Source: ArunGandhi.net Last week October 29 was the birthday of Manilal Gandhi, Arun Gandhi’s late father and the second son of M.K. Gandhi. Here is a brief look at Manilal’s own life and legacy drawn from a few select sources: Listen to a 1954 interview w/ Manilal Gandhi Manilal Mohandas Gandhi (28 October 1892 – 4 […]
Gandhi Day: Gandhi’s Poignant Legacy
October 1, 2012 by Leave a Comment
On the 143rd birth anniversary of my grandfather I am reminded of a poignant statement he made to a journalist who asked: What do you think will happen with your philosophy after you die? With sadness in his voice he said: “The people will follow me in life, worship me in death but not make […]
Kashmiri schoolchildren mark World Peace Day
September 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Published in The Express Tribune While violent protests raged across the country schoolchildren in Azad Jammu and Kashmir marked the International Day of Peace – which is celebrated around the world on September 21. Kashmiri schoolchildren celebrated the day by staging a grand walk at the Line of Control in Neelam Valley district to press […]
All children deserve a beautiful childhood
August 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Source: DNA Mumbai Sixty-five years after Independence, millions of Indian children are yet to be freed from the bondage of malnutrition, child labour, lack of education and child abuse. Their wait to enjoy their childhood and realize their full potential seems to be getting longer with every passing anniversary of our Independence. A look at […]
The Bandit Queen* of the Social Movement
July 30, 2012 by 2 Comments
Guest post by: Dr. Sunilkumar Lavate, Principal, Mahaveer College, Kolhapur *[EDITOR’S NOTE: India’s previous ‘Bandit Queen’, Phulan Devi (at right), was a seasoned bandit of north India. An ordinary village woman, she was abducted by outlaws and raped. She escaped and turned herself into a ‘bandit queen’ and avenged all of her assailants. After undergoing […]
India is a Hub for Child Sex Trafficking, says Clinton
July 30, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Despite Indian government progress to combat human trafficking, India continues to be a source, destination and transit country for forced labor and sex trafficking, noted the U.S. State Department in its annual “Trafficking in Persons” report released June 20 in Washington, D.C.* *Source: IndiaWest Speaking to a packed audience in the Benjamin Franklin room at […]
Bangladesh Child Laborers: Victims of apathy and neglect
July 8, 2012 by 1 Comment
Bangladesh's child population (under 18), comprising 45% of the total population are virtually unnoticed. They are vast untapped wealth that could be turned into effective manpower. Born mostly of poor parents, the male children supplement the meager income of the parents, while most female children in urban areas work as domestic help. A big number […]
Nestle Child Labor Violations Continue After a Decade of Promises
July 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Chocolate maker Nestle has AGAIN been accused of failing to carry out checks on child labour and other abuses in part of its cocoa supply chain. A report by an independent auditor, the Fair Labor Association (FLA), says it found "multiple serious violations" of the company's own supplier code. Nestle signed an agreement in […]
Nurturing Calcutta’s street children
June 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Source: Irish Times WHEN EDITH Wilkins was handed the keys of her new council home, with its spectacular views across the bay of Crosshaven in her native Co Cork last week, she was over the moon, describing herself and her two adopted children as “so incredibly lucky”. Friends have suggested it may be “karma”; […]
Arun Gandhi to Provide Keynote Address at Brazilian Education Conference
June 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Source: Catalyst House Salvador Bahia, Brazil — (SBWIRE) — 06/23/2012 — Dr. Arun Gandhi, noted peace and human rights activist and president of the Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute (‘GWEI’) has accepted an invitation to provide keynote address from the Brazilian City of Salvador Bahia (Salvador da Bahia) at the City’s annual Education in the First Place […]
Saving the Devadasi Temple Prostitutes
May 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
A carry over from the English colonial days of India, the Devadasi are today thought of as the ‘temple prostitutes’, a fate the befalls many young Indian girls. According to Wikipedia, the devadasi tradition (देवदासी / ದೇವದಾಸಿ; “servant of god”) … is a religious tradition in which girls are “married” and dedicated to a deity (deva or […]
American For-Profit Prisons Unleash Brutality on Kids
May 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Privatization of the US youth prison industry handed soaring profits and a history of brutal injustice to its incarcerated youth and their families. The Walnut Grove story is a cautionary tale that raises alarming questions about the treatment of youthful, mostly nonviolent offenders in Mississippi and elsewhere. And it calls into question the wisdom of turning […]
Guest Post: Global Exchange Thanks Arun & Gandhi Legacy Tour
May 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The Legacy Tour Continues – Reality Tours Thanks Arun Gandhi for 15 Years of Partnership Guest post by Malia Everette | Global Exchange Back in 1997 Reality Tours wanted to offer a tour of a lifetime to India that would inspire our members. When we met Dr. Arun Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, and […]
Anuradha on the Plight of India’s Impoverished Children
May 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Ms. Anuradha Bhosale graduated from the Tata School of Social Sciences and decided to educate children living in the slums of Kolhapur, 200 miles south of Bombay (Mumbai). She found that the children could not come to a school because they had to work during the day to supplement the parent's income. Note: THIS is […]
Is Child Marriage a Form of Trafficking?
May 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Source: India RealTime Days before law professor Michele Goodwin was set to speak in Chicago about why child marriage persists widely in India despite almost a century of legislation, a heart-warming story made the rounds. Laxmi Sargara, an 18-year-old who was married to another child when she was a baby, rebelled when her in-laws came […]