The best way to understand Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolence is to first understand the extent of the violence we practice, consciously or unconsciously,
Arun Gandhi PBS Interview w/ Amy Eldon
June 6, 2010 by 1 Comment
GlobalTribe is a PBS series that combines the spirit of travel with a meaningful exploration of the global issues that affect us all. This is Series Host Amy Eldon’s GlobalTribe interview of Arun Gandhi – Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Arun Gandhi has followed in his grandfather’s footsteps by teaching the principles of nonviolence. In 1991, […]
TIME: The Children Of Gandhi
June 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The Children Of Gandhi Friday, Dec. 31, 1999 Tibet: The Dalai Lama At the site of Gandhi’s cremation, he said, “To me, he was… the consummate politician, a man who put his belief in altruism above any personal considerations. I was convinced too that his devotion to the cause of nonviolence was the only way […]
Treading the Gandhian Path – by Sunderlal Bahuguna
June 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Editor’s Note: This essay first appeared in ‘Gandhi and the Contemporary World’, edited by Antony Copley and George Paxton, published by the Indo-British Historical Society in 1997. The author Sunderlal Bahuguna, born 1927, is a noted environmentalist and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of Non-violence and Satyagraha. Born in a remote Himalayan village and […]
The Music of Ustad Bismillah Khan Sahib
June 2, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Ustad Bismillah Khan Sahib (Urdu: استاد بسم اللہ خان صاحب; March 21, 1916 – August 21, 2006) was an Indian shehnai maestro. He was the third classical musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna (in 2001), the highest civilian honour in India and gained worldwide acclaim for playing the shehnai for more than eight decades. […]