Like most things in Mahatma Gandhi’s life, his ashram in the Indian city of Ahmedabad was simple and austere. Yet between 1917 and 1930, these modest white bungalows, set on the bank of the Sabarmati river in the state of Gujarat, were the beating heart of Gandhi’s non-violent freedom struggle against British rule and his… Read More ‘A flashy theme park’: outcry over Modi’s plans for the Gandhi ashram
Remembering Mahatma Gandhi: उड जायेगा हंस अकेला / जग दर्शन का मेला ।। The Christian hymn has been played by the Massed Bands of the security forces every year since 1950 to mark the end of the Republic Day celebrations. Listen to some versions: https://scroll.in/video/1015930/abide-with-me-tm-krishna-artists-around-india-sing-the-hymn-dropped-from-beating-retreat-parade ‘Abide With Me’: Listen to the hymn that has been dropped from the Beating Retreat ceremony Two AV talks: The… Read More Remembering Mahatma Gandhi: उड जायेगा हंस अकेला / Abide with me: Gandhiji’s favourite hymn
जनवरी 16, नफ़रत और हिंसा के खिलाफ उपवास का चौथा दिन 13 जनवरी 1948 के दिन महात्मा गांधी ने अपने जीवन का अंतिम उपवास किया जो उस वक़्त की हिंसा और नफरत के माहौल के खिलाफ शांति बहाल करने की पुकार थी. उनके उपवास के दौरान सर्वधर्म प्रार्थना सभा में गीता, कुरान और गुरु ग्रन्थ… Read More Fourth day of Fast against Hate and Violence / नफ़रत और हिंसा के खिलाफ उपवास का चौथा दिन
Third Ankit-Junaid Social Harmony Award ceremony followed with discussion on “Yuva aur Sampradayikta ki chunautiya” on 28th November- Sunday @5:30 P:M Venue -Gandhi Peace Foundation- DDU Marg, New Delhi Dear Friends! In the year of September 2018, Khudai Khidmatgar launched the Social Harmony Award and fellowship in memory of Hafiz Junaid and Ankit Saxena. Junaid was… Read More Khudai Khidmatgar: 3rd Ankit Junaid Social Harmony Award ceremony followed with discussion on 'Yuva aur Sampradayikta ki chunautiya'
To G.S. Arundale; August 4 1919: Let there be no mistake. Civil resistance has come to stay. It is an eternal doctrine of life which we follow consciously or unconsciously in many walks of life. It is the new and extended application of it which has caused misgivings and excitement. Its suspension is designed to… Read More Mahatma Gandhi on littleness and difference (1919)
The members of the RSS who control the Union government have subjugated the press, allegedly tamed the judiciary and used bribery and coercion to undermine or overthrow state governments run by other parties. The new laws aimed at curbing NGOs are animated by the desire to reduce to insignificance all voluntary organisations that do not… Read More Ramachandra Guha: Gandhi said RSS was ‘communal with a totalitarian outlook’ – and that’s still true
After E.S. Reddy died on November 1, I wrote an obituary in the Financial Times, covering the major aspects of his life and work. In this column I offer a more personal tribute, of what he meant to me and to other scholars of Gandhi like myself.. I first met Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy in New York in… Read More Ramachandra Guha: A tribute to ES Reddy, the father of my journey as a Gandhi scholar
After the truth-shower 