Gandhi Jayanti - A tribute to ’Father of the Nation’ Gandhi Jayanti or Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti is observed every year as a national holiday to commemorate the birth of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (October 2‚ 1869 - January 30‚ 1948). His non-violence or satyagraha continues to influence political leaders and movements till date. The celebration and essence of Gandhi Jayanti is not restricted within India and also observed by the United Nations as the International Day of non-violence that aims to
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in the Vineyard’ appear on the first few pages of the book ‘Unto the Last’ by John Ruskin. In March 1904‚ Gandhi discovered this book through Henry Polak‚ whom he had met in a vegetarian restaurant in South Africa. Some of Gandhi’s deepest convictions on social and economic ideas were inspired from this book‚ and‚ he translated it into Gujarati in 1908 under the title of ‘Sarvodaya’. Gandhi decided immediately not only to change his own life according to Ruskin ’s teaching‚ but also to publish his
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Satyagraha is the method of resistance and mass movement developed by Gandhi during his days in South Africa and later epitomised in India during its freedom struggle against British Empire. Satyagraha was developed as a broad term for techniques of civil disobedience‚ non cooperation‚ hunger strike and protest. Satyagraha is a portmanteau of the Sanskrit words Satya (meaning "truth") and Agraha ("insistence"‚ or "holding firmly to"). For Gandhi‚ Satyagraha went far beyond mere "passive resistance" and became
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essence of life. Only a person with extreme humbleness imbibed within and a feeling of compassion is able to practice forgiveness! "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong‚" said Mahatma Gandhi. Perhaps it was this realization that made Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi‚ the Mahatma and an irrepressible icon to be emulated by several world leaders like Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King. Violence begets violence. It cannot undo the harm caused. On the other hand‚ forgiveness
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THE REALITY OF GANDHI 1. Gandhi used to sleep with girls of ages between 18 to 25. Very few people know about this but its true (for details you can read books by Dr L .R. BALI named “RANGEELA GANDHI” & “KYA GANDHI MAHATMA THE”) the girls who slept with Gandhi accepted this. Gandhi used to say that he is doing all this for his BRAHMCHARI Experiments. What from his experiments he wanted to prove nobody knows. Gandhi himself accepted this that at the time of going to London for
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19.1 19.2 19.3 Objectives Introduction The Civilisational Justification and British Rule 19.2.1 Gandhi‚ Moderates and the Extremists on the Legitimacy of British Rule i I I Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj 19.3.1 Gandhi‚ Extremists and British Colonialism 19.3.2 Gandhi‚ Moderates and British Colonialism 19.3.3 Gandhi on Swaraj 19.4 Gandhi’s Critique of Modern Civilisation 19.4.1 Western Influences on Gandhi 19.4.2 Meaning of True Civilisation 19.4.3 Critique of Modern Civilisation 19.5 Political‚ Economic
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Eastern and Western Philosophers Comparison Paper Philosophy is the systematic study of the foundations of human knowledge with an emphasis on the conditions of its validity and finding answers to ultimate questions. While every other science aims at investigating a specific area of knowledge‚ such as physics or psychology‚ philosophy has been defined as “thinking about thinking.” The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophia)‚ which literally means "love of wisdom"
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naturally influenced by thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi and the lifestyle espoused by him. Its influ ence is seen more on the genres like 75 poetry and novels but a travel writer like Kakashae b Kalelkar who was deeply influenced by Gandhian philosophy‚ produced a remar kable volume of travel writing which has its important place in Indian Bhasha lite rature in general. The need and curiosity of visiting places within the country was intensified during this time. Gandhi appealed the writers to go amidst people
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Karamchand Gandhi (pronounced [’mo???nd?a?s ’k?r?mt??nd? ’ga?nd??i] ( listen); 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948)‚ commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi‚ was the preeminent leader of Indian nationalism in British-ruled India.Gandhi led India to independence and inspired movements for non-violence‚ civil rights and freedom across the world.The son of a senior government official‚ Gandhi was born and raised in a Hindu Bania[4] community in coastal Gujarat‚ and trained in law in London. Gandhi became famous
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of darkness‚ we need a leader like Gandhi‚ a man of rare courage‚ character‚ and charisma‚ who dares to tell the truth‚ who can overcome violence with nonviolence‚ and who shows us the way to light. Gandhi and his twin principles of satya (truth) and ahimsa (nonviolence) are more relevant today than any other time in human history‚ and the Gandhian style of satyagraha seems to be the only potent and pragmatic‚ moral equivalent of war in these troubled times. Gandhi not only said but showed us the way
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