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student is supposed to go live with a teacher (guru)‚ who is a Brahmin‚ to learn about Sanskrit‚ the Vedas‚ rituals‚ etc. The dharma of a student includes being obedient‚ respectful‚ celibate‚ and non-violent. "The teacher is God." For girls‚ the stage of studenthood coincides with that of the householder‚ and the husband stands in the place of the teacher. Since the boys are supposed to be celibate while students‚ Gandhi used the term brahmacâri to mean the celibate practitioner that he thought made the
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Mahatma Gandhi: (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) (Father of the Nation‚ Rashtrapita‚ राष्ट्रपिता) was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of satyagraha—resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience‚ firmly founded upon ahimsa or total non violence—which led India to independence and inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world. Gandhi led nationwide campaigns to ease poverty‚ expand women
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subcontinent‚ produced there in a variety of languages‚ including Sanskrit‚ Prākrit‚ Pāli‚ Bengali‚ Bihārī‚ Gujarati‚ Hindi‚ Kannada‚ Kashmiri‚ Malayalam‚ Oriya‚ Punjabi‚ Rajāsthānī‚ Tamil‚ Telugu‚ Urdu‚ and Sindhi. A brief treatment of Indian literature follows. For full treatment‚ see South Asian Arts: Literature. The earliest Indian literature took the form of the canonical Hindu sacred writings‚ known as the Veda‚ which were written in Sanskrit. To the Veda were added prose commentaries such as the Brāhmaṇas
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the Indian National Congress on 26 January 1930. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (commonly called Mahatma Gandhi) led the Dandi march from his base‚ Sabarmati Ashram nearAhmedabad‚ to the coastal village of Dandi‚ located at a small town called Navsari‚ in the state of Gujarat. As he continued on this 24-day‚ 240-mile (390 km) march to produce salt without paying the tax‚ growing numbers of Indians joined him along the way. When Gandhi broke the salt laws at 6:30 am on 5 April 1930‚ it sparked large scale
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between a means and a solution. Instead of accepting major belief’s that contradictory methods and ends would lead to a pleasing result‚ Gandhi defined Satyagraha as a mode and end with equal morality. For instance‚ a violent uprising would lead to a violent end. This principle first became a part of Gandhi’s campaign in South Africa when a reader shared the term with Gandhi‚ by ways of his communal newspaper: The Indian-Opinion. Years later‚ Satyagraha would serve as the basic structure for the Indian
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naturally influenced by thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi and the lifestyle espoused by him. Its influ ence is seen more on the genres like 75 poetry and novels but a travel writer like Kakashae b Kalelkar who was deeply influenced by Gandhian philosophy‚ produced a remar kable volume of travel writing which has its important place in Indian Bhasha lite rature in general. The need and curiosity of visiting places within the country was intensified during this time. Gandhi appealed the writers to go amidst people
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Satyagraha is the method of resistance and mass movement developed by Gandhi during his days in South Africa and later epitomised in India during its freedom struggle against British Empire. Satyagraha was developed as a broad term for techniques of civil disobedience‚ non cooperation‚ hunger strike and protest. Satyagraha is a portmanteau of the Sanskrit words Satya (meaning "truth") and Agraha ("insistence"‚ or "holding firmly to"). For Gandhi‚ Satyagraha went far beyond mere "passive resistance" and became
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were taught here to near about 10‚500 students who came from different parts of the world. 3. We have never invaded any country in the entire history of 5000 years. Rather‚ Buddha and Gandhi taught the world the power of non-violence and truth. Recently‚ American president Barak Obama has openly admitted that Gandhi is an ideal for him. Image courtesy Flickr/Annechira Shivakumar 4. Till 1896‚ India was the only known source of diamond in the world. Tremendous wealth of India attracted several invaders
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any firm Hindu background just declared it to be a myth. Conclusion: IT IS TRUE Religions Background of Ramayana Hindu religious literature is the large body of traditional narratives related to Hinduism‚ notably as contained in Sanskrit literature‚ such as the Sanskrit epics and the Puranas. As such‚ it is a subset of Indian culture. Role in Hinduism The Ramayana is extremely popular. India nearly shut down when a dramatized series of the Ramayana appeared on television in the 1980s. Recitation
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