December 2012 Blog Posts (12)

Day of Non Violence



(Dedicated to all victims of civilized gun violence including military, mercenary and law enforcements)



(Originally written for Gandhi Day & International Day of Non-Violence – Deepak Sarkar, www.kolki.com!!)



Imagine –



A Day in this world –



No cows being…

Spirituality, humanity and power [or energy], all the three, are, in fact, connected to the inner self of a human being.  In other words, all the three are the subject of the self –the virtues of the soul. Spiritualism, especially from the great Indian viewpoint is a process of searching the self through continuous practices. It is not merely a concept, but an active way of achieving the goal of life by meditation, prayer and contemplation while having high human values as the…

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On 22nd Dececember 2012, Saturday, we ( P.C. Sen Memorial Committee members) organised a seminar on Swami Vivekananda as a part of Swamiji's 150th birth anniversary celebration. Chief Speaker was Swami Amalatmananda , President of Ramkrishna  Math (Gadadhar Ashram), Kolkata. He vividly narrated different facets of Swamiji and effect of Swamiji's Teachings and Writtings on our Great Leaders like Gandhiji, Chittaranjan Das, Netaji and many…

Campaign against Rape by Women’s Movement in India

Vibhuti Patel, Women’s Research and Action Group (WRAG), Mumbai

and

President, WomenPowerConnect, Delhi

INTRODUCTION

Women's rights movement in India gained a national character with an anti-rape movement in 1980. Its genesis lay in the excesses committed by the state repressive machinery during the Emergency Rule in India from 1975 to 1977. For many middle class women it came as a major shock. In the post…

Gandhi-the conscience keeper

            Gandhi awakened the inner conscience of contemporary and future generations, because he practised his values sincerely and conscientiously.  Conscience of a Rational Self is evolved with a  great consideration of whole mankind and particularly the poorest of all.  Gandhi gave a talisman.  Whenever you are in doubt or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. : Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you…

Gandhi and Ecological Marxists: A Study of Silent Valley Movement

By Sasikala A.S.

E-mail: sasikala.iitm@yahoo.com

Abstract

The environmental concern was minimal at the time of Gandhi, but his ideas on Village Swaraj, decentralization, Swadeshi, Sarvodya etc made…

Understanding GANDHI

By Nagindas Sanghvi*

Email: nagingujarat@gmail.com

 …

Date: 6-12-2012

To

The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Respected Madam,

The issue of the River Cauvery water sharing between the states of Tamilnadu and Karnataka has seen an unpleasant turn as Karnataka state has consistently denying the release of water to Tamilnadu. The irrigational requirements of the Delta region has come to a fable end with no sufficient rains either. As a result,…

Significance of Gandhi and Gandhism

By Dr. Ravindra Kumar*

Email: ravindrawpmt@gmail.com

 “I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both…

AUM

           MODI’S MANIFESTO MADE GUJJU MONARCH

                                                                    By Brigadier Chitranjan Sawant,VSM

Narendra Bhai Modi made the BJP’s election manifesto in Gujarat released in the capital Ahmedabad today look like, sound like, promise like and empower common man like the Magna Carta did in London in the year 1215. The Monarch had given every right to common man in the…

In these days of continuously increasing process of globalization it is but natural that a subject like that of higher education emerges predominantly at international level, or discussions pertaining to internationalization of higher education becomes vital all over the world. It is because globalization and internationalization are, despite being two different subjects –having different meanings, purposes and basic spirits in their roots in particular, connected to one-another.

How…