Contribution of Gandhian Ideas in Responding to the Survival Crisis
The concept of survival crisis refers to the emergence of life-threatening conditions on our planet due to factors like accumulation of weapons of mass destruction and a range of…
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The Identity Of The Assassins Of Gandhiji As Disclosed By Sardar Patel
The world is mourning the 73rd anniversary of MK Gandhi's assassination by the Hindutva terrorists on January 30, 1948. RSS, the most prominent flag-bearer of the Hindutva politics and cadres…
Why Albert Einstein Went to Meet Mahatma Gandhi in Heaven?
This is the third in a series of heaven-based stories, written as fantasy but very relevant to our times. The first story titled Mahatma Gandhi Returns to Earth was published…
Mahatma Gandhi Meets Shahid Bhagat Singh in Heaven
This is one of a series of heaven-based stories, written as fantasy yet very relevant to our times. The first part of the series appeared in Countercurrents.org dated December 11,…
Two Tales of Farmers’ Agitation: Gandhi’s Against the British & Farmers’ Against Modi
It was in 1917 that Gandhiji visited Bihar for the first time. He was pursued and persuaded by one Raj Kumar Shukla, a peasant from Champaran, to come to the…
Mahatma Gandhi Returns to Earth
Introduction--While this story is written more as a fantasy on what happens when Mahatma Gandhi decides to come back to earth, it is at the same time related to serious…
Gandhi – an enduring universal vision – and those spectacles
He’s regarded as ‘The Father of the Nation’ and the man who brought down the mightiest global empire without firing a single bullet, yet Gandhi’s ideals and vision go beyond…
Without Protest : On the meaning of Searching for Truth
According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the root of the verb protest is “to make a solemn declaration” or as a noun it refers to a pledge. Throughout The Story of…
‘If humanity is to progress, Gandhi is inescapable’
Vaishnav jan to tene kahiye je Peed paraayi jaane re Par-dukhkhe upkaar kare toye Man abhimaan na aane re (Vaishnava) One who is a Vaishnav (Devotee of Vishnu) Knows the…
Time for a new Civil Disobedience Movement
Politicians of all hues, are celebrating the birth anniversary of Gandhi this month. A leader of one political party has recalled his legacy, by rightly emphasizing the `Gandhian agenda’ of…
Gandhi-Godse: Contrasting Concepts of Nationalism
This Gandhi Anniversary (October 2020) one saw a twitter storm ‘Nathram Godse Zindabad’, (Long live Nathura, Godse). This overshadowed the tributes to Gandhi on the same platform. This year the…
Gandhi and Relevance of Writers and Activists
As we celebrate another birth anniversary of the father of the nation, it is worth recognising that the thinkers, writers, and activists are valuable for a society. Gandhi represented all…
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If Gandhi can feature on UK money, when will non-Brahmin radicals on ours?
Early on Monday morning Telegraph brought us a story that Mahatma Gandhi is all set to become the first non-white to feature on the UK money. The Royal Mint Advisory Committee has…
Remember Gandhi
Remember Gandhi. Practice nonviolence. Adhere to nonviolence. Refrain from attacking people as the means to achieve an interpersonal goal. You seek to change policies and systems that make policies,…
Mahatma Gandhi, Race and Caste
During the course of agitation ‘Black lives matter’ some protestors defaced the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in US. Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of Indian Nation, has the unique distinction…
Reading Gandhi on the occasion of the World Environment Day
The World Environment Day (henceforth WED) was initially started by the UN General Assembly in 1972, on the first day of the Stockholm Conference. The objective of this conference was…
No Need to Glorify Gandhi But Evaluate His Failures Too
Mohan Das Karmchand Gandhi would have turned 150 yesterday. The entire nation is celebrating his birthday. There was an edit page article by Narendra Damodar Das Modi on Gandhi in…
Gandhi’s Views on Environment And Modern Concept of Development
In Mahatma Gandhi’s lifetime climate change or threat to environment was not yet a perceived problem. Therefore it is no surprise that there is no explicit mention of it in…
Today’s Imperative: Gandhian Values
Third Shambhu Dutta Memorial Lecture, Organized by Transparency International India at IIC, September 9, 2019. Preface to the Lecture I am grateful to Transparency International India for asking me to…
Saving Gandhi On Gandhi Jayanti
Today is Gandhi Jayanti. If he were alive he would have been 149 year. Official celebrations are there. Narendra Modi is on an overdrive to 'prove' that he 'inherit' the…
Bapu Kuti: A Reminder of Gandhi’s Forgotten Ideals
Eighty kilometres to the east of Nagpur in central India lies Bapu Kuti, a historic site in Sewagram, the ‘village of service’, which is nestled in the serene rustic surroundings…
Lessons for the environmental movement from Gandhi
Gandhi is not well-known for his views on the environment. Indeed, in his vast output, there is little explicit mention of the environment. Yet, in Gandhi’s views, one finds a…
Gandhi’s Truth: Ending Human Violence One Commitment At A Time
Gandhi Jayanti – 2 October, the date of Mohandas K. Gandhi’s birth in 1869 and the International Day of Nonviolence – offers an opportunity to reflect on human violence…
Gandhiji Said, No Law Can Be Made To Ban Cow-Slaughter
This is an excerpt from Gandhi’s prayer discourse of July 25, 1947, from the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Volume 88, as published online by the Gandhi Heritage Portal. Rajendra…
Mahatma Gandhi, We Need Your Voice Today!
If humans are ever to achieve a stable global society in the future, they will have to become much more modest in their economic behavior and much more peaceful in…
Marx, Gandhi, And The U.S. After The 2016 Elections
Both Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Mohan Karamchand (“Mahatma”) Gandhi (1869-1948) would be very alarmed by the U.S. elections of 2016 and what we are now facing with President Donald Trump…
Demonetisation And Gandhi
The entire demonetisation story has been parsed, discussed, analyzed and commented upon in detail, by its supporters and non-supporters alike. There is not pretty much left that can be contributed…
Modi Is Cheered, As The Mahatma Is Reduced To A Pathetic Figure In Gandhinagar
Gandhinagar, 13 November, 2016: This turned out to be quite a travesty of Mahatma Gandhi and his teachings in the land of his birth. This was in Gandhinagar, the…
Is Gandhi Still Relevant?
Mention Gandhi in certain circles and the response might be one of cynicism: his ideas are outdated and irrelevant in today's world. Such a response could not be further from…
Rethinking Gandhi
October 2, like all public holidays, is cherished as a token appreciation for the reason behind the…
Gandhi And The Message Of Nonviolence
As most of the world ignores or hypocritically celebrates the 147th birthday of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on the International Day of Nonviolence on 2 October, some of us will quietly…
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