Some Reflections on Gandhian Thought
Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. Gandhian concept of Sarvodaya/S.K. Chaturvedi. 2. Bases for Gandhi\'s Hindu Muslim unity - religious, social and political/Ch. Mutyalayya Naidu. 3. Gandhian concept of social defence and Swaraj: the socio-cultural dimensions/A.K. Paricha. 4. Gandhi - a beacon for contemporary India/J.V. Prabhakar Rao and S. Rajani. 5. Democracy, decentralization and Gandhi/M.R. Biju. 6. Mahatma Gandhi - the bacon light for basic education/V. Krishna Murthy and R.V.L.N. Ratnakar Rao. 7. Educational perspectives of Gandhi and Vivekananda/A.B.S.V. Ranga Rao and P. Kishore Kumar. 8. The Gandhian method of resistance/A.N. Panda. 9. Truth and God - one for Gandhi/G. Veerraju. 10. Religion for practical affairs: M.K. Gandhi/K.R. Rajani. 11. Gandhian approach to conflict resolution and world war/Sanjeev Kumar Sharma and Madhurendra Kumar. 12. Influence of Gandhian philosophy on Garimella/K. Sreeranjani Subba Rao. 13. Gandhian approach to development and environmental ethics/Anil Dutta Mishra. 14. Marx and Gandhi\'s concept of future society/Y.V. Satyanarayana. 15. Gandhi and globalization/Ashutosh Pandey. 16. Gandhi on women\'s liberation: a retrospect and prospect/S.V. Shettar. 17. Critical appraisals of Gandhi: Martin Buber and Albert Schweitzer/S.C. Suguna Kumari. 18. On methods Gandhian: for a better understanding of man and society/U.N. Moorthy ad A.B.S.V. Ranga Rao. 19. Economic challenges in globalization and Swadeshi: special reference to M.K. Gandhi/Himanshu Bourai. 20. Gandhism - a way of life/N. Babayya. 21. Gandhian approach to tribal development/V. Subramanyam and A. Rohini. 22. Tribal development: Gandhian perspective/T. Sobhasri and G. Sanjeevayya.
Mahatma Gandhi\'s life represents a remarkable journey and personal transformation from a shy. Young lawyer in South Africa to the venerated, fearless liberator of India from British rule. Though Gandhi\'s personal habits and lifestyle were ascetic and simple, his aspirations for India were bold and ambitious, rooted firmly in raising the quality of life of the Indian masses from poverty and the orthodoxy of the caste system. He intrigued the world for many reasons: his pioneering non-violent approach to solving India\'s caste problem, his economic ideas for eradicating Indian poverty, and his colourful political actions and personality.
Mahatma Gandhi believed, practiced, and advocated that service to fellow human beings with a clean heart should be the goal of every person. This kind of approach to social service is the end of religious action. This kind of service should eschew all our biases of people - rich and poor, all castes and creeds people, and also should embrace people of different religious beliefs. One should not discriminate people for following religious faiths. For Gandhi, the teachings of the Bhagavad-Gita, the Bible and the Koran are one and the same-each to reach God and understand universal love of all people.
The Gandhian development and welfare of fellow beings believes in harmony and equality with nature and fellow beings. Though Gandhi was not a theorist, or propounded a particular scientific theory, his principles which he practiced in his life and propagated to his fellow beings has become to us - Gandhian theory. With what ever name we call, Gandhi\'s principles are being propagated in a big way especially in this age of globalization. (jacket)
Mahatma Gandhi\'s life represents a remarkable journey and personal transformation from a shy. Young lawyer in South Africa to the venerated, fearless liberator of India from British rule. Though Gandhi\'s personal habits and lifestyle were ascetic and simple, his aspirations for India were bold and ambitious, rooted firmly in raising the quality of life of the Indian masses from poverty and the orthodoxy of the caste system. He intrigued the world for many reasons: his pioneering non-violent approach to solving India\'s caste problem, his economic ideas for eradicating Indian poverty, and his colourful political actions and personality.
Mahatma Gandhi believed, practiced, and advocated that service to fellow human beings with a clean heart should be the goal of every person. This kind of approach to social service is the end of religious action. This kind of service should eschew all our biases of people - rich and poor, all castes and creeds people, and also should embrace people of different religious beliefs. One should not discriminate people for following religious faiths. For Gandhi, the teachings of the Bhagavad-Gita, the Bible and the Koran are one and the same-each to reach God and understand universal love of all people.
The Gandhian development and welfare of fellow beings believes in harmony and equality with nature and fellow beings. Though Gandhi was not a theorist, or propounded a particular scientific theory, his principles which he practiced in his life and propagated to his fellow beings has become to us - Gandhian theory. With what ever name we call, Gandhi\'s principles are being propagated in a big way especially in this age of globalization. (jacket)
