Narendra Modi’s Paradoxical Claim on the Legacy of Gandhi

Narendra Modi’s Paradoxical Claim on the Legacy of Gandhi India has established a committee to commemorate next year’s 150th anniversary of the birth of the “father of the nation”, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the members include politicians across party lines as well as some foreign representatives, among them the Nobel…

What Mahatma Gandhi Said to Those Who Wanted Beef Banned in India

Linking Aadhaar to Bank Accounts will Destroy the Banking System An excerpt from Gandhi’s prayer discourse of July 25, 1947, from the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi, Volume 88, as published online by the Gandhi Heritage Portal. Translated from Hindi.   Rajendra Babu tells me that he has received some 50,000 postcards, between 25,000 and…