GANDHI JAYANTI 2005

1. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world” -Mahatma Gandhi GANDHI JAYANTI 2005

3. Vaishnav Jan to taynay kahyeeye, Jay peerh paraayee janney ray, Par dukkhey upkar karey, Toyey man abhiman na anney ray. Sakal lokma sahuney vandey, Ninda na karey kainee ray Vaach kaach, man nischal raakhey, Dhan-dhan jananee tainee ray. Samdristhi nay trishna tyagee, Par-stree jaynay mat ray Jivaah thaki asatya na bolay, Par-dhan nav jhaley haath ray. GOD’s CHILD IS ONE WHO KNOWS ANOTHER'S PAIN WHO UPLIFTS THE SORROWFUL AND PRIDE DOES DISDAIN WHO SALUTES ALL BEINGS AND CRITICIZES NONE OF PURE TALK AND ACTION SUCH A ONE’s MOTHER IS BLESSED WHO LOOKS ON ALL AS THE SAME HONORS WOMAN AS MOTHER WHO DOES NOT UTTER UNTRUTH EVEN WHEN THE TONGUE HAS TIRED NEVER COVETS ANOTHER’s WEALTH VAISHNAV JAN TOH VAISHNAV JAN TOH

4. The Making of Gandhi “Generations to come will scarcely believe that such a one as this walked the earth” - Einstein on Gandhi

5. Childhood “I never could learn the art of ‘copying’.” - About his time in high school

6. Playing the husband “.. the lesson of faithfulness had an untoward effect. … I had absolutely no reason to suspect my wife’s fidelity, but jealousy does not wait for reasons.” - About the early years of his married life

7. To be or not to be vegetarian With members of the Vegetarian Society London, 1890 “The choice was now made in favor of vegetarianism, the spread of which henceforward became my mission.”

8. Service to family & community “…if animal passion had not blinded me, I should have been spared the torture of separation from my father during his last moments.” - About his father’s passing “Without the observance of brahmacharya, service of the family would be inconsistent with service of the community.” - About his thoughts before taking the vow of celibacy and self-restraint

9. Search for Truth • “… morality is the basis of things, and … truth is the substance of all morality.” • In India • “the Sermon on the Mount … went straight to my heart.” • - In England • “I do not seek redemption from the consequences of my sin. I seek to be redeemed from sin itself, or rather from the very thought of sin.” • - In South Africa

10. “Be the change you wish to see in the world.”

11. Raghupati Raghava Rajaa Ram Pateeta Paavana Seetaa Raam Ishwara Allah Tero Naam Sabko Sanmati Dey Bhagwan We worship you as Rama of the Raghu dynasty We worship you as the ideal wife, Sita We worship you as “Ishwar” and “Allah” May you bless all RAGHUPATI RAGAHV RAJA RAM

12. We worship you as Rama of the Raghu dynasty We worship you as the ideal wife, Sita We worship you as “Ishwar” and “Allah” May you bless all RAGHUPATI RAGAHV RAJA RAM Raghupati Raghava Rajaa Raam Pateeta Paavana Seetaa Raam Ishwara Allah Tero Naam Sabko Sanmati Dey Bhagwaan

13. Gandhi and Education Tara Beteille, Dept. of Education

14. “I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any.” Mahatma Gandhi, 1921

15. Gandhi’s Philosophy of Education Profound Reverence for Life Passionate Search for Truth Ideal of non-attachment Readiness to sacrifice all for the knowledge of God

16. Nai Talim (New Education) • A program for universal education • Basic education for children • Empower the future • Adult education • Upliftment of Harijans and women

17. Holistic Model Handicrafts Physical Drill Music

18. Holistic Model Seeing Hearing Speaking Literacy to come later Come before Writing

19. Self-reliant model • Children to learn from things in their environment • Children should be taught a useful vocation • A means to cultivate their mental, physical and spiritual facilities • Economic calculations in connection with education were not unethical

20. Gandhi and education • Adult education • Important to empower every adult Indian, especially Harijans and women • Vocational education • Literacy • Political education

22. Vernacular and not English • Strengthens Identity • Vocational Education

23. Music In rhythm there is order and discipline

24. Vidya Bhawan Society’s Basic School

25. Question What would be the purpose of education if it left us without a sense of identity, discipline, balance and rhythm?

26. Thank you

27. The Legacy of Gandhi Somik Raha

29. Non-violence is a power which can be wielded equally by all children, young men and women or grown-up people Mahatma Gandhi

30. Turn the Other CheekGandhi and C. F. Andrews

31. Today’s world

32. Is Non-Violence Relevant?

33. Roots of Gandhi’s Non-Violence “Only that person attains Me who has no enmity to anyone” Bhagvad Gita – Chap 11, Verse 55

34. Roots of Gandhi’s Non-Violence “He who is the same towards friend and foe, and so also in honor and dishonor; who is the same under cold, heat, happiness and sorrow, who is free from attachment to everything, such a one is dear to me.” Bhagvad Gita – Chap 12, Verse 18

35. Gandhi had no hatred for the British and he still fought them hard.

36. Gandhi’s Life Message “Fight without a sense of enmity or retribution, and only because it is your duty”

37. Between violence and cowardly flight, I can only prefer violence to cowardice Mahatma Gandhi

38. The Mind-Action Continuum Bravest:Non-violent mind and action Brave:Non-violent mind, Violent action Coward:Violent mind, Non-violent action Deluded Coward: Violent mind, Violent action

39. Non-Violence …Of the mind first and then the body

40. Visibility …If I can’t see you in pain, you’re not in pain.

41. Visibility …Make the pain visible. Make the injustice visible…

42. Research on Roots of Empathy in Management Science literature now validates the importance of visibility

43. Sticky Ideas Create ideas that stick CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE NON-COOPERATION CHARKHA: The Spinning Wheel

45. Gandhi & Tagore Tagore popularized the term “Mahatma” when referring to Gandhi “Great as he is as a politician, as an organizer, as a leader of men, as a moral reformer, he is greater than all these as a man, because none of these aspects and activities limits his humanity. They are rather inspired and sustained by it.” … Tagore in the essay, “Gandhi, the Man”

46. Gandhi & Tagore • Gandhi called Tagore, “The Great Sentinel,” in a famous essay. • “Shantiniketan will never cease to grow so long as Gurudev's spirit broods over it…” • “Visvabharati carries God's protection because it is the creation of an earnest soul... You may depend upon my doing all for its permanence…” • Gandhi to Tagore on his visit to Shantiniketan • “Gandhi and Tagore. Two types entirely different from each other” • – Jawaharlal Nehru, First Prime Minister of India

47. We owe it to ourselves.. To seek truth in all that we do To hate none, however we may act To try non-violence in our actions To condemn the crime and not the criminal To make injustice visible so we may all see To ethically articulate so we may all act

48. Teri Awaaz pe koi naa aaye, to phir chal akela re If no one heeds your call, then go on alone

49. Teri Awaaz pe koi naa aaye, to phir chal akela re If no one heeds your call, then go on alone

50. Phir chal akela, chal akela, chal akela, chal akela re Go on alone, go on alone, go on alone, Go on alone