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The Mahila Shanti Sena: A Women’s Nonviolence Peace Movement in India

Posted on 2 May 2014, 10:17, under Constructive Programme, Gandhi, History, Theory, Women & Nonviolence.

by Anne Pearson Are Gandhian ideals dead in India? Some people have thought so as India’s political leadership since India’s achievement of independence in 1947 has largely ignored Mahatma Gandhi’s prescriptions for economic, political and social development. Even so, apart from such notable figures as Vinoba Bhave and Jayaprakash Narayan, both of whom led mass [...]

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Gandhian Principles for Today’s Conflicts

Posted on 17 April 2013, 10:27, under Arne Naess Project, Gandhi, Natural World, Satyagraha.

by Arne Naess If the emphasis of Gandhian nonviolence had been on Indian independence, was there then in an India, which in 1947 had gained its political freedom, a place for Gandhi to act as a politician? In fact, his prevailing influence became even greater than it had been before. He exerted a powerful influence [...]

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“When planted in the garden, the mustard seed, smallest of all the seeds, became a large tree, and birds came and made their home there.” Luke 13:19

“For me whatever is in the atoms and molecules is in the universe. I believe in the saying that what is in the microcosm of one’s self is reflected in the macrocosm.” M. Gandhi