thepresence of positive, harmonious, cooperative relationships. These two aspectsare referred to as negative and positive peace. Johan Galtung clarifies thatpeace research is based on the assumption that peace is as consensual a valueas health…..

……The people who established peace studies in the west- JohanGaltung and Kenneth Boulding were admirers of Gandhi.¹³ Howeverin west peace studies have taken a very different path to that of Gandhi.Probably the reason was that Gandhian peace demands a great deal of sacrificefrom the practitioner. He calls it satyagraha i.e. ‘adherence to truth’ andtruth and non violence are the main planks of satyagraha. A person who resolvesto adhere to truth cannot remain silent at the sight of violence which isnegative of truth. Truth functions in form of non violence or love. While thelover of truth ought to oppose violence such an opposition would mean ‘fightthe evil’ while ‘love the evil doer’. It is a dynamic soul force based on theconcept of self- suffering. As there are many forms of injustices there aremany forms of satyagaha too such as- non cooperation, civil disobedience,fasting, hijrat, hartal, picketing, boycott, and renunciation of titles,honours and positions.

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Thought For The Day ( WORLD )

2012-02-13T12:47:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( LOVE )

2012-02-11T12:12:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( MARRIAGE )

2012-02-10T08:12:00.000+05:30

Non-violence : A Force for Radical Change

2012-02-09T22:48:00.000+05:30

Non-violence : A Force for RadicalChange

By Narayan Desai

Chancellor,Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad, India (the University founded by Mahatma Gandhi)

The days that have been chosen for this international Congress onPeace and Non-violence are more significant than probably what we think aboutit. 30th January is the death anniversary of Gandhi. But I consider 29thJanuary also to be important. It was on this day, Gandhi mentioned about hisown death. It seems that he foresaw his death. During the year 1947 he repeatedthe vision thrice. He said to his grand-niece one day before his death. ‘If Idie of any common disease, please announce to the world that Gandhi was not aMahatma. But if I would be going for my prayers, and somebody comes and shootsat me, and I receive the bullets on my open chest, and have the name of God onmy lips without having any ill will or hatred in my heart, then tell the worldthat I was an humble servant of God’. He was also foreseeing and describingwhich was going happen the next day. READ MORE…

Thought For The Day ( ANGER )

2012-02-09T09:12:00.002+05:30

Interdisciplinary National Conference on 'Gandhi, Nehru and Sustainable Development'

2012-02-08T15:20:00.001+05:30

Interdisciplinary National Conference

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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Thought For The Day ( FREEDOM )

2012-02-08T12:35:00.002+05:30

GANDHI BOOKS AT ITS BEST...

2012-02-07T19:13:00.000+05:30

GANDHI BOOKS AT ITS BEST...

15,440 Gandhi Books worth Rs. 3.86 lakhs sold within six days

On the occasion of 64th Gandhi Death Anniversary

There was a tremendous response to Gandhi Books Exhibition-cum-Sale. About 15,440 Gandhi books of worth Rs.3,86,000/- were sold within six days from 30th January to 4th February. 'An Autobiography' of Mahatma Gandhi, and a set of five important books, 'Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi' were the top-selling books at the exhibition. About 3,652 copies of 'Gandhi's Autobiography' and 145 sets of 'Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi' were sold. ...Read More

Thought For The Day ( POLITICS )

2012-02-07T08:11:00.001+05:30

Thought For The Day ( TRUTH )

2012-02-06T12:11:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( INTERNATIONALISM )

2012-02-05T16:40:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( ART )

2012-02-04T13:12:00.002+05:30

Thought For The Day ( CIVIL RESISTANCE )

2012-02-03T10:45:00.002+05:30

Mahatma Gandhi : God is Life, Truth, Light, Love and The supreme Good

2012-02-03T10:31:00.000+05:30

Long Live Gandhiji!

2012-02-02T18:00:00.000+05:30

LONG LIVE GANDHIJI

EDITORIAL by FaizAhmed Faiz published in thePakistan Times, dt. Feb. 2, 1948

The British traditionof announcing the death of a king is “The king is dead, long live the king!”Nearly25 years ago, Mahatma Gandhi writing a moving editorial on the late C.R Das in hisexquisite English captioned it as “Deshbandhu is dead, long live Deshbandhu!” Ifwe have chosen such a title for our humble tribute to Gandhiji, it is because weare convinced, more than ever before that very few indeed have lived in this degeneratecentury who could lay greater claim to immortality than this true servant of humanityand champion of downtrodden. An agonizing 48 hours at the time of writing this article,have passed since Mahatma Gandhi left this mortal coil. ...Read More

Record-breaking sale of 6,300 Gandhi Books worth Rs. 1.52 lakhs just within three days

2012-02-02T10:14:00.000+05:30

Record-breaking sale of 6,300 Gandhi Books worth Rs. 1.52 lakhs just within three days

On the occasion of 64th Gandhi Death Anniversary

Gandhi books exhibition-cum sale at 50% discount till 4th February

Rush at Gandhi Book Exhibition at Fountain, Mumbai

There is an overwhelming response to Gandhi Books Exhibition-cum-Sale at Hutatma Chowk and Gandhi Book Centre at Nana Chowk. About 6,300 Gandhi books of worth Rs. 1,52,000/- were sold within just three days. READ MORE...

Thought For The Day ( DUTY )

2012-02-02T09:58:00.002+05:30

Thought For The Day ( NON-VIOLENCE )

2012-02-01T09:31:00.002+05:30

Thought For The Day ( RELIGION )

2012-01-31T09:39:00.000+05:30

64th GANDHI MARTYRS' DAY OBSERVED

2012-01-30T23:36:00.000+05:30

64th GANDHI MARTYRS' DAY OBSERVED

1,200 students marched for Peace & Communal Harmony and took the pledge to work for Peace and Integration

1,200 NSS students from 53 colleges of Mumbai & SNDT University along with the Gandhian activists, social workers, peace-loving citizens marched for Peace and Communal Harmony from Azad Maidan to Hutatma Chowk on 30th January. The Peace March was jointly organized by Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal and Gandhi Smarak Nidhi to commemorate 64rd Death Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.

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Thought For The Day ( GANDHISM )

2012-01-30T08:23:00.002+05:30

Thought For The Day ( GOD )

2012-01-29T09:49:00.002+05:30

300 Gandhi Books at 50% discount!

2012-01-29T00:19:00.004+05:30

To commemorate Gandhi's 64th Death Anniversary, 300 books on & by Gandhi, Vinoba & Sarvodaya will be displayed & sale at 50% discount by Mumbai Sarvodaya Mandal & Gandhi Book Centre with the financial assistance of ‘Babulnath Mandir Charities’ from at specially erected Mandap at Hutatma Chowk 30th January to 4th February, 2012 between 10.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. and at Gandhi Book Centre, Nana Chowk from 11.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m. everyday.

Top-selling books, 'An Autobiography' of Mahatma Gandhi of 450 pages and a set of five important books, 'Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi' of 1500 pages, will be available at only Rs. 15/- & Rs. 75/- respectively at the exhibition.

1200 NSS students will march for peace and communal harmony on 30th January

2012-01-28T23:40:00.000+05:30

To commemorate 64th Death Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi,

Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal organises Communal Harmony Peace Rally

on 30th January at 4.30pm from Azad Maidan to Hutatma Chowk, Mumbai.

Join us to create a peaceful world!

Commemoration of 64th Gandhi Death Anniversary in Houston

2012-01-28T23:06:00.001+05:30

Mahatma Gandhi demonstrated to the world that Non-Violentmethods and Satyagraha (Holding to the Truth)can be used to bring about profound social changeand lasting peace. Known as the Father of Modern India and an Apostle of Peace,Houstonians will commemorate and honor this great man at the Shraddhanjali(Memorial Service) to MahatmaGandhi on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 3:30p0m at Unity of Houston-PyramidHall, located at 2929 Unity Drive, Houston, TX 77057. HonorableConsul General of India, Shri Sanjiv Arora will preside as the Chief Guest. Please joinus at Unity of Houston for this most auspicious event and pay homageto Mahatma Gandhi, the man who personifies the universal values of peace,non-violence, truth and love.

Theevent will begin with a prayer at the Peace Post in the courtyard at 3:30 pm. Theevent is organized by Mahatma Gandhi Library in collaboration with UnityPeacemakers. For more information please contact Dr. Manish Wani 713-829-6979or Unity of Houston 713-782-4050.

Thought For The Day ( SATYAGRAHA )

2012-01-28T08:19:00.002+05:30

Thought For The Day ( PASSIVE RESISTANCE )

2012-01-27T12:01:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( VILLAGES )

2012-01-26T12:16:00.002+05:30

Thought For The Day ( HUMILITY )

2012-01-25T08:23:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( DEFEAT )

2012-01-24T08:07:00.002+05:30

Thought For The Day ( APPEASEMENT )

2012-01-23T12:59:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( LAW )

2012-01-21T08:05:00.002+05:30

Thought For The Day ( BRAVE )

2012-01-20T13:24:00.000+05:30

Conflict Resolution by Mahatma Gandhi, the Lawyer

2012-01-19T16:42:00.001+05:30

CONFLICT RESOLUTION by Mahatma Gandhi, the Lawyer

“I had learnt the true practice of law. I had learnt to find the better side of human nature and to enter men’s hearts. I realized the true function of a lawyer was to unite parties riven asunder. The lesson was so indelibly burnt into me, that a large part of my time during the twenty years of my practice as a lawyer was occupied in bringing about private compromises of hundreds of cases. I lost nothing thereby – not even money, certainly not my soul.”

- Mahatma Gandhi, 1927

(The Law and the Lawyers, chap. 12, p. 45)

Thought For The Day ( WORK )

2012-01-19T08:03:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( PRAYER )

2012-01-18T13:32:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( LANGUAGE )

2012-01-17T07:51:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( NON-VIOLENCE )

2012-01-16T14:31:00.000+05:30

Eknath Easwaran on "Gandhi, The Man"

2012-01-14T16:41:00.001+05:30

EKNATHEASWARAN ON ‘GANDHI THE MAN’

On this holy day, my eyes strayed to a book that I have owned fora few years but hadn't read properly. Eknath Easwaran has profiled MahatmaGandhi beautifully in his book "Gandhi, TheMan". A Geeta blog is the perfect venue toreview a book written by a noted teacher of the Geeta about that colossus ofthe 20th century, MohandasKaramchand Gandhi.

ShriEaswaranji was an accomplished spiritual teacherbased in California, and has written a three volume set "Bhagavad Gita for Daily Living".

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Thought For The Day ( PURITY )

2012-01-14T08:11:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( HISTORY )

2012-01-13T08:21:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( MANKIND )

2012-01-12T12:24:00.002+05:30

Thought For The Day ( EQUALITY )

2012-01-11T09:27:00.000+05:30

Namrata ke Saagar- Bhajan written by Mahatma Gandhi

2012-01-10T10:57:00.000+05:30

IYPF 2011 (6th International Youth Peace Fest)

2012-01-10T10:15:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( ATHEIST )

2012-01-10T09:56:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( AHIMSA )

2012-01-09T12:52:00.000+05:30

Gandhi and the formation of the African National Congress of South Africa

2012-01-07T17:41:00.001+05:30

Gandhi and the formation of the African National Congress of South Africa

"January 8, 1912, is the centenary of the African National Congress of South Africa."

The birth of the African National Congress a century ago, on January 8, 1912, was a landmark in the history of Africa, marking the beginning of the end of centuries of exploitation and humiliation of the continent. It received hardly any attention at the time internationally or from the white establishment in South Africa.

M. K. Gandhi, who was then looking after the families of prisoners and ex-prisoners at the Tolstoy Farm near Johannesburg, during a lull in the passive resistance movement in the Transvaal, hailed the event as representing “the awakening of Africa.” ...Read More

New Book Published : Revolutionary Gandhi

2012-01-07T08:43:00.001+05:30

REVOLUTIONARY GANDHI

A great revolutionary appraises the greatest revolutionary ofmodern times

By : PannalalDasgupta Translated from Bengali by : K. V.Subrahmonyan

Published by: Earthcare Books, 10Middleton Street, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700 071 India.

Pages : 490+24 Price : Rs. 395/-

About the Book:

Pannalal Dasgupta (aka Panna Babu) wrote the Bengali originalof this outstanding, insightful book on Gandhi in 1954-55, when imprisoned inthe Alipore Central Jail. An indomitable revolutionary himself, he realisedthat Gandhi was indeed an extraordinary revolutionary who sought a radicalchange in the human condition, which could not be brought about without causinga ferment in society.

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Thought For The Day ( PEACE )

2012-01-07T08:38:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( STRONG )

2012-01-06T07:19:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( CHANGELESS )

2012-01-05T13:40:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( LOVE )

2012-01-04T12:08:00.002+05:30

Thought For The Day ( GOD )

2012-01-03T07:55:00.002+05:30

Prayer meeting for Anna’s speedy recovery

2012-01-02T20:04:00.003+05:30

A prayer meeting was organizedby India AgainstCorruption (IAC) volunteers at Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal, Mumbaitoday for the speedy recovery of ailing Anna Hazare. Theprayer meeting was held between 5-7 pm.

Mayank Gandhi, co-ordinator ofIndia Against Corruption participated in the prayer meeting. It was start with Gandhibhajans, followed by sarva-dharma prarthana and ramdhun. Everyone prayed forspeedy recovery and well-being of Anna Hazare.

Mayank Gandhi said, “The entirecountry is worried for Anna. People all over the nation are praying for him. Wehave organised prayer meetings at six places in Mumbai.

Thought For The Day ( SCAVENGER )

2012-01-02T12:20:00.000+05:30

!!!...HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012...!!!

2012-01-01T00:17:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( CHRISTIANITY )

2011-12-31T08:13:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( AHIMSA )

2011-12-30T08:33:00.002+05:30

Real meaning of Peace!!!

2011-12-30T08:27:00.003+05:30

Thought For The Day ( WORLD )

2011-12-29T12:26:00.001+05:30

Thought For The Day ( FRIENDS )

2011-12-28T13:45:00.002+05:30

2-Day National Seminar on Gandhi in the New Millennium 2012

2011-12-27T17:18:00.000+05:30

2-Day National Seminar on

Gandhi in the New Millennium 2012

on 27th & 28th January 2012

Click here for more details...

Thought For The Day ( CHRIST )

2011-12-27T09:00:00.002+05:30

Thought For The Day ( POWER )

2011-12-26T13:06:00.002+05:30

Thought For The Day ( SOLDIER )

2011-12-24T08:59:00.002+05:30

Thought For The Day ( LIFE )

2011-12-23T12:51:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( NON-VIOLENCE )

2011-12-22T09:16:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( ACTION )

2011-12-21T13:15:00.002+05:30

Thought For The Day ( NATIONAL )

2011-12-20T09:35:00.002+05:30

Thought For The Day ( DEATH )

2011-12-19T12:16:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( GOD )

2011-12-17T11:50:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( PATIENCE )

2011-12-16T10:07:00.000+05:30

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

2011-12-16T00:03:00.000+05:30

Sign the petition : www.icanw.org/take-action

ICAN is aninternational campaign to eliminate nuclear weapons organized by

InternationalPhysicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War ( www.ippnw.org)

Thought For The Day ( INJUSTICE )

2011-12-15T12:43:00.000+05:30

Thought For The Day ( OBEDIENCE )

2011-12-14T08:14:00.002+05:30

Thought For The Day ( VOW )

2011-12-13T09:29:00.000+05:30