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MAHATMA GANDHI

MODERN RELEVANCE

VAISHNAV JAN TOHVAISHNAV JAN TOH

Vaishnav Jan toh taynay kahyeeyejey,

Peerh paraayee janney ray,Par dukkhey upkar karey to yey,Man abhimaan na anney ray.

Sakal lokma sahuney vandey,Ninda na karey kainee rayVaach kaach, man nischal

raakhey,Dhan-dhan jananee tainee ray.

Samdristhi nay trishna tyagee,Par-stree jaynay mat rayJivaah thaki asatya na bolay,Par-dhan nav jhaley haath ray.

God’s child is oneWho knows another’s painWho uplifts the sorrowfulAnd pride does disdain

Who salutes all beingsAnd criticizes noneOf pure talk and actionSuch a One’s mother is blessed

Who looks on all as the sameHonors woman as motherWho does not utter untruthEven when the tongue has tiredAnd never covets another’s wealth

to the future gandhis in this audience

International Student from India

University College, London

19 years old

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Student of Law

International Student from India

THE NEW TESTAMENT

Fascinated by

“Turn the other cheek”

Early daysJohannesburg practice

NRI in South Africa

PIETERSMARITZBURG

Satyagrahi

MAHATMA GANDHI

MAHA ATMA – GREAT SOUL

Go on Alone

Teri Awaaz pe koi naa aaye, to phir chal akela re If no one heeds your call, then go on alone

Phir chal akela, chal akela, chal akela, chal akela reGo on alone, go on alone, go on alone, Go on alone

Yadi koi bhi na boleyIf no one speaks up

Orey orey O Obhaage, Koi bhi na boleyO Unfortunate One, if no one speaks up

Yadi sabhi mukh mod rahe, Sab dara kareinIf all have turned their face away and are fearful

Tab darey bina, O tu mukt kanth apni baath, Keh akela reThen, open your heart, and speak your mind on your own

Yadi laut jayien sabhiIf all are leaving you

Orey orey O Obhaage, laut jayien sabhiO Unfortunate One, if all are leaving you

Yadi gahan dagar chale dekhein, Mudh ke na koi As they leave, if no one even glances back

Tab kantakon ko, O tu rakt range charan tale, Dal akela re Then with blood-soaked feet, trample the thorns & move on

Yadi deep na jale If the flame does not hold

Orey orey O Obhaage, Deep na jale O Unfortunate one, if the flame does not hold

Yadi jhara aandhi raat mein, ghar band sab kareinIf on a stormy night, all have shut their doors to you

Tab vajra skihka, se tu apni asthi jalaa aur jal akela re Then, let the lightning set your breastbone ablaze & shine on alone

Phir chal akela, chal akela, chal akela, chal akela reGo on alone, go on alone, go on alone, Go on alone

The Salt March at Dandi Mar

12, 1930

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Close the doors for prayer at 4:05 am. If anyone is late, he will be

marked absent. This will be considered an instance of indiscipline.

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4 feet of yarn must be spun by all inmates everyday, on time. Missing work will be considered indiscipline.

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2 instances of indiscipline will be forgiven. At the third instance, the inmate will be asked to leave the

ashram.

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Inmates of the ashram were stunned

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Many requested Gandhi to relax the rules

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He refused

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With just 78 volunteers, the Dandi March changed the course of Indian history

It takes very few people to change the world

Gandhi’s Weapon against Poverty

Micro-entrepreneurship

Gandhi’s Weapon against Poverty

Micro-entrepreneurshipSELF RELIANCE

Sell indigenous clothes and create a local market

Make salt from the sea and sell to local markets

For every social problem, there is a voluntary solution

What about class struggles?

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar“Mr. Gandhi does not wish to hurt the propertied class. He is even more opposed to a campaign against them. He has no passsion for economic equality. Referring to the propertied class Mr. Gandhi has quite recently said that he does not wish to destroy the hen that lays the golden egg. His solution for the economic conflict between the owners and the workers, between the rich and the poor, between the landlords and the tenants, and between the employers and the employees is very simple. The owners need not deprive themselves of their property. All that they need to do is to declare themselves Trustees for the poor. Of course, the Trust is to be a voluntary one carrying only a spiritual obligation.” (p. 293)

From Gandhism: The Doom of the Untouchables

Are You Skeptical?

UNTOUCHABILITY

“A person of steady wisdom sees no difference between a learned scholar, a cow, an elephant, a dog and a pariah.”

Bhagvad GitaVerse 5.1

If I have to be reborn, I should be born an untouchable, so that I may share their sorrows,

sufferings and the affronts levelled at them, in order that I endeavor to free myself and them

from that miserable condition. -Mahatma Gandhi

Film Screening

SCAVENGING FREEDOM

This presentation:http://hindu.stanford.edu/gandhi/gj2006.ppt