By Steve Hoffman | pantagraph.com – The worldwide impact of Mohandas K. Gandhi’s philosophy of peace is often discussed, but his grandson encouraged a gathering in Normal on Saturday not to ignore individual responsibility in promoting a nonviolent world. Speaking at the 35th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. awards luncheon, Arun Gandhi passed on […]
WikiLeaks Reveals U.S. Funded Child Sex Slavery
December 13, 2010 by 3 Comments
The ‘infamous’ Wikileaks has released a cable from Afghanistan revealing U.S. government contractor DynCorp threw a party for Afghan security recruits featuring trafficked boys as the entertainment. Bacha bazi is the Afghan tradition of “boy play” where young boys are dressed in women’s clothing, dance for leering men, and then sold for sex to the […]
The Story of Gandhi’s ‘Invisible Hands’
December 6, 2010 by 1 Comment
This wonderful piece, written by an impassioned grandson, tells the story of Gandhi’s earliest and closest helpers, his invisible hands. mmm The author, Ian Desai, is a postdoctoral associate and lecturer in South Asian studies and history at Yale. He received his doctorate from Oxford, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship. mmm Ian Desai […]
Obama praised Mahatma Gandhi to India’s Parliament
November 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
President Obama praised the “father of your nation” Mahatma Gandhi and noted Gandhi’s influence on Martin Luther King and the non-violent resistance that typified the American civil rights movement in his address to the Indian Parliament Monday. “I am mindful that I might not be standing before you today, as president of the United States, […]
Coconuts removed from Trees at Mumbai Gandhi Museum for Obama’s Safety
November 4, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Source: Telegraph.UK . India is preparing for Barack Obama’s first visit to the country by removing coconuts from palm trees in Mumbai’s Mani Bhavan Gandhi Museum to protect the US president. . Mr Obama will arrive in India on Saturday for the first leg of an Asian tour. But as well as the usual security measures that come […]
Promoting Children’s Rights with Sri Lanka ‘Street Drama’
October 16, 2010 by Leave a Comment
It was noon at a Hatton bus terminal when 12-year-old Shanthi, clad in a brown gown and tenderly touching her 10-year-old brother’s head, cried, “My heart is heavy with sorrow,” as crowds gathered around her. Shanthi is one of the actresses in a “street drama” in central Sri Lanka promoting awareness on child labor, child […]
UNICEF: Child Labor Must End
October 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Worldwide, the latest UNICEF report from New Zealand estimates nearly 160 million children aged 5-14 are engaged in child labor – equivalent to half the population of the United States. UNICEF: 4 October 2010: While New Zealanders watch their team compete in the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, many children in India will never have the […]
Origin and Causes of Child Labour and its Possible Solutions
October 5, 2010 by 2 Comments
Children are the gifts; Children are the future citizens; it is childhood which determines a child’s future, his/her life and their worthy contributions to the world. Thus it becomes an important aspect for us, for everyone in the society, and for the Government to protect, nourish and work for the overall welfare of children of […]
Be The Change! MC Yogi Rap Song
October 4, 2010 by 1 Comment
About the Artist – MC Yogi grew up painting graffiti & listening to hip hop. At age eighteen, he discovered yoga. A full time yoga teacher & performing artist, MC Yogi combines his knowledge of yoga with his love for hip hop music creating an exciting new sound that brings the wisdom of yoga to […]
Child malnutrition in India – Putting the smallest first
September 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Why India makes a poor job of feeding the young, and how it could do better. Source: THE ECONOMIST | GOTHEKAR PADA VISHAL, the son of a farm labourer in the west Indian state of Maharashtra, is almost four. He should weigh around 16kg (35lb). But scooping him up from the floor costs his nursery […]
The ‘Gray Areas’ of Child Labor
September 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Earlier in the week NPR’s Neal Conan interviewed Jane Stewart, special representative and director of the International Labour Organization’s office to the United Nations, formerly minister of human resources in Canada. Listen online here Read NPR Transcript – This is TALK OF THE NATION. Im Neal Conan in Washington. The campaign to eliminate the horrors […]
Number of world’s hungry falls 10%
September 15, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Source: Financial Times By Javier Blas, Commodities Editor Published: September 14 2010 12:34 | Last updated: September 14 2010 18:36 The number of chronically hungry people will decline 10 per cent this year, the first fall since 1995, said the UN, while warning the global agreement to cut the percentage of people suffering from hunger […]
America to Kolhapur: A Mahatma Gandhi inspired Journey
September 1, 2010 by 3 Comments
GWEI Directors Anuradha Bhosale, Jean Williams, and Scott Kafora were just featured in the DNA Mumbai news! ———- From America to Kolhapur: The journey Mahatma Gandhi inspired By Mohsin Mulla | DNA News | Friday, Aug 27, 2010 Over 60 years after he died, father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi continues to find followers globally. […]