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Mani Bhavan History
MK Gandhi and ML King Connection
On the Gandhi Legacy Tour of India we are given a tour through the Mani Bhavan. Important historical meetings, arrests, and events relative to Mahatma Gandhi (“Bapuji”) are explained in the video. Bapuji learned how to spin the wheel at the Mani Bhavan. During the Gandhi Legacy Tour, while touring the Mani Bhavan in Mumbai, Arun Gandhi explained the relationship between his grandfather M.K. Gandhi (aka “Bapuji”) and Dr. Martin Luther King. In Arun’s soft and humble voice, he begins to tell this precious leela. Arun said, “It was in the late 50’s that the Indian government invited Martin Luther King to visit the India. He...
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Zulu Traditional Dance: Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park Departure back to Durban, South Africa Stunning Zulu’s practicing a traditional dance and chant at a local community center in South Africa close to the Mozambique boarder. We happen to spot the group driving down the road after leaving the Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park a Safari Game Reserve on our way back to Durban. David my driver notices them first, backs the car up, and we park on the side of the road to watch. The group of youth spot us as they step it up performing like warriors. Initially, I could not make out who the leader of the chant was; he then breaks from the group, steps in front so we can clearly see...
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Cradle of Humankind The Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site is one of eight South African World Heritage Sites. It is the world’s richest hominin site, home to around 40% of the world’s human ancestor fossils. Read more click here 5.28.2017 (arrive in Johannesburg by evening) Welcome to South Africa! On arrival you, make your way to the Hotel Shuttle Bus Terminal for your complimentary shuttle to the Emperor’s Palace (Approx 5 mins) 3 nights at Emperor’s Palace on a Bed & Breakfast basis 5.29.2017 Cradle of Humankind Tour 5.30.2017 Visit to the Satyagraha House 5.31.2017 Take the shuttle back to Johannesburg Airport Flight South African...
Read MoreMarketPlace | SHARE Handwork of India
Pushpika in her own words shares with the Gandhi Legacy Tour of India group how MarketPlace|SHARE came to life. During the 2009-2010 Legacy Tour of India, the delegation visited Marketplace|SHARE after a devastating monsoon rips through their offices and the slum communities they serve. They lost everything and it was shortly before the big earthquake in Haiti. When Marketplace|SHARE community heard the news of what happened in Haiti and how it affected the people, they agreed as a community that everything they made and sold for one month would be donated to the Haitians affected by the earthquake. MarketPlace: Handwork of India grew out of a very small-scale...
Read MoreTwo Documentary films by Kasturi Gandhi
Stories of Shoemakers and Weavers
The documentary was created as part of curated exhibition of Rohi: Stories of the Shoemakers of Kachchh. It was fifth curated exhibition and for year 2015 we choose leather craft. It narrates lives and work of leather artisans (belong to Meghwal community) of Kachchh. This is a result of 4 months of field work in the various leather craft producing clusters of Kachchh. This master piece was created by Kasturi Gandhi, a movie maker based in Mumbai. The following video is a documentary movie on the lives and work of women weavers who are associated with recycled plastic weaving project of Khamir. It narrates the various dimensions of their lives and how a small initiative...
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