Relevance of Gandhi in Modern Times | | by Rajen Barua | | | Looking at the present state of affairs in India‚ the birthplace of Gandhi‚ one would probably surmise that Gandhism‚ whatever the term may mean‚ cannot have any relevance in modern times. Gandhi is called the Father of the Nation who‚ single handedly stood up against the mighty British Empire‚ without any arms‚ and brought her independence. However‚ today‚ just after 60 years of his assassination‚ Gandhi is remembered in India
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Director: Richard Attenborough Cinematography: Ronnie Taylor‚ Billy Williams IMDB page: Gandhi Cast includes: Ben Kingsley‚ Sir John Geilgud‚ Martin Sheen‚ Saeed Jaffrey‚ Roshan Seth‚ Candice Bergen‚ Sir John Mills Richard Attenborough’s 1982 biopic of Mahatma Gandhi is an epic in the true sense; over three hours in length‚ filled with stunning location photography of the Indian landscape‚ a stellar cast and crowd scenes that use hundreds of thousands of extras‚ the film reaped a suitably
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"The Nehru Dynasty"‚ astrologer K.N.Rao mentions the names of Jawaharlal’s father and grandfather. Jawahar Lal’s father was believed to be Motilal and Motilal’s father was one Gangadhar Nehru. And we all know that Jawaharlal’s only daughter was Indira Priyadarshini Nehru; Kamala Nehru was her mother‚ who died in Switzerland of tuberculosis. She was totally against Indira’s proposed marriage with Feroze. Why? No one tells us that! Now‚ who is this Feroze? We are told by many that he was
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Force; Indira Gandhi‚ Born to Politics‚ Left Her Own Imprint on India. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1119.html. Accessed 21/1/15. Origin: The article appeared in the New York Times‚ after Mrs Gandhi’s death. The article is an obituary written by the freelance journalist; Linda Charlton (deceased). Charlton was a former journalist with the New York Times for 10 years before going freelance. Purpose: The article was written as an obituary to inform the reader of Indira Gandhi’s
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Houston Community College Southwest English 0349 Department Of Guided Studies Instructor: Martha Fields Composition 3 Independent Women By Truong Nguyen Spring 2012 Independent Women For centuries‚ traditional role that the man had the highest status in social life. The men had absolute authority in the house. He had the final decision in all matters. On other hand‚ women had opposite position. But it is changing in nowadays‚ women are usually more independent than men. There
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exceeded the scope of the Rule 48 of the Defence and Internal Security of India Rules insofar as they prevented editors leaving editorial columns blank or filling them with quotations from great works of literature or from national leaders like Mahatma Gandhi‚ or Rabindranath Tagore. The I&B ministry did not attempt to find out whether these guidelines were within the scope of Defence and Internal Security of India Rules or not. Parliament and court proceedings were also subject to censorship. Not merely
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one-way event in which the leader only affects the followers. India is the largest democratic country in the world. It has given some great leaders to the world like Mahatma Gandhi‚ J.L.Nehru‚ and Indira Gandhi. But can you imagine a foreign woman can be the main leader of that country. It was not possible before but when Sonia Gandhi took over as the president of the India’s Congress Party in 1999 the whole scenario of the Indian politics changed. At that time‚ the Indian Congress Party was in deep water;
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actively took part in the revolt of 1857 against the Doctrine of Lapse under which Dalhousie wanted her to surrender Lucknow. She gave stiff resistance. But after the fall of Lucknow she escaped to Kathmandu. Kasturba‚ the wife of Mahatma Gandhi‚ was one of the foremost supporters of the Gandhi’s programmes. One of the first women to be imprisoned in Transvaal‚ she took part in the Quit India Movement (1942) and was arrested. She died while imprisoned in Poona. Many women of Nehru
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INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY MAIDAN GARHI‚ NEW DELHI-110068 Dated : ‚ 2010 Sub. : Re-Registration Form July‚ 2010 - BTS Second Year Dear Student‚ You will be completing one year of study of the BTS Programme in June‚ 2010. We would like you to register for the Second Year beginning from July 2010. Please fill-in the attached Re- Registration Form ‚ irrespective of whether you have appeared for the first Year Examination or not and whether you have passed
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ugliness to beauty. The cameos have layers of meanings. They abound in ambiguity‚ pun‚ and allusions to historical and political happenings‚ satire‚ irony‚ wit and black humour. The author hasn’t spared even Gandhi‚ Nehru‚ Sheikh Abdullah‚ Farooq Abdullah‚ Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. He is critical of Nehru’s policy on Kashmiri and Gandhi’s ‘ray of hope’ that he saw in Kashmiri in 1947. The author talks about Jinnah and Zia-ul-Haq. He exposes the leaders and politicians who played with the
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