What are the contributions of Mahatma Gandhi in Education? SWASTIK Historical Development of Basic Edcuation Mahatma Gandhi explained the concept of Basic Education through a series of articles in his Harijan magazine in 1937. In the conference at Wardha after a detailed discussion about Gandhiji’s articles the scheme of Basic Education took shape under the leadership of Dr. Zakir Hussain. The following four resolutions were passed. (i) Free and compulsory education should be given
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Speaking of the friendship between Gandhi and Tagore‚ he quoted a line from Gandhi: "I hope I am as great a believer in free air as the poet‚" a line that is largely omitted when arguments between the two are talked of. Gandhi was the mother of all debates on the future of India‚ surely his debates with Tagore rank as the greatest and most profoundly enriching. Tagore and Gandhi - born in the 1860s in two regions separated by the bulk of the country - were men who came to represent the quintessence
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The ‘Bara Rani’‚ of a Rajah’s household should have nothing too serious to complain of or lament about‚ especially when the woman is a young and beautiful lady. She is the ‘Bara Rani’; the throne of the household should be her and not Bimala’s‚ who is the ‘Chota Rani’. A woman “of a beauty rarely to be seen”; why she should be jealous of the dark and slim Bimala? In a typical case like this‚ obviously nothing should be plaguing the Bara Rani‚ but it is not so here. She is a jealous‚ manipulative
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Rabindranath Tagore Selected short stories Profit and Loss This narrative briefly describes the short‚ sorrowful life of Nirupama. The name signifies ‘peerless one’ and was given to her by her parents‚ who were gratified with a daughter after having had five sons. Being treasured‚ her father searched long and hard to find a groom he deemed suitable enough for her. He engaged Nirupama to the son of a “grand” Raybahadur who asked for a dowry of 10‚000 rupees. Even though he had no way of paying
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“Don’t limit a child to your own learning‚ for she was born in another time”. Right now I can recall some of father’s stories which always begin with “In our time this was the case…..” and ending with “……but today it is so different”. We are ourselves have witnessed this change the cell phone boom‚ the dot com boom‚ we have lived through it all. The world around us is on a constant move and nothing remains the same for a large amount of time one can never be sure that what exists today may exist
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Position Paper #1 September 12‚ 2013 The issue stated is‚ does punishment really work? If so‚ what types of punishments? What types of punishments are least effective? Starting out by observing what punishment is‚ will help out best. Punishment is a certain consequence that an individual may face to reduce the behavior from occurring. While punishment can be effective in some cases‚ you can probably think of a few examples of when punishment does not reduce a behavior. Prison is one example. After being
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Is justice served in punishment? There are many factors that should be considered as to whether or not justice is being served by the punishment given. The short story “Punishment” written by Rabindranath Tagore is about two brothers and their wives. The story begins when the two brothers return home from work and hear that their wives have been screaming and yelling at each other again. The elder brother Dukhiram demands that his wife Radha get his food. Radha responds to her husband by telling
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WOMAN UNKNOWN- Rabindranath Tagore **************************************************************** By P. Baburaj‚ Senior Lecturer‚ Dept. of English‚ Sherubtse college‚ Bhutan Author of: Language and writing‚ DSB Publication Thimphu Communicative English‚ P. K. Books‚ Calicut A perception on Literary Criticism‚ P.K. Books‚ Calicut ****************************************************************** First person narrative. A 27 year old man namely Anupam who is immersed in Indian tradition and
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DEATH PUNISHMENT /CAPITAL PUNISHMENT In any society‚ state‚ country one thing is very important that is discipline. A person who is poor can live a good life compared to a rich person‚ who is not disciplined. Discipline is very important for maintenance of law & orders in any society‚ without discipline there will be various problem in the society. A proper system is in place‚ police force is in place‚ proper judicial system is there after all a very decent Indian culture then also in
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Rabindranath Tagore’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech I was an obscure individual in those days. My name was hardly known outside my own province‚ but I was quite content with that obscurity‚ which protected me from the curiosity of crowds. And then came a time when my heart felt a longing to come out of that solitude and do some work for my fellow beings‚ and not merely give shape to my dreams and meditate deeply on the problems of life‚ but try to give expression to my ideas through some definite
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