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A Special Postal Cover to Commemorate Gandhiji's Only Visit to Udupi released on 25-02-2019

A special cover on Mahatma Gandhi was released on February 25, 2019 by the Karnataka Circle of India Post to commemorate the 85 years of his only visit to Udupi on February 25, 1934 as a part of his Harijan Tour. Gandhiji had addressed a public meeting at Ajjarkad on February 25, 1934, and spoken about the uplift of the downtrodden, eradication of untouchability, temple entry, freedom and the Swadeshi andolan. During his…

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Added by VINITH RAO on March 4, 2019 at 6:30 — No Comments

Fearlessness is the basis of Satyagraha (Monthly Newsletter March - 2019)

Sir/Madam,

This month our 'Techno-Gandhian News' carries the following articles:

1) War, Warriors and Martyrs

2) Fearlessness is the basis of Satyagraha

3) Nature and Natural Resources Photo Series - XXII

4) Your palate and you!

5) Techno-Gandhian Philosophy Series - XII

Corner Stone: Is Twitter CEO right in not appearing before Indian Parliament panel?

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Added by Balamurali Balaji on March 1, 2019 at 5:37 — No Comments

Gandhiji's Greatest Message to Udupi on 25-02-1934

“Stand up for the truth at any cost.”

On 25th February 1934, while Mahatma Gandhiji was about to leave Udupi, the volunteers of Udupi wanted ‘one word’ from Gandhi, and for which he said: “Stand up for the truth at any cost.” In actual terms it is remembered that this 'one liner' became a…

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Added by VINITH RAO on February 25, 2019 at 17:30 — No Comments

Gandhiji's Visit to Udupi Remembered after 85 Years

Gandhiji in Udupi

85 years to Mahatma Gandhi's only visit to Udupi

[Mahatma Gandhi's Visit to Udupi on 25^th February, 1934]

Gandhiji had…

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Added by VINITH RAO on February 25, 2019 at 17:30 — No Comments

85 Years to Gandhiji's Last Visit to South Canara or Dakshina Kannada District of Karnataka

Gandhi toured across the erstwhile South Canara from 24^th to 27^th February 1934 as part of his Harijan Tour. South Canara then comprised of the present day Dakshina Kannada and Udupi Districts of Karnataka. Here are a few excerpts from the research and …

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Added by VINITH RAO on February 23, 2019 at 16:30 — No Comments

TechnoGandhian monthly Newsletter February-2019

Dear Sir/Madam,

This month our 'Techno-Gandhian News' carries the following…

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Added by Balamurali Balaji on February 1, 2019 at 3:06 — No Comments

Sarvodayam Kurian birth centenary film release, flood relief and medical assistance

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Added by C. M. Paul on January 26, 2019 at 6:00 — No Comments

MAHATMA GANDHI GHA – Gandhi World Year 2019

GHA 150th birth anniversary, October 2, 2019

Gandhi World Year 2019

150th birth anniversary, October 2, 2019

Global Harmony Association (GHA)

http://peacefromharmony.org/

Harmonious Nonviolent Civilization Spiritual Culture

Citizens of…

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Added by Dr. Subhash Chandra on January 14, 2019 at 10:14 — No Comments

Means and the Ends

Means and the Ends

Written by Balamurali Balaji

Quite often, we tend to forget the way we lived and followed in the past as we get into troublesome circumstances and run through unexpected affairs in our life. We, often, try to justify the current state of despair or loss to our inabilities and ignorance while many others still believe that our suffering is indirectly proportional to sins and ‘karma’ we did in our previous births. Feeling inferior and owing our failures to… Continue

Added by Balamurali Balaji on January 12, 2019 at 12:20 — No Comments

KNOW GANDHI QUIZ - <a href="http://quiz.mkgandhi.org">http://quiz.mkgandhi.org</a>

Added by Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal on January 2, 2019 at 8:00 — No Comments

TechnoGandhian monthly Newsletter January 2019

***************************** HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019 ****************************

Dear Sir/Madam,

Seasons Greetings.

This month our 'Techno-Gandhian News' carries the following articles:

1) Power politics and faction filled parties - Gandhiji’s view

2) Nature and Natural Resources Photo Series - XX

3) Techno-Gandhian Philosophy Series - X

4) Jai Kisan!

5) Max Muller and Gandhi

6) Stop launching 5G mobile…

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Added by Balamurali Balaji on January 1, 2019 at 5:23 — No Comments

Gandhi, Christ and Christianity

By Pascal Alan Nazareth

Gandhi's fundamental contribution in the field of religion was to give primacy to Truth and rationality rather than conformity to traditional practices. In fact he made Truth the basis of all…

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Added by Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal on December 25, 2018 at 6:44 — No Comments

NEW BOOKS PUBLISHED : Gandhi The Soul Force Warrior

Gandhi The Soul Force Warrior

Revolutionised Revolution and Spiritualised It

By: Pascal Alan Nazareth

Foreword by HH the Dalai Lama

Pages: 152 pages (Hard…

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Added by Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal on December 14, 2018 at 8:08 — No Comments

Techno-Gandhian monthly Newsletter December 2018

Dear Sir/Madam,

This month our 'Techno-Gandhian News' carries the following articles:

1) C.N. Annadurai’s homage to Gandhi

2) Nature and Natural Resources Photo Series - XIX

3) Techno-Gandhian Philosophy Series - IX

4) Is CBI a fragile institution?

5) The Top 10 issues in technology for 2018

6) Our attitude towards war - Leo Tolstoy

Corner Stone: Embrace the tech failure. Expect it. Plan for…

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Added by Balamurali Balaji on November 30, 2018 at 23:38 — No Comments

Gandhi As A Patient: The Spirit Struggling Against His Ailed Body

During my routine search on literature related to Mahatma Gandhi, one study attracted my attention. It is a book by Dr. Noah D. Fabricant, a qualified physician [ M. D. ], titled '13 Famous Patients' ( 1960; xxix, 231 pp.). It includes Mahatma Gandhi along with 12 other, naming ( 1 ) Franklin D. Roosevelt, ( 2 ) Adolf Hitler, ( 3 ) Woodrow Wilson, ( 4 ) Marcel Proust, ( 5 ) D. H. Lawrence, ( 6 ) James Joyce, ( 7 ) F. Scott Fitzgerald, ( 8 ) Sigmund Freud,( 9 ) Clarence Darrow, ( 10 ) …

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Added by Satyanarayan सत्यनारायण on November 16, 2018 at 13:30 — No Comments

Techno-Gandhian monthly Newsletter November 2018

Dear Sir/Madam,

This month our 'Techno-Gandhian News' carries the following articles:

1) Nonviolence as an instrument of awakening

2) Nature and Natural Resources Photo Series - XVIII

3) Techno-Gandhian Philosophy Series - VIII

4) What is political ideology? - Its nature and characteristics.

5) Encroachments flooded with surplus water released from Mettur reservoir

6) Why wearing helmets is still an issue?

Corner Stone: India's Emergency… Continue

Added by Balamurali Balaji on November 2, 2018 at 15:17 — No Comments

Mahatma Gandhi and Henry Ford [ 2 ]

My previous note on the subject was written out completely on the basis of the material displayed online by the Henry Ford Museum. This part of the note supplements it and corrects a few shortcomings which remained in the transcript of the typed copy of T. A. Raman's note of December 28, 1942.

What follows here is based on a book, ' Friends, Families, and Frays: Scenes from the Life and Times of Henry Ford', by Ford R. Bryan ( Richardson Bryan Ford ), Dearborn, Michigan: Ford Books,…

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Added by Satyanarayan सत्यनारायण on October 21, 2018 at 10:00 — 1 Comment

Mahatma Gandhi and Henry Ford

On July 25, 1941, Henry Ford has written a letter to Mahatma Gandhi. The letter, however, is not signed. It was delivered personally to Mahatma by T.A. Raman, then editor of the United Press of India. Here is the text:

''Dear Mahatma M K Gandhi;

I want to take this opportunity of sending you a message through T A Raman, to tell you how I admire your life and message. You are one of the greatest men in the world has ever known.

May God help and guide…

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Added by Satyanarayan सत्यनारायण on October 20, 2018 at 6:47 — No Comments