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Rediff.com, an online news agency published an article written by Rajni Bakshi, Senior Gandhi Peace Fellow at Gateway House. In the article she talks about a conference which highlighted the need to find a new way to think about the economic system
Gateway House and Sabarmati Ashram hosted a dialogue on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's death anniversary. The topic of the dialogue was Trusteeship, a Gandhian ideal and how it needs to be looked at as a basis for addressing problems related to environmental distress and income disparities
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By calling himself an anarchist, Arvind Kejriwal has started a debate among supporters who equate anarchy with a potential breakdown of law and order. But anarchist philosophers believe that the basis of society is self-governing individuals and not a dominating ruler – an idea similar to Mahatma Gandhi’s ‘swaraj’
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Rediff.com published an article by Rajni Bakshi, Senior Gandhi Peace Fellow at Gateway House, on the Jagriti Yatra, a program that brings together people from different walks of life who are keen to be a part of nation building.
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The Afghan Youth Peace Volunteers, an Afghan youth group, say Afghanistan must be self-reliant and not look to foreign powers for aid to rebuild their country. Gateway House’s Rajni Bakshi speaks to the group to find out about their vision for Afghanistan
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The Aam Aadmi Party's endeavour to carve out an ideological space which is neither strictly Left nor Right is part of a greater global endeavour to frame a value-based political economy. But the attempt must be inclusive, bringing together people from all walks of life
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Gateway House recently co-hosted the premiere show of the documentary ‘Frontier Gandhi’ in Mumbai. But do the ideals of non-violence have any active adherents in Afghanistan today? A search reveals a remarkable variety of passionate action in the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. and Badshah Khan
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In 1993, Nelson Mandela said: “We will have to go on striving to prove that King was right…when he said that humanity can no longer be tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war.” By learning from the tenacity of this striving, rather than by measuring outcomes, we can best honour Mandela
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In ‘The Frontier Gandhi: Badshah Khan, a torch for peace,’ Director Teri McLuhan illustrates the life of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan and explains why his legacy is relevant in today’s world
