A Place to learn about Gandhi, his life, work & philosophy. This comprehensive site is regularly updated & maintained by non-profit Gandhian Organizations in India & has a wealth of information & ...

One fasts for health's sake under laws governing health, as a penance for a wrong done and felt as such. In these fasts, the fasting one need not believe in Ahimsa. There is, however, a fast which a ...

I was eight years old when Gandhiji left South Africa. I could not understand then the intricacies of politics or the meaning of the struggle which for two decades he had to wage against the ...

For the child's cold, give it a sun-bath. This will act a hot fomentation, harden the skin and cure the cold. When once you have acquired the habit of keeping a full and proper account of your money, ...

Shrimati Sarojini Devi has received a call from America chiefly for the purpose of undoing the mischief created by Miss Mayo's untruthful and libelous production. No writing undertaken in India can ...

Renowned historian and public intellectual Ramachandra Guha is widely celebrated for his profound insights into Indian history and society, especially as the biographer of Mahatma Gandhi. However, his ...

If among mankind there is any such category as untouchables by birth, all my effort is directed towards being reborn as a member of that class. (Recorded under January 8, 1933; ibid., p. 30; ...

"Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. It is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding, and ennobles the man who wields it. It is a sword that heals". - Martin Luther King, Jr. When ...

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We all know him as 'Mahatma', a seeker after truth and a humble explorer of the science of non-violence, as a saint, a barrister, a freedom fighter and of course, a divine soul having larger concerns ...

Gandhi came in touch with the Sermon on the Mount while in London. Sermon's resemblance with the didactic stanza of Shamal Bhatt only made this attraction possible. He drew great inspiration from ...