Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of Satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non-violence—which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. He is commonly known around the world as Mahatma Gandhi and in India also as Bapu. He is officially honoured in India as the Father of the Nation; his birthday, 2 October, is commemorated there as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday, and world-wide as the International Day of Non-Violence.Gandhi first employed non-violent civil disobedience as an expatriate lawyer in South Africa, in the ...
For S Y Aruna Devi, second daughter of B S Yeddyurappa, her father resembled Mahatma Gandhi on Sunday.
“I felt I was looking at Mahatma Gandhi on his salt satyagraha march, when he walked towards Raj Bhavan with all his supporters,” Aruna Devi told Deccan Herald.
Aruna Devi, who had come down to Bangalore from Shimoga just to be with her father on his “big day,” said the chief minister’s exit was unfair and that his conduct on the last day in office was “admirable.”
She called it a proud moment as her father stepped out of the house and walked ...
NEW DELHI - For millions of foreign tourists who come to India every year, the blockbuster attractions are still the grand palaces of the medieval maharajahs and that delicate marble monument to timeless love, the Taj Mahal.A few years ago, though, a new trend of theme-based tours sprang up. The Buddhist trail lured visitors looking for nirvana. Rural tourism took travelers to spruced-up villages. Slum tours led them down sewer-lined alleys for a brush with poverty.Now comes the latest variant: Gandhi tourism.The past three years have seen a mushrooming of tours tracing the footsteps of ...
NEW DELHI - A growing tourism trend in India involves visitors to the Asian country following in the footsteps of famed spiritual leader Mohandas K. Gandhi, experts say.National Gandhi Museum director Varsha Das said that during the last three years tourism interest in the late Indian independence leader's life has increased in India, The Washington Post reported Friday."It is very heartening to see a resurgence of interest in Gandhi across the world," Das said. "Foreign tourists who follow his trail are filled with tremendous reverence."Tourists can visit numerous sites dedicated to Gandhi ...
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Christmas marks the postulated birthday of Jesus Christ. While some say the holiday can be traced back to a day of worship of the Sun at the outset of its return from its shortest day of the year, the … Continue reading → |
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony. ― Mohandas Gandhi What does that mean? This is all about being congruent. Some people will say what they believe is expected, not what is … Continue reading → |
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win. – Mohandas Gandhi What does that mean? This is the block diagram for the path of peaceful resistance. They start by pretending you are insignificant. … Continue reading → |
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning. - Mohandas Gandhi What does that mean? This saying has been stated … Continue reading → |
He was a master of lies and hypocrisy.
