Seventy-one years later, Gandhi’s influence in India diminishes
5 years, 11 months ago

Seventy-one years later, Gandhi’s influence in India diminishes

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On a mild winter day, Mohandas K Gandhi, more commonly known by the honorific “Mahatma” walked slowly across a stately lawn in New Delhi, India’s capital, leaning on the shoulders of two young women, when an assassin greeted him, touched his feet and then shot the frail 78-year-old three times in the chest. “In modern India, the two dominant forces hate him.” Among Hindu nationalists, part of the demographic base that powers India’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party, Gandhi is seen as weak, Mehta says. Gandhi’s birthday on 2 October remains one of India’s national holidays; and he is a common sight in the capital’s annual Republic Day parade on 26 January, as many floats carried giant models of him. “None of the political parties have any credible claim to Gandhi’s moral legacy,” he says, checking off the reasons – spectacular corruption, dynastic politics and religious division.

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The Enduring Legacy of Gandhi's Environmental Philosophy: A Journey Through India's Enduring Environmentalism
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The Enduring Legacy of Gandhi's Environmental Philosophy: A Journey Through India's Enduring Environmentalism

ABP News  

Ramachandra Guha's 'Speaking with Nature: The Origins of Indian Environmentalism' is a nuanced exploration of India's environmental consciousness and its evolution. Guha examines 10 influential thinkers who predated global environmental movements and argues that India's environmentalism has developed its own trajectory shaped by sublime ecological, social, and cultural contexts. The book highlights the importance of livelihood environmentalism, a matter of …

Gandhi's Timeless Wisdom: A Call for Truth in Troubled Times
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Gandhi's Timeless Wisdom: A Call for Truth in Troubled Times

Hindustan Times  

The article explores the relevance of Mahatma Gandhi in the context of the current wars and global issues. It argues that Gandhi's ideas of truth and non-violence remain relevant in the face of violence and war. The author emphasizes the importance of understanding Gandhi's discourse beyond his historical context and the limitations of conventional approaches to truth. The piece reflects …

'Sacrifices Inspires Us': PM Modi, Shah And Others Pay Tribute To Mahatma Gandhi On 76th Death Anniversary
11 months, 2 weeks ago

'Sacrifices Inspires Us': PM Modi, Shah And Others Pay Tribute To Mahatma Gandhi On 76th Death Anniversary

ABP News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 76th death anniversary. सत्य और अहिंसा के मार्ग पर चलकर देशवासियों के दिलों में स्वदेशी की भावना जगाने वाले महात्मा गाँधी जी की पुण्यतिथि पर उन्हें नमन। गाँधी जी के शांति और सद्भाव के संदेश आज भी प्रासंगिक हैं और उनके विचार देशवासियों को राष्ट्र के लिए त्याग व …

The Hindu Lit Fest 2024 | Gopalkrishna Gandhi remembers his grandfather, an ordinary man who did extraordinary things
11 months, 3 weeks ago

The Hindu Lit Fest 2024 | Gopalkrishna Gandhi remembers his grandfather, an ordinary man who did extraordinary things

The Hindu  

At a time when we want to be the first or the oldest, when in economic development we want to be the fastest, and when it comes to statues we want the tallest, it is refreshing to find a man of some status, who referred to himself as ordinary, said former Governor of West Bengal Gopalkrishna Gandhi. Mr. Gandhi was …

Rahul Gandhi takes dig at RSS, says 'they have force, I have truth'
1 year, 2 months ago

Rahul Gandhi takes dig at RSS, says 'they have force, I have truth'

India TV News  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday took a dig at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, saying that while they have force, "I have truth", in a video of his recent visit to the Golden Temple in Punjab's Amritsar. Sharing a video of his visit on his official YouTube channel, Gandhi said, "My view is that force is always a lie, power …

The unbearable burden of legacy: Review of ‘Strange Burdens’ by Sugata Srinivasaraju
1 year, 4 months ago

The unbearable burden of legacy: Review of ‘Strange Burdens’ by Sugata Srinivasaraju

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 12, 2023 07:51 IST - 6 MINS READ In recent years, Sugata Srinivasaraju has emerged as one of the country’s most astute commentators on Indian politics. Srinivasaraju states that the idea for the book germinated in a potential “New Yorker profile” but grew into a book “partly thanks to the personality of Rahul Gandhi, the existential crisis …

‘Gandhis don’t want to mention..’: Smriti Irani targets Rahul, Cong in Lok Sabha
1 year, 5 months ago

‘Gandhis don’t want to mention..’: Smriti Irani targets Rahul, Cong in Lok Sabha

Hindustan Times  

On the second day of the no-confidence debate in the Lok Sabha, Union minister Smriti Irani launched an attack against the Congress over the alleged Chinese funding to media portal NewsClick and Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Mother India murdered in Manipur’ remark in the House. To counter Gandhi’s attack on the Centre for the violence in Manipur, Irani highlighted the issues of …

Moving out of Leftist colonialism: How India's cultural revival can be of great benefit to all humanity
1 year, 8 months ago

Moving out of Leftist colonialism: How India's cultural revival can be of great benefit to all humanity

Firstpost  

India today, after 75 years of Independence, is again awakening to its own civilisational power and depth, no longer in the shadow of European politics and its ongoing wars Colonial rulers have been exposed for their cruel exploitation of numerous countries, peoples and cultures worldwide. Nehruvian liberal neocolonialism Under conjoined British education and Marxist views, a new elite arose in …

Lost Gandhian India: Notes on ‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’
1 year, 8 months ago

Lost Gandhian India: Notes on ‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’

The Diplomat  

What if Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi had not been murdered in 1948? A recent Hindi movie, “Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh,” is an interesting instance of how to debate history but also, unfortunately, an example of how not to make a film. Even one of the essays I read in my college Hindi textbook discussed what Gandhi would have said and …

‘…tarnish India's image’: Dhankhar's jab at Rahul Gandhi
1 year, 9 months ago

‘…tarnish India's image’: Dhankhar's jab at Rahul Gandhi

Hindustan Times  

Launching a veiled attack on Rahul Gandhi for his controversial ‘democracy under attack’ speech in London, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said it is hurtful when people try to bring down a ‘rising India’ in a country abroad. Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Dhankhar said, "It is painful when some people among us try …

A very different conception of ‘Ram Rajya’
1 year, 9 months ago

A very different conception of ‘Ram Rajya’

The Hindu  

April 07, 2023 12:16 am | Updated March 04, 2024 12:02 pm IST It was the longest-serving Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh sarsangchalak, M.S. Instead of Mahatma Gandhi’s moral lessons in favour of peace, Savarkar advocated the “political virility” of Hindutva, an idea which seems to have found full flower in today’s foot-soldiers of that doctrine. Hindutva ideologue Savarkar, whom Mr. Modi …

Mahatma Gandhi Sacrificed Life To Uphold Unity And Integrity Of India: Telangana CM KCR
1 year, 11 months ago

Mahatma Gandhi Sacrificed Life To Uphold Unity And Integrity Of India: Telangana CM KCR

ABP News  

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said that the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi, who advocated wellbeing of all sections of people regardless of caste, creed, and religion has utmost relevance for today's India. CM KCR recalled the great work of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, on his death anniversary on January 30. The Chief Minister said that Mahatma …

Mahatma Gandhi 75th Death Anniversary: 10 Quotes From the Father of the Nation That Will Inspire You
1 year, 11 months ago

Mahatma Gandhi 75th Death Anniversary: 10 Quotes From the Father of the Nation That Will Inspire You

News 18  

MAHATMA GANDHI 75th DEATH ANNIVERSARY: Our Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi was a source of inspiration for people all around the world. The insurmountable contribution that this incredible man had done and the legacy that he had created can be best summarised in the words of none other than Albert Einstein who was of the opinion – “Generations to …

‘Ideology of hate’ consuming India, Gandhi’s great-grandson says
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Ideology of hate’ consuming India, Gandhi’s great-grandson says

Al Jazeera  

Tushar Gandhi has blamed the rise of PM Modi and the BJP for increasing polarisation and division in the country. India’s rising tide of Hindu nationalism is an affront to the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, his great-grandson said ahead of the 75th anniversary of the revered independence hero’s assassination. “For them, it’s very natural that Godse would be their iconic …

Gandhi’s killer Godse ‘real patriot’ for some Hindu nationalists
1 year, 11 months ago

Gandhi’s killer Godse ‘real patriot’ for some Hindu nationalists

Al Jazeera  

Many visit a temple near New Delhi dedicated to Nathuram Godse, who on January 30, 1948, gunned down the iconic freedom fighter. “There is a wind of change in the country and people have understood that Godse was the real patriot and Gandhi a traitor.” Sharma established his unremarkable temple complex in 2015, a year after Modi took office, after …

Leaving a Stamp (With Gandhi) on Global India’s Image
1 year, 11 months ago

Leaving a Stamp (With Gandhi) on Global India’s Image

The Diplomat  

Mahatma Gandhi’s image is ubiquitous in India. Gandhi’s image is probably very often associated with India outside the country as well, and, I could risk declaring, the story of this particular person’s life and views are a part of India’s soft power to this day. Here, however, I will focus on the case of Gandhi’s image on stamps as a …

A long march offers a glimpse of a post-Modi India
2 years ago

A long march offers a glimpse of a post-Modi India

Al Jazeera  

In a deliberate emulation of India’s revered independence hero Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, the country’s main opposition leader at present is on the final leg of a mammoth public walk across the length of the subcontinent. In walking so long, Gandhi — the face of the Indian National Congress — is offering the world’s largest democracy a new political vision and …

India & Bharat Jodo Yatra’s Big Mission: Why I Called Rahul Gandhi a ‘Tapasvi’
2 years ago

India & Bharat Jodo Yatra’s Big Mission: Why I Called Rahul Gandhi a ‘Tapasvi’

The Quint  

THERE are moments when the Spirit moves among men and the breath of the Lord is abroad upon the waters of our being; there are others when it retires and men are left to act in the strength or the weakness of their own egoism. In the hour of God cleanse thy soul of all self-deceit and hypocrisy and vain …

DC Edit | India’s history without blinkers
2 years ago

DC Edit | India’s history without blinkers

Deccan Chronicle  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was right in pointing out that the study and promotion of history must be without blinkers, and truths from the past, buried and whitewashed for howsoever long a period, don’t help a society or nation in the final analysis. Mr Modi’s comments, made at an event to mark Veer Bal Diwas to remember Guru Gobind Singh, …

Mahatma Gandhi's ideals must continue to guide actions in ensuring peace and stability around the world: Jaishankar
2 years, 1 month ago

Mahatma Gandhi's ideals must continue to guide actions in ensuring peace and stability around the world: Jaishankar

The Hindu  

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on December 14 said that as the world grapples with violence, armed conflicts and humanitarian emergencies, Mahatma Gandhi’s ideals must continue to guide actions in ensuring peace and stability around the world. “Today, as the world grapples with violence, armed conflicts and humanitarian emergencies, Gandhi ideals must continue to guide our actions in ensuring peace …

Gandhi Jayanti: Political perspective and vision of ‘Father of the Nation’
2 years, 3 months ago

Gandhi Jayanti: Political perspective and vision of ‘Father of the Nation’

Firstpost  

The life of the spirited social reformer, lion-hearted freedom fighter, astute politician, and the ‘Father of the Nation’ has been recorded in legions of books, innumerable movies, and several documentaries, which deliver a lot about his greatness A staunch nationalist, an inspiration for generations to come, and the biggest face of Indian independence, Mahatma Gandhi’s place is deeply rooted in …

Gandhi in the age of post-truth
2 years, 3 months ago

Gandhi in the age of post-truth

The Hindu  

This is a bi-annual ritual: the recalling of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi on October 2 and January 30. Two words that appear in bold letters when we think of Gandhi are ‘truth’ and ‘non-violence’. With regards to truth and non-violence, it can be said without doubt that the intellectual, emotional and physical processes that Gandhi put in place were truly unmatched. …

Excerpt: Inheriting Gandhi: Influences, Activisms
2 years, 3 months ago

Excerpt: Inheriting Gandhi: Influences, Activisms

Hindustan Times  

It is widely known that Gandhi, for most of the long period of the freedom movement that he led, was indifferent to the claims of what has come to be called ‘secularism’. … …The beginnings of an answer lie in a conviction that Gandhi repeatedly asserted, viz., that Indian history and society and culture were characterized by an unselfconscious pluralism …

India @ 75 : Promises to keep
2 years, 4 months ago

India @ 75 : Promises to keep

Live Law  

The 75th year of our Independence is an occasion for celebration and also introspection that does not shirk from its conclusions. The Har Ghar Tiranga sentiment is a proud reminder of the defining moment in India's history 75 years ago, when the nation found its soul in the freedom of its people. The spectre of dysfunctional legislatures driven at will …

A growing disengagement with Gandhi’s ideas
2 years, 5 months ago

A growing disengagement with Gandhi’s ideas

The Hindu  

The June 2022 issue of Antim Jan, a magazine published by the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, stood out for a reason. In an article in Antim Jan, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijay Goel, the vice-chairman of GSDS, tries to place Savarkar on the same footing as Mahatma Gandhi — “Savarkar’s place in history and stature in freedom struggle is …

​​Nelson Mandela Day: India’s treatment of Muslims risks echoing the apartheid my grandfather fought against
2 years, 5 months ago

​​Nelson Mandela Day: India’s treatment of Muslims risks echoing the apartheid my grandfather fought against

The Independent  

This year’s Nelson Mandela International Day – which fell on Mandela’s birthday – was marked by historic speeches that warned of an unprecedented assault on our democracy. Mandela Day encourages us all to commemorate Nelson Mandela’s – and the world’s – efforts to end apartheid and promote peace, and I remember all that India did for South Africa. Mandela himself …

Gandhians express concern over Gyanvapi Masjid issue
2 years, 8 months ago

Gandhians express concern over Gyanvapi Masjid issue

The Hindu  

Expressing concern over the Gyanvapi mosque issue, a group of Gandhians have appealed to all sections of society to be guided by the unbiased “Lakshman Rekha” drawn by the Constitution that keeps politics as well as the civil administration in check. “The way the issue of Gyanvapi Masjid is being raked up and the way the matter is being handled …

No place in India soil for Godse's heirs and their 'evil thoughts', says MK Stalin
2 years, 11 months ago

No place in India soil for Godse's heirs and their 'evil thoughts', says MK Stalin

India Today  

Governor R N Ravi and Chief Minister M K Stalin on Sunday paid floral tributes here to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary with the latter urging the people to take a vow that there is no place in the Indian soil for Nathuram Godse's 'heirs'. Ravi and Stalin paid floral tributes to a decorated portrait of the father of …

Communalism that led to Gandhi's death still 'slaughters' people in name of religion: Pinarayi Vijayan
2 years, 11 months ago

Communalism that led to Gandhi's death still 'slaughters' people in name of religion: Pinarayi Vijayan

India Today  

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday said the communal ideology that led to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi has become the biggest threat to the country and it still "slaughters" people in the name of religion. Vijayan, in his message on Martyrs' Day, said memories of Gandhiji were more relevant now than ever before and urged the people to …

From the archives: Mahatma Gandhi, a lasting Legacy
2 years, 11 months ago

From the archives: Mahatma Gandhi, a lasting Legacy

India Today  

Mahatma Gandhi was the first Indian to put India on a global map and the only one to be known throughout the world. At India’s independence, for which he had striven so hard, Gandhi felt so tormented by the pervasive violence that he declined to unfurl the national flag and even to send a message. As Gandhi once said, not …

Communalism that led to Gandhiji\'s death biggest threat to nation today: CM Vijayan
2 years, 11 months ago

Communalism that led to Gandhiji\'s death biggest threat to nation today: CM Vijayan

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday said the communal ideology that led to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi has become the biggest threat to the country and it still "slaughters" people in the name of religion. Vijayan, in his message on Martyrs' Day, said memories of Gandhiji were more relevant now than ever before and urged the people …

Delhi government trying to follow Mahatma Gandhi's vision: Arvind Kejriwal
3 years, 3 months ago

Delhi government trying to follow Mahatma Gandhi's vision: Arvind Kejriwal

India TV News  

The Delhi government is trying its best to follow the ideals of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri, and walk on the path of their vision through its model of governance, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday. Speaking on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, the Aam Aadmi Party leader said both Mahatma Gandhi and late former prime minister Lal …

‘Gandhi has become all things to all people’
3 years, 3 months ago

‘Gandhi has become all things to all people’

Live Mint  

On 23 December 1926, a man named Abdul Rashid murdered the Arya Samaj leader Swami Shraddhanand, a freedom fighter who was close to M.K. Apart from the grief he felt at the news of Shraddhanand’s violent death, Gandhi’s primary concern, as scholar Jyotirmaya Sharma writes in his new book, Elusive Non-Violence: The Making And Unmaking Of Gandhi’s Religion Of Ahimsa, …

Gandhi’s timeless advice: Be the change you wish to see
3 years, 3 months ago

Gandhi’s timeless advice: Be the change you wish to see

Live Mint  

On 2 October every year, his birth anniversary, India and the world remember Mahatma Gandhi and renew their commitment to his ideals and universal life lessons. However, if I were to pick one idea that Gandhi symbolizes very powerfully, it is: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” This is extremely relevant in the current context. In …

The Mahatma and the empowerment of the other
3 years, 11 months ago

The Mahatma and the empowerment of the other

The Hindu  

Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary may have just passed, but it is not just an occasion to celebrate his life and his message once more, or to simply add to the Gandhian biography, so to speak. Different opinion as right Undoubtedly, the essence of Gandhi’s political philosophy is the empowerment of the other, irrespective of gender, race, class or creed. Under …

The Assassins of Mahatma Gandhi’s Memory
3 years, 11 months ago

The Assassins of Mahatma Gandhi’s Memory

ABP News  

The assassins of Gandhi’s memory are everywhere in India today. In recent years, the assault on Gandhi and, correspondingly, the revival of the reputation of his assassin, Nathuram Godse, have become the new commonsense of India, where perhaps two millennia ago the Mahabharata announced ‘ahimsa paramo dharma’. Just two weeks ago, a large crowd of Hindu nationalists gathered in the …

Martyrs' Day: In a Changed, Post-Coronavirus World, How India is Paying Tribute to Mahatma Gandhi
3 years, 11 months ago

Martyrs' Day: In a Changed, Post-Coronavirus World, How India is Paying Tribute to Mahatma Gandhi

News 18  

Paying tribute to ‘Bapu’ on his ‘Punya Tithi’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday recalled the “heroic sacrifices of all those great women and men who devoted themselves towards India’s freedom”. This Martyrs Day, paying tribute to Mahatma Gandhiji who revolutionized the freedom struggle in the colonial era by sowing the seeds of ‘Ahimsa’.#MahatmaGandhi #MartyrsDay pic.twitter.com/ZeWNVV8CmR— Ajit Pawar January 30, …

Its Power of Resolving Crisis is What Makes Gandhism Relevant in Today’s Times
4 years, 3 months ago

Its Power of Resolving Crisis is What Makes Gandhism Relevant in Today’s Times

News 18  

The essence of ‘Gandhi-ism’ is peace and nonviolence, extending but not limiting itself to goodness, creative thinking, and efficient admin. Certain quarters may subscribe to the idea that ‘Gandhism’ is not practicable in today’s world. In such a clime, ‘Gandhism’ opens a window of fresh wisdom which has the power to resolve this crisis, the ability to dissolve differences, capability …

Becoming a Gandhian
4 years, 3 months ago

Becoming a Gandhian

Hindustan Times  

Mahatma Gandhi, as this newspaper’s editorial said on October 2, 2019, to mark the beginning of his 150th birth anniversary celebrations, was the greatest Indian ever. But Hardiman wrote, “Gandhi’s method succeeded because of the relentless pressure it put on rulers — forcing them to give in to mass demands.” This, then, became an example for other political and civil …

Was Gandhi ‘Hindian’? The redefining of India
5 years, 2 months ago

Was Gandhi ‘Hindian’? The redefining of India

Deccan Chronicle  

The controversy over a statue of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi in Manchester in northwest England is further confirmation of the official determination to redefine India. Gandhi had already been subjected to what the American scholar, Richard Fox, called “ideological hijacking” when Deen Dayal Upadhyaya borrowed terms like sarvodaya, swadeshi and gram swaraj for his political programme which the Jan Sangh adopted …

‘New India was born the day Gandhi was assassinated’
5 years, 2 months ago

‘New India was born the day Gandhi was assassinated’

The Hindu  

Tushar Gandhi, the great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, castigated the concept of ‘New India’, which he said was in sharp contrast to Gandhi’s vision of India. Delivering the first of a series of lectures at Gandhi Smrithi, the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi organised by the Muslim Education Society in Kozhikode on Tuesday, he said the New India …

Satyagraha is Gandhi’s lasting contribution
5 years, 3 months ago

Satyagraha is Gandhi’s lasting contribution

Deccan Chronicle  

Despite a surfeit of recollections, essays and interpretations on Mahatma Gandhi to mark his 150th birth anniversary, the last word can never be said and there remains space for more. Leaders paying tributes, especially those from the Opposition ranks, would have done better service to their political cause by recalling Gandhi’s role in giving courage to the people to stand …

Mohandas or the Mahatama? Assessing Gandhi’s legacy at 150
5 years, 3 months ago

Mohandas or the Mahatama? Assessing Gandhi’s legacy at 150

ABC  

2 October 2019 marked the 150th anniversary of Mohandas K. Gandhi’s birth. Outside of India, some believe that Mahatma — a title meaning “Great Soul” — was Gandhi’s given name. Modi’s complicity in the 2002 Gujarat pogroms and the ongoing brutal annexation of Kashmir confirm Gandhi’s greatest fear for his country — that India would see “English rule without the …

Rediscovering Gandhi: A life spent translating ideas into action
5 years, 3 months ago

Rediscovering Gandhi: A life spent translating ideas into action

Live Mint  

Violence, hatred and anger are revealed in horrific ways every day. This is what Gandhiji attempted to do back in the early 20th century, albeit in a different way and within the small Indian population in South Africa. So, in 1904, he began to apply his mind to changing his lifestyle and working towards a system of community life where …

Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Mahatma Gandhi: The pulse of a legacy in an age of heroics
5 years, 3 months ago

Gopalkrishna Gandhi on Mahatma Gandhi: The pulse of a legacy in an age of heroics

The Hindu  

Birla House, New Delhi. “He sat down,” records Pyarelal, Gandhi’s biographer, “felt the pulse and fancied it was still beating feebly.” Pyarelal goes on to say that a doctor at hand, Dr. B. P. Bhargava, examining the pulse and the eye reflexes, said slowly to Patel that death had occurred 10 minutes earlier. And because something in many — not …

Gandhiji’s name etched in the history of independent India, writes Mohan Bhagwat
5 years, 3 months ago

Gandhiji’s name etched in the history of independent India, writes Mohan Bhagwat

Hindustan Times  

Poojya Mahatma Gandhi is prominent among luminaries whose names are etched in the history of modern and rising Independent Bharat, a glorious chapter in its eternal and epochal journey. Watch: ‘When the light went out of our lives’: Looking back at Gandhi’s killing Gandhiji was well aware of the detrimental impact of the slavish mentality, which was borne out of …

The enduring relevance of Gandhi in a Dravidian polity
5 years, 3 months ago

The enduring relevance of Gandhi in a Dravidian polity

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu, which saw the emergence of a political movement quite different ideologically to Gandhi’s own even during his lifetime, is still in need of the Mahatma’s teachings in a range of areas in public life, according to a cross-section of political leaders and commentators. Describing corruption, communalism and casteism as “the evils of current politics of Tamil Nadu”, Panruti …

A note from Pakistan: Why Gandhi matters beyond India’s borders
5 years, 3 months ago

A note from Pakistan: Why Gandhi matters beyond India’s borders

Hindustan Times  

Nation-states write their own histories. Both these figures – celebrated and decorated as they are with portraits everywhere – are irrelevant in today’s subcontinent This is what makes Gandhi a unique figure beyond the precincts of Indian national imagination. Watch: The Mahatma of Sabarmati Ashram | Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary The last time I met Mushirul Hasan, the celebrated historian …

Gandhi’s legacy being ‘forgotten’ amid rise of far right in India
5 years, 3 months ago

Gandhi’s legacy being ‘forgotten’ amid rise of far right in India

Al Jazeera  

At New Delhi’s Gandhi Smriti, a poignant memorial site on the spot where India‘s revered freedom fighter, Mahatma Gandhi, was assassinated in 1948, visitors, noticeably more foreign than Indian, line up sombrely to offer homage. “Perhaps we have become a more consumerist and divisive society far removed from Gandhi’s teachings that such a world icon is neglected in his birthplace,” …

Religious pluralism and Gandhian values
5 years, 3 months ago

Religious pluralism and Gandhian values

Live Mint  

New Delhi:The image of a fanatical and violent Muslim has become a dominant stereotype since 11 September 2001. Through his “soft reading” of the Hindu scriptures, as also the texts of Christianity and Islam, Gandhi found a clarion call for active non-violence in all these religions. While Gandhi’s familiarity with Islam and his admiration for Prophet Muhammad are no secret, …

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