Is Gandhi Passé?
There was nothing conventional about Gandhi, and the fundamental questions he raised will not be wished away by conventional wisdom. An excerpt from ‘Reading Gandhi in the Twenty-First Century’, by Niranjan Ramakrishnan.
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Walking for Hope – Two Articles
As Rahul Gandhi strides (or sprints) forward to keep his tryst with Nehruvian and Gandhian ideals of pluralist, democratic India, he is rapidly evolving into the kind of leader who is feared by the Sangh Parivar; Also – A public health physician’s diary of a day-and-a-half on the long march of Rahul Gandhi.
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The Search for New Time
Asked by an imaginary interlocutor (in Hind Swaraj) for historical evidence on what he called soul-force or truth-force, Gandhi replies that the continued existence of human life despite incessant wars was proof enough.
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Seeking Meaning in a Meaningless World: The Essence of the Gandhian Paradigm
Book Review: Ramin Jahanbegloo and Pooja Sharma, ‘Living in Truth: The Gandhian Paradigm’: The time has come to see Gandhi as primarily a political thinker, and to engage with him the way we would critically engage with a political philosopher.
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False Claim: ‘Nehru Didn’t Keep Alive Netaji’s Memory’
PM Modi’s claim that Nehru did nothing to keep alive the memory of Bose is false to the core. Also: The syncretism that Gandhi, Bose, Nehru believed in is the hallmark of the Indian culture and governance.
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Gandhi and Ambedkar: A Parallax Relation?
If Gandhi and Ambedkar are indispensable to political thought today, it is because both are deeply committed to the figure of the minor, and to an equality centred around this figure. This is why we must study the antagonism between them.
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The Music of Humanity
Gandhi remains so real. It is because he drew meaning from ordinary things, especially those that signified the persistence of friendship and love amidst hatred and violence. That is why his life and message are so much a part of the “still sad music of humanity”.
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The Time Has Come to Bring Ambedkar and Gandhi Together
The struggle for inter-faith harmony remains vital and urgent. To overcome the malign forces of Hindutva, we need Ambedkar and Gandhi on the same side.
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Gandhis after Gandhi: Four and Counting
May 2000: There are four Gandhis who have survived Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s death. Fifty years after Gandhi’s (1861-1948) assassination, it may be useful to establish their identities.
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In the Name of Gandhi
At the very outset, two things can be said about Gandhi. One, no leader of modern India has been misunderstood as much as Gandhi. It would be true to say that Gandhi has been written about a lot, but understood very little. Two, today we need to understand him more than ever before.
