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Mahatma Gandhi News Digest, Germany : Issue for July 17-23, 2006
Children get perspective in learning about others
BaltimoreSun.com - USA - by Karen Nitkin - July 23, 2006
While attending the Kids for Peace Camp in Ellicott City recently, Gary Malveaux, 12, got a taste of what it would be like to be a dictator. And he liked it. A lot.
"I was a dictator for a day," said Gary, who is going into seventh grade at Patuxent Valley Middle School. "I sent basically everyone to jail. We had to make our own rules, and I said no talking, and everyone kept talking."
Gary said he learns more about the world at Kids for Peace than at school because it is so hands-on.
"We play games and stuff," he said. "In school, we have to just take notes."
The camp, run by Ellicott City resident Mary Hilton, teaches children about different cultures, with the goal of making them more aware and tolerant of the world around them.
The idea was born Sept. 11, 2001, she said. She was on a plane that day, coming back from Brazil, where she had been doing some work as part of her job as coordinator of the International Program at Towson University. She quickly realized that the shock and bewilderment felt by so many Americans reflected a poor awareness of the rest of the world.
She would change that, she decided, and she would do it by teaching children.
"If kids understand the different ways people think, they can have a better sensitivity for how to get along," she said.
Within a year, Hilton had started a camp in Towson called Kids for Peace Camp. The goal was to teach children ages 6 to 14 about different cultures, countries and customs.
"We put it together in nine months," she recalled.
Three years ago, she expanded the camp to Ellicott City at St. John's Episcopal Church, and last summer she opened a branch in Westminster. The program in all three locations is nine weeks long, with each week focusing on a different place.
Children can sign up for as many or as few weeks as they want. The camp runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays.
Last week, students in Ellicott City were learning about Italy. Hilton makes the lessons fun by mixing silly activities such as teaching the kids how to slurp pasta with more serious lessons in art and government.
She mixed in some lessons about Leonardo da Vinci since The Da Vinci Code - book and movie - is dominating popular culture these days.
But always, the youngsters learn by doing. Kids made boats and staged a regatta while they were learning about Portugal, for example.
Each week, campers take a field trip that is connected to the country that has been studied. For Italy, they were scheduled to go to the Maryland Science Center and then eat food from Little Italy.
Sometimes kids choose to learn about a country because they have a connection to it.
Angela Scafidi, 6, who is going into second grade at St. John's Lane Elementary School, said she visits Italy every year to see her great-grandmother and likes learning more about the country.
Other children sign up because it "seemed really interesting," in the words of Lauren Kinzie, who is "almost 10" and going into fifth grade at St. John's.
"This is my second week," she said. "Last week, we were working on Mali and Madagascar. We went rock climbing for the field trip. We did a lot of African-style crafts."
Most weeks, about 40 children are in Towson, 30 in Ellicott City and 20 in Westminster, she said.
Many kids return year after year, and Hilton is careful to keep the camp fresh each year. Sometimes she repeats a country, but she always has new activities, she said.
She chooses counselors who have lived abroad or speak a foreign language. Isabel Medina, the site director in Ellicott City, lives in Brazil, but has been coming to the United States for three years to work for the camp. "I enjoy it a lot," she said. "That's why I'm always coming back."
She finished college recently and is teaching in an English-language school in Brazil, she said. But the camp is important to her. "It teaches little kids to respect other cultures," she said. "I think it makes a big difference for the future."
Anisah Imani, 15, a Garrison Forest School sophomore who is a junior counselor at the camp, is Muslim and African-American. She spent last summer in Egypt, learning to speak Arabic, and seems to have an endless thirst for knowledge about the world. "I'm not sure exactly what I want to do, but I do know that I want to be in the Peace Corps for a while," she said.
On Thursday, Hilton wore a T-shirt with the Kids for Peace Camp logo on the front. The Mahatma Gandhi quote on the back seemed to sum up her philosophy. It said: "If we are to reach real peace in the world and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to start with the children."
Swami's message still echoes in region
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - USA - by Steve Levin - July 23, 2006
2 visits in '20s inspired self-realization center
His name was Paramahansa Yogananda, and Pittsburgh had never seen anyone like him.
He sold out two evening addresses at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall. His admirers established a Pittsburgh center that is still operating, 80 years later. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the publication of his "Autobiography of a Yogi," considered one of the 20th century's seminal spirituality books.
Swami Yogananda was one of the first to introduce the philosophy of yoga to the West. He arrived in Boston from India in 1920, at age 27, for an international conference on religion. He spent the next three decades writing, traveling the country spreading his teachings of kriya yoga and helping establish Self-Realization Fellowship centers. He died in California in 1952.
He visited Pittsburgh twice, in 1926 and again in 1927-28, sometimes staying for as long as a week. There were lectures and classes, a presentation on KQV radio, tours, a meeting with a Pittsburgh Morals Court judge and public lectures that left those in attendance thrilled.
"Swami was the banquet," wrote one attendee after a Hindu-American banquet celebrating Pittsburgh's Self-Realization Fellowship Center in 1927. "The material food served as an accompaniment to Swami's spiritual food."
It is much the same today, said Paul Kelly, who has been interested in the swami's teachings for more than three decades and is a member of the Pittsburgh center on Saw Mill Run Boulevard. The center has about 20 members who meet for weekly meditations and a longer Sunday service.
"The beauty of Yogananda's world is that it's a nondenominational thing," Mr. Kelly said. "People from all nationalities and religious denominations can practice yoga without having to give up anything important to them."
What the swami offered was kriya yoga, which uses breathing and meditation to quiet the mind and increase consciousness and energy. While there are many types of yoga -- one of the most popular today is hatha yoga, which includes various stretches and physical postures -- kriya yoga proved to be the right philosophy at the right time in 1920s America. Kriya is Sanskrit for action
It didn't hurt that the swami, or priest, was well spoken and handsome. A native of Gorakhpur, India, with his long black hair, he looked much like Pittsburgh Steeler Troy Polamalu. He wore an ocher-colored robe that reached beneath his knees. He established his headquarters on 121/2 acres in Encinitas, Calif., in the mid-1920s, where it remains today.
The message he brought was nonthreatening. He sent a "Divine Healing Prayer Vibration" to his students and conducted prayer affirmations, including explanations of the scientific and spiritual principles that made them effective. He often quoted the New Testament -- "Thy faith hath made thee whole" -- explaining that a person's inner receptivity was vital to the healing process.
The Washington Post wrote in 1927 that "the Yogoda message is nonsectarian, humanitarian and capable of fusing together in unity the different religious factions, though not in any way causing them to lose their individuality."
Today, there are 639 temples and meditation centers in 62 countries, about a third of those in the United States. Devotees have included composer George Liebling, Beatle George Harrison and botanist Luther Burbank. He met President Calvin Coolidge in the White House and taught Mahatma Gandhi kriya yoga.
His autobiography has been translated into 18 languages. In 1999, it was selected by a panel commissioned by publisher HarperSanFrancisco as one of the 100 most influential spiritual books published in the United States in the last century.
"This is not a new religion,'" said Mr. Kelly, a Pittsburgh native who lived in California for a number of years before returning to run St. Lynn's Press. "He understood the human condition and that we all want to find inner peace [and] enjoyment.
"It's more of trying some of these tried-and-true principles of meditation that no matter what your spiritual practice, could help you to deepen that practice to get to the connection of spirit."
Mahatma’s memorials to be built in South Africa
Mumbai Mirror - India - July 23, 2006
Ahmedabad: Plans are afoot to turn places in South Africa, where Mahatma Gandhi lived and developed Satyagraha as a non-violent weapon against imperialism, into heritage sites.
These include revival of Tolstoy Farm and Phoenix Ashram. His place of stay in the Noakhali district of Bangladesh is also one of the spots being considered.
Secretary of Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, Amrut Modi, said all the three places will be revived with the help of residents of the country and governments. “It was in South Africa that the course of Mahatma’s life changed after he faced extreme humiliation at the hands of colonial rulers,” Modi pointed out.
“The South African people and Nelson Mandela are grateful to Gandhiji as their freedom struggle was inspired by him. The government there is positive about the project,” he said.
“At present, these places are in ruins. After Gandhiji left South Africa, the two places established by him were destroyed. The base of the building and a printing press in the Ashram is all that’s left of them,” Modi added.
The Tolstoy Farm near Johannesburg has been bought by the Gujarati community based in South Africa. The chairman of the committee responsible for revival of Tolstoy Farm, Mohan Hira, came to Ahmedabad recently to commission a statue of the Mahatma to renowned sculptor Kantibhai Patel.
Efforts are also on by the Indian community to revive Phoenix Ashram.
Negotiations are on with prominent people of Bangladesh to build his memorial in Noakhali district where he undertook fast for communal harmony following riots during the 1947 Partition, said Modi.
When Gandhi’s thoughts mesmerised Nobel laureate Tinberjen
Hindustan Times - India - by Prem Kant Tiwari - July 22, 2006
HE IS dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi and has been propagating Gandhian philosophy for over six decades. He started wearing khadi when he was a student of intermediate class and even today one can find him using khadi. He produced khadi yarn with charkha and presented garments made of the yarn produced by him to his father and other relatives.
Professor JS Mathur, director of the Basant Bihari Jai Rani Foundation for Peace Studies and former director of the Institute of Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies and former Head of the Department of Commerce and Business Administration, has been regularly organising essay and painting contests on Gandhi every year. Hundreds of students participate in these contests.
Besides, he has the rare collections of books and journals on Gandhi, including 'Harijan' and 'Young India' which were edited by the 'Father of the Nation' himself. Besides, hundreds of cartoons and stamps relating to the 'messiah of truth and non-violence' are available with him. To make these invaluable articles more useful, he wants to donate these articles to the Allahabad Museum.
The 79-year-old Prof Mathur had always been an outstanding student. His love for khadi can be gauged by the fact that when he was to be awarded the degree of D Litt in 1964, he got a khadi gown stitched to receive it.
A well-read and widely-travelled Prof Mathur has authored several books and written numerous articles in national and international journals on Mahatma Gandhi's life, thoughts and approach towards social, economic and political aspects of the society. His books and articles have been lauded not only in India but also in many other countries.
The excerpts of the interview:
In Netherlands, I met Prof Goring, who was known as the 'Father of the Peace Movement' in Europe. He wanted to know about Gandhi's impact in India and I replied: None. Then I asked about the impact of his efforts in Europe and he also said: "None." Then I asked why was he still engaged in his mission and he said that some day his idea might click. And I was quick to add that the same was the approach of mine.
During my interaction with Nobel laureate and renowned economist Prof J Tinberjen in Netherlands, he asked whether Gandhi had also written something on economics. I showed him my book 'Economic thought of Mahatma Gandhi'. He was greatly impressed and later wrote a foreword for the second edition of the book. The foreword for the first edition of the book was written by the former Congress president Acharya JB Kriplani.
In 1972, Acharya JB Kriplani came to Allahabad to attend the Gandhi Jayanti function and stayed at my home. We started discussing the political affairs of the country. In the meantime, my children also joined us. Kriplani was such a great statesman that he told me: "We should not criticise the Prime Minister before children."
I can never forget the help provided by VV Giri, the Late President of India, to me on many occasions. When he was the Governor of UP, he helped me in getting my book 'Economic thought of Mahatma Gandhi' published. There were obstacles because of the copyright of the Navjivan Trust, Ahmedabad, on Gandhi's writings. Giri Saheb removed the hurdles and facilitated the publication.
Later, he even attended the Gandhi Bhawan function when he was Vice-President and visited my residence. During his tenure as President, I, along with my wife and kids visited Mughal Garden on the Rashtrapati Bhawan premises.
Despite his busy schedule (he was leaving for Sri Lanka the same day) he gave us some time and instructed his staff to take our care. Giri Saheb also wrote foreword for my book 'Trade Union Movement in India.'
Once, we invited Mother Teresa to address the Gandhi Jayanti function. AU could not get any reply to its first letter but I wrote another letter to her and she agreed and the then AU Vice-Chancellor Ram Sahai was so happy to get her acceptance that he sent me to Calcutta to meet her before the function. During my talks with her she said: "I don't know, how and why I accepted the invitation?" I said to her that might be it was by the grace of God and the wish of Gandhiji.
Late Prime Minister Morarji Desai visited Allahabad in early 80s and stayed at my residence. After attending the function at Gandhi Bhawan, he addressed a public meeting organised by the then Janata Party leaders at PD Tandon Park. When he reached railway station, he saw that the train was already moving. However, this did not deter the 85-year-old man to run and board the train. The next day local newspapers carried the story with title 'Morarji is still young'.
Desert Whispers
RedOrbit - USA - July 22, 2006
Observations about Southern Arizona
'Slow down, you move too fast . . .'
It's time for teens and young adults to heed the words of Mohandas K. Gandhi: "There is more to life than increasing its speed."
The Associated Press reported in Wednesday's Star that e-mail has lost favor with young people. They're tapping out chatter via instant and text messaging, blogs and social networking sites like MySpace.
Speed, not quality, has become the centerpoint of communication.
"E-mail has become the new snail mail," the AP reported. E-mail in-boxes that are cluttered with junk mail and bills and the desire for instant-everything in multitasking lives make quick chats attractive. If you need to talk to an older person - such as your boss, parent or teacher - or if it's someone you don't really want to see or communicate with in a nanosecond, an e-mail is preferred. Or, if you have to receive and download a file, an e-mail is OK.
Otherwise, younger users feel compelled to seize the moment.
E-mail is all about school, work and responsibility, but instant chat is the social communication medium du jour.
Approximately 20 years ago, when fax (that's short for facsimile) machines were new technology, we pondered the quickness of doing business with a fax. We were hesitant because we didn't think we had much time to spend on important decisions. There was this pressure to sign something and fax it right away.
But today fax machines have pretty much gone the way of the dinosaurs.
The immediacy of a form of communication that has its own shorthand allows the senders and the receivers to connect on only a superficial level. Thoughtful correspondence is passe. Gizmos and gadgets encourage one to be surrounded in an electronic sense by lots of people, but don't allow depth.
We'd like to suggest that young people download Simon and Garfunkel's "Feeling Groovy (59th St. Bridge Song)" for their MP3 players or iPods and sing along, "Slow down, you move too fast, you've got to make the morning last / Just kickin' down the cobblestones, lookin' for fun and feelin' groovy."
And then grab a pen and write a letter to a friend and discover a whole "new" way to communicate in which emotion and depth are reflected in every letter.
A date with ghosts of history
NewKerala.com - India - July 20, 2006
New Delhi: It was indeed a heady cocktail: myths, history and memories blended to create a memorable evening celebrating historian Shahid Amin's fine book on the Chauri-Chaura incident that forced Mahatma Gandhi to suspend the non-cooperation movement against the British rule.
Ghosts of peasants, dubbed variously as 'rioters,' 'criminals,' 'victims' and 'martyrs,' haunted the mental landscapes of an eclectic audience that had gathered at the India Habitat Centre Wednesday evening to toast the publication (revised and reissued by Penguin India) of Amin's classic book 'Event, Metaphor, Memory: Chauri Chaura, 1922-1992.'
On February 4, 1922, peasants who had enlisted in Gandhi's people's struggle against British colonial rule turned violent and burned down a police station in 'Chauri Chaura' in India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh, killing 23 policemen.
Gandhi was shocked by the sudden violence of volunteers and saw the event as a transgression of his ethics of non-violence and called off the non-cooperation event just when it was at its peak.
This event has been filtered and transformed in local and historical memory in conflicting ways and it is these diverse interpretations, combined with accounts of survivors that Amin weaves in his beautifully crafted book that reads like a novel.
"It's a rare pleasure to revisit that hyphen between Chauri Chaura," said Shuddhabrata Sengupta of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies.
Commenting on Amin's method of historiography and his method of story-telling, Sengupta said that the larger aim of Amin's book was "to de-heroise the writing of South Asian history."
"We stand on the eve of a grand design to create heroes. The challenge is how to write non-heroic history," he added.
Publisher and critic Urvashi Butalia was all praise for Amin's "wonderful" book and recommended it to all those interested in 'history's contrived corridors,' to use T.S. Eliot's phrase.
In his pioneering interpretation of the Chauri Chaura incident in 'Event, Memory and Metaphor,' - it won Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize in 1997 - Amin, a professor of history at Delhi University, combines "archival records with local memory to amplify voices of individual peasants and analyses varied ways in which events and memories are transformed in their re-telling.
The book also highlights problematic issues of historiography and the challenges of writing subaltern histories and shows how records are appropriated by different, sometimes conflicting, histories.
Amin's ear for rhythms and inflections of peasants' original speech brings them to life and imbues his book with a resonance missing in dry chronicles of that momentous event in India's freedom struggle.
India Terrorism lessons for PM Manmohan Singh from Mahatma Gandhi
Blogger News Network - USA - by Yossarin - July 18, 2006
Lashkar-e-Qahhar has promised more attacks in the days to come. The G-8 has pledged support for India's fight against terror. The Indian Government meanwhile unleashed a terror of a different kind by banning a few blog sites. All of this raises the question of how should India deal with terrorism. The Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP Leader and former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Pracharark Narendra Modi during his Mumbai visit in the aftermath of last week's commmuter train serial blasts urged the people to follow the path of Mahatma Gandhi in pursuing the truth. He made these remarks as he criticized the ruling congress lead UPA Government and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The red herring that Mr. Modi has been to the left of center so called "secularists" his invocation of Gandhi on the occassion is bound to trigger debate. But Mr. Modi's alluding to Mahatma Gandhi brings in a new dimension to the current debate on how India must respond to these terrorist acts. With every passing day media reports have further carried the debate on why Mumbai resilience should no longer be taken for granted. So the question is 'What would Mahatma Gandhi's response have been'?
It must be rather baffling to hear a right of center blog discuss Gandhi's doctrine given his well known views on non-violence. What would be even more baffling is Offstumped's research and analysis on Gandhi's perspectives on the right course of action or rather the righteous course of action as it would apply to the current issue of terrorism. While Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence is well known, one has to go a step deeper to what inspired Gandhi to go down the path of Ahimsa. Vital insights into this are obtained from GANDHI For 21st Century Edited by Anand T. Hingorani which had extensive excerpts on the THE TEACHING OF THE GITA by M. K. GANDHI. The book starts with Gandhi recalling how he first started to seriously consider studying the Gita while in England and how THE GITA became his spiritual mother providing him with a moral compass when in doubt. The Gita became for Gandhiji his 'dictionary of daily reference' to which he invariably turned for solace and guidance whenever he found himself confronted by doubts and difficulties, trials and troubles.
The following observations by Gandhi as he reflected on the teachings of the Gita are pivotal in providing a moral compass to how the Indian State and the Indian people must respond to terrorism.
The first crucial observation by Gandhi is that:
"No one has attained his goal without action. Even men like Janaka attained salvation through action. If even I were lazily to cease working, the world would perish. How much more necessary then for the people at large to engage in action?"
Applied to the context of terrorism in India, the resilience of Mumbai in the face of bombings cannot become an excuse for inaction. It is the prime duty of the State to act on behalf of its people and inaction cannot be an option.
The second crucial observation by Gandhi is
"Many things which we look upon as non-violent will, perhaps, be considered violent by future generations. To look upon philosophies of the past to obtain direct answers to all the questions that arise from day to day, would not be desirable even if it were possible; for, in that case, there would be nothing like progress or discovery for mankind. Human intelligence would then simply atrophy from disuse. Therefore, questions that arise in each age must be solved by the people of that age through their own effort. Our difficulties at present, such as world wars, must be met by applying the general principles derived from the Gita and similar books, which can be of help only to a limited extent. Real help can come only from our endeavours and struggles."
Applying this to the present context, what Gandhi is advising us is that questions on how to deal with the brand of terrorism that strikes at our very existence today will have to be dealt with through means devised by this generation while drawing upon general principles. So Gandhi is in effect recognizing the need to evolve new doctrines with the passage of time to deal with the problems of the day. For all the Left of Center do nothing pacifists who have spent more time focused on root causes and political correctness, this is an important message - Your philosophy and outlook must evolve with changing times.
So Gandhi is telling us that inaction against terrorism is not an option and also that dont be a hostage to philosophies of the past on how to deal with terrorism, evolve with the time while drawing general lessons from the Gita . So what lesson can Gandhi point us to in the Gita on dealing with terrorism.
"desireless action; by renouncing fruits of action; He who gives up action falls. He who gives up only the reward rises. But renunciation of fruit in no way means indifference to the result. In regard to every action one must know the result that is expected to follow, the means thereto, and the capacity for it. He who, being thus equipped, is without desire for the result, and is yet wholly engrossed in the due fulfilment of the task before him, is said to have renounced the fruit of his action."
The message that Gandhi is giving us from his understanding of the Gita is that if you give up against Terrorism you will fail. So dont give up acting against terrorism. But at the same time he is cautioning that for you to be successful in your fight against terrorism you must act out of a sense of duty and purpose and not out of a desire to kill the terrorists.
Well thats tricky, how does one achieve it ? So is Gandhi telling us not to kill terrorists or is he telling us to fight terrorists with Non Violence. The following observation by Gandhi is crucial in answering this critical question:
"Let it be granted, that according to the letter of the Gita, it is possible to say that warfare is consistent with renunciation of fruit."
Very important to note that Gandhi is not ruling out taking up arms to deal with terrorism. If the Indian State were to resort to War against Terrorists through overt or covert means, it will be morally justified. It will be morally justified because the Indian State is only fulfilling its duty to protect itself.
So why then did Gandhi choose Non-Violence in his fight against the British. The below observation clarifies it:
"But after 40 years' unremitting endeavour fully to enforce the teaching of the Gita in my own life, I, in all humility, feel that perfect renunciation is impossible without perfect observance of Ahimsa in every shape and form."
Gandhi had a set very high bar for himself in seeking a moral compass for his course of action in the fight against British Imperialism. The conclusion Gandhi came to was that it would not be possible for him to be selfless in that endeavour unless he gave up violence in every shape and form. Infosys Chairman N.R. Narayana Murthy on many an occassion refers to Gandhi as the greatest leader ever for having led by example. Gandhi had to motivate the masses to act against the British selflessly. For this he had to achieve a state of selflessness. And the conclusion he came to in his endeavour to become selfless was that without practising non-violence he could not become selfless.
To Gandhi Ahimsa or Non-Violence was not an end in itself, rather it was Anasakta or selflessness that was the end and Non-Violence was the most desirable means for him to attain it in his day and age.
He who would be Anasakta (selfless) has necessarily to practise non-violence in order to attain the state of selflessness. Ahimsa is, therefore, a necessary preliminary, it is included in Anasakti, it does not go beyond it.
The lesson from Gandhi is that one must act selflessly to succeed in the fight against terrorism. This selflessness must be from a sense of duty to protect rather than a desire to kill. Finally it is morally justifiable according to Gandhi to go to War against terrorism from a sense of duty. That Gandhi did not choose to do so himself in his day and age was because of a high bar he set for himself to lead by example in acting selflessly.
Offstumped Bottomline: So as the Indian State debates its response to terror, it must be purely guided by its primary duty to its citizens and not by any other moral considerations. The State must not take recourse to inaction under the cover of the resilience of its people. More specifically the State when in posession of legitimate intelligence on intentions of terrorist to hurt and kill its citizens must act proactively to pre-empt, such pre-emption is morally consciable for the alternative is willing inaction which is immoral. The state must not rule out going to war against terrorism in fulfilling its duty as long as it does so fully mindful of its consequences and has demonstrated the capacity to accept those consequences with equanimity.
The Mahatma’s Great Leadership
Cybernoon.com - India - July 17, 2006
Gandhi’s Outstanding Leadership makes an attempt to analyse the qualities and impact of Gandhiji’s managerial skills
There are many authors who have written books on the ‘Father of the nation’ - Mohandas Karamchamchand Gandhi. On Friday evening, retired Ambassador of India, Pascal Alan Nazareth joined the list of these authors, when he released his released his book, ‘Gandhi’s Outstanding Leadership’. “In the past, many books have been written about Gandhi’s Truth and non-violence ‘Satyagraha’, strategy for national liberation and societal change but there is hardly anybody who has attempted to write about his leadership, its quality and stature, how it was acquired and has impacted on people, societies, movements, institution and terrorism-plagued scenarios. It is these aspects of Gandhi’s leadership that I wanted to present,” said Nazareth.
Priced at Rs.200, this extensively researched book gives an insight on a lot of contemporary issues on politics and thereby leadership by example. It also highlights how Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, widely revered as the “Mahatma” brought major changes in the global political, social scenarios without resort to war, violence and hatred.
Aside from containing insightful information on the leadership qualities of Gandhi, the book is also interspersed with rare photographs and depictions of Gandhi’s influential quotations by India’s leading artists.
The book was launched by Shyam Benegal, M.P and Producer/Director of the film ‘The Making of the Mahatma’, at the Landmark bookstore in Andheri. Delighted to launch the book, Benegal said “In 21st century, the world is in need of non violent transformation. So ‘Gandhi’s Outstanding Leadership’ deserves to be widely read in every sector and generation of society.
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