Posts by Lynnea
A Beautiful Interview with Ela Gandhi
A beautiful interview with Ela Gandhi. For Ela Gandhi, a peaceful strategy was the key to emancipation for an oppressed South Africa. Violence never solves anything, she says. A skinny Indian lawyer with the mark of greatness – who was thrown off a train in Pietermaritzburg for defying in principal an unjust law – once said that Ahimsa – a sanskrit word which means respect for all living things and the avoidance of violence towards others – is one of the world’s greatest principles which no power on earth can wipe out. “Thousands like myself may die in trying to vindicate the ideal, but ahimsa will never die,” he said. It was in fact Ela’s grandfather who uttered those...
Read MoreBook Review: Gandhi’s Footprints
M.K. Gandhi’s pursuit of liberation from an era of violence and subjugation was thoroughly documented prior to Prerag Cicovacki’s new look at Gandhi’s actual goals and pragmatic approach for humanity’s liberation, not only from government imperialism and racism but from the actual impediments to spiritual liberation that he himself struggled against. The central issue and the novelty of this new book is its focus on what Gandhi wanted to liberate us for. The book also provides an assessment of how viable his positive vision of humanity was and is. Cicovacki writes: “What is paradoxical in Gandhi’s approach is that he himself was a unique...
Read MoreStory Teller Liz Coleman from the
Gandhi Legacy Tour of India Delegation 2014-2015
Liz Coleman from Lane Community College curated a digital travel log from the Gandhi Legacy Tour of India 2014-2015 delegation. This tour we added Dr. Bunker Roy’s Barefoot College to the itinerary. “This is the first half of a movie documenting the Gandhi Legacy Tour in which we explored Gandhi’s work, life and death. We visited India from Dec. 2014-Jan. 2015.” Part One This is the second part of of Liz Coleman’s video. Part Two 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)...
Read MoreWas Gandhi Racist?
Was Gandhi Racist? Selective research and reporting have sometimes distorted the image of Gandhiji. As a result, Ela Gandhi (Arun Gandhi’s sister and granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi) felt compelled to compile a message included below. Satish Dhupelia, great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and who lives in Durban South Africa, was interviewed on the South African Radio on the matter of Gandhi being racist and his comments are also contained below. I personally traveled to South Africa twice on the Satyagraha Tour of South Africa wherein we visited the Phoenix Settlement. Ela Gandhi gently walked us through Gandhiji’s history, “Seeds of Democracy”...
Read MoreOctober 2nd Worldwide Message of Peace
Happy Birthday Bapuji!
October 2nd Worldwide Message of Peace The Gandhi Legacy Tour family supports the efforts of Peace and of the Gandhi Development Trust in Durban, South Africa. This week Gandhi Development Trust leadership reached out to friends to help spread the message of peace to youth. October 2, 1869 is Mahatma Gandhi’s birth date. Jai Jai Jayanthi Bapuji! Satish Dhupelia, great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and also serves the work of Gandhi Development Trust writes the following note: The Gandhi Development Trust wishes to reach out to as many students as possible to spread the word of peace and non violence. As part of this process we have prepared a message that we would...
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