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The Attack on Gandhi that Changed the World
In its 16th year, and on the 120th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s first act of non-violent civil resistance, Gandhi Legacy Tours has announced two new philanthropic travel missions in India and South Africa to be led by Arun and Tushar Gandhi Dana Point, CA June 5, 2013: “It was exactly 120 years ago on June 7 that Mohandas K. Gandhi was thrown off a train in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, in a racist act that transformed a lawyer into a Mahatma — Great Soul,” said Dr. Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mohandas K. (Mahatma) Gandhi today. To mark the occasion Dr. Gandhi, president of Gandhi Legacy Tours and Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute, announced two additional...
Read MorePhotographic Journey Through 6 Generations of Gandhi
Enjoy a wonderful photographic journey through six generations of M.K. Gandhi, posted to India social site Mere Pix. It spans from the mid-1800s to present times. Namaste, Arun Gandhi Photographic Journey Through 6 Generations of MK Gandhi Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 in Porbandar, a coastal town which was then part of the Bombay Presidency, British India. He was born in his ancestral home, now known as Kirti Mandir. His father, Karamchand Gandhi (1822–1885), who belonged to the Hindu Modh community, served as the diwan (chief minister) of Porbander state, a small princely salute state in the Kathiawar Agency of British India. His grandfather...
Read MoreEducation is a Child’s Fundamental Right!
Support Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute and the Children of AVANI “Education Can Light the Way!” – Anuradha Bhosale The Gandhi Worldwide Education Institute (GWEI) has a vision to provide the imperiled children of India with a safe place where they will be housed and fed while they receive training to prepare them for a life outside the prison of poverty. GWEI works in partnership with AVANI and the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation in achieving this vision. Photo: Anuradha Bhosale of AVANI leads Gandhi Legacy Tour participants through a brickyard labor camp in Kolhapur, India. The tour participants are witnessing first hand the conditions AVANI is...
Read MoreTushar Gandhi from the Heart!
Here is a video featuring Tushar Gandhi, great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi. He shares with us from the heart. “My grandmother told me as a kid she told me that I was like a sapling that had taken root under the shadow of a massive tree and no matter what I did I would not be able to move out of that showdown and so it was up me whether I use the protection of that tree to flourish or treat it as a curse and be shriveled up and stunted.” Tushar Gandhi Speaks at Salisbury University April 2013 NOTE: To book speaking engagements with Tushar Gandhi or Arun Gandhi please email: Speaker Inquiry About Tushar A. Gandhi: Born on 17th January 1960. Tushar 1996 was appointed...
Read MoreBapu’s Favorite Raga
One of Bapu’s (MK Gandhi) favorite Raga’s “ ustad bismillah khan..raghu pati raghav raja ram..shenai” Share us on:ShareTweet Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)...
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