Gandhiana: "Leicester to install Gandhi statue"

Residents of Leicester will install a statue of Mahatma Gandhi on Belgrade Road, the busiest street of the British town, said British MP Keith Vaz.

Courtesy: The Hindu, Madurai, Oct.6, 2008 (“Snapshots”)

Related article, “Mahatma Gandhi statue in Leicester soon” from The Times of India:

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Mahatma_Gandhi_statue_in_Leicester_soon/articleshow/2909180.cms

Grateful thanks to The Hindu and The Times of India.

A Thought for Today-180: December 21, 2007

Evolution is always experimental. All progress is gained through mistakes and their rectification. No good comes fully fashioned, out of God’s hand, but has to be carved out through repeated experiments and repeated failures by ourselves. This is the law of individual growth. – Gandhiji

A Thought for Today-175: December 16, 2007

That which is inherent in man is his virtue – Gandhiji

A Thought for Today-163: December 4, 2007

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others – Mahatma Gandhi

Gandhiana-4: "Gandhiji’s View on Women"

“I would boycott that legislature which will not have a proper share of women members.” So, declared Mahatma Gandhi unequivocally over 76 years ago at the Second Round Table Conference convened in London by the British Government in September 1931 to consider framing a new constitution for India. Gandhi was a votary of women’s education and believed in giving equal representation to women in politics.

Gandhiana-3: "International Day of Non-Violence"

United Nations Organization (UNO) has honoured Gandhiji’s ideals by declaring Gandhiji’s birthday, October 2, as International Day of Non-Violence.

Let us rededicate ourselves to the path shown by the Mahatma.

Gandhiana-2: "India of My Dreams" by Mahatma Gandhi

I shall work for an India in which the poorest shall feel that it is their country, in whose making they have an effective voice, an India in which there shall be no high class and low class of people; an India in which all communities shall live in perfect harmony. There can be no room in such an India for the curse of untouchability, or the curse of intoxicating drinks and drugs. Women will enjoy the same rights as men. We shall be at peace with all the rest of the world. This is the India of my dreams.

Gandhiana-1: "Gandhiji’s Talisman"

“I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are in doubt or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test: Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen and ask yourself if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him. Will he gain anything by it? Will it restore him to a control over his own life and destiny? In other words, will it lead to Swaraj for the hungry and spiritually starving millions?

Then you will find your doubts and your self melting away.”

Courtesy: “Living Thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi” – Edited by Mulk Raj Anand
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