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  Rajmohan Gandhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rajmohan Gandhi (born 1935, New Delhi, India) is a biographer and grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.
Gandhi, a research professor at the Centre for Policy Studies in New Delhi, India, has written widely on the Indian independence movement and its leaders, India-Pakistani relations, human rights and conflict resolution.
Professor Gandhi's biography of his grandfathers, "The Good Boatman: A Portrait of Gandhi," of Mahatma Gandhi was published in 1995, and "Rajaji: A Life" of Chakravarti Rajagopalachari in 1997.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rajmohan_Gandhi   (315 words)

  
 Devdas Gandhi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Devdas Gandhi (1900 - 1957) was the fourth and youngest son of Mahatma Gandhi.
He was born in South Africa and returned to India with his parents as a young man. He became active in his father's movement, spending many terms in jail.
After five years had passed, they were married with Mahatma Gandhi's and Rajaji's permissions in 1933.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Devdas_Gandhi   (201 words)

  
 Mahatma Gandhi Canadian Foundation for World Peace > Activities > Guest Speakers > Partial List of Speakers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The first refers to Gandhi when he was about twelve and was recalled by Gandhi in 1921, when it was charged that Christian influences lay behind his attack on the untouchability that India practiced in his time and has not yet eradicated.
In December 1947, some months before he was killed, Gandhi was told of a couplet written in Urdu by a Muslim poet in India who called for a new Mahmud of Ghazni, or Ghaznavi as he was called, to avenge attacks on Muslims.
Gandhi, who was speaking when the explosion occurred, continued to speak as if nothing had happened.
www.gandhi.ca /activities/speakers/gandhi.php   (3210 words)

  
 BC :: Collegian: Rajmohan Gandhi speaks at Bethel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of the great leader Mahatma Gandhi, spoke to Bethel students, faculty and community on Dec. 5, both during convocation in the morning and for a KIPCOR Peace Lecture in the evening.
While Gandhi made it clear that he is aware of many race-related problems in the United States that still exist today, he commended the United States for the progress that has been made, making note of the difficulties that India faces today with the legacy of its caste system.
Gandhi closed his convocation address by offering encouragement and inspiration to those who agree that the current tensions in our world must be eased.
www.bethelks.edu /collegian/archives/000956.php   (451 words)

  
 [sacw] SACW Dispatch #3 | 18 July 00   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
That's because Rajmohan Gandhi is the grandson of Mr.
Gandhi, considered the father of this nation of a billion people, and a 20th-century icon.
According to Rajmohan Gandhi, the pamphlets are an "attack on Gandhi's legacy -they do not reflect at all the spirit that Gandhi brought to his relations with Christians.
bridget.jatol.com /pipermail/sacw_insaf.net/2000/000541.html   (3856 words)

  
 The Hindu : Talking of grandfathers...
Rajmohan Gandhi and Afsandyar Khan, the grandsons of Mahatma Gandhi and Badshah Khan, were in New Delhi for the launch of "Ghaffar Khan", a Penguin publication.
Unless of course, you happen to be Rajmohan Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, who decides it is time for us to repay the debt of history.
There was Rajmohan Gandhi who authored the Penguin tribute to Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, and Asfandyar Khan who was around at the launch of the book, "Ghaffar Khan" in New Delhi this past week.
www.hindu.com /mp/2004/08/05/stories/2004080500490100.htm   (1150 words)

  
 BU Bridge News - Week of 29 October 1999
Gandhi, a journalist, author, and former member of the Indian parliament, will address the public at Sargent College, Room 101, at noon on Wednesday, November 3.
Gandhi held a seat in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India's parliament, from 1990 to 1992.
In a column published in the Washington Post in 1995, Rajmohan Gandhi said that his goal in writing the book was to explore the continued relevance of his grandfather's teachings and to better understand his own connection to his family's patriarch.
www.bu.edu /bridge/archive/1999/10-29/features3.html   (1208 words)

  
 Kroc Institute: Rajmohan Gandhi
Speaker Rajmohan Gandhi started by saying that his famous grandfather would not have approved of the Muslim-bashing that has resulted from the violent terrorist acts of extreme Islamists.
The occasion of Gandhi’s talk, titled “The War on Terrorism and the Gandhian Ethic,” was the sixth annual John Howard Yoder Dialogues.
Gandhi works to promote peace between Hindus and Muslims in his home country of India, where he has been a journalist and a member of the Rajya Sabha (Senate).
www.nd.edu /~krocinst/colloquy/issue7/rajgandhi.shtml   (444 words)

  
 The Language Teacher Online: Modi, February 1999
Gandhi took place at Obirin University in Spring 1997 while he was a visiting professor there.
In this in-depth interview on the themes of peace and peace education, Rajmohan Gandhi shares his views and vision for a future of peace, and offers some food for thought to educators and language teachers interested in bringing peace issues into the language classroom.
Gandhi himself said, "They followed me because this was an effective approach." In fact Gandhi is on record as saying "If Indians could have made the atom bomb, they would have used it against the British.'' They did not follow Gandhi because of a deep faith in non-violence.
www.jalt-publications.org /tlt/articles/1999/02/modi   (3863 words)

  
 Ghafar Khan; Nonviolent Badsha of Pakhtoons :: Khyber.ORG
Rajmohan has relied heavily on interviews conducted in the 1960s and 70s and does manage to create an awe-inspiring whole belonging to a man who had a knack of being on the wrong side of the government.
Rajmohan talks about the Pakhtoon tradition that does not approve of publicly mentioning the names of their women -- likewise the Gandhi family.
For, at more than one place Rajmohan mentions how Bacha Khan was frustrated in his endeavour to effectively penetrate the tribal area that stretches from Pakistan to Afghanistan, and which has come to be known in recent times as a nursery for Islamist terrorism.
www.khyber.org /books/2004/GhafarKhanNonviolentBadshaofPa.shtml   (928 words)

  
 Initiatives of Change - RAJMOHAN GANDHI VISITS BRITAIN
Gandhi gave the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Lecture to a distinguished audience of 150 at the Guildhall.
Gandhi in front of a statue of his grandfather, highlighting Rajmohan's words 'The real clash is in every human heart'.
Gandhi was interview live on the ITV News Channel, and a 26 minute interview was recorded by the BBC World Service for later transmission.
www.uk.iofc.org /newsroom/item249.html   (1649 words)

  
 Rajmohan Gandhi discusses legacies of his grandfather, King   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Gandhi's non-violent principles not only were instrumental in gaining India's independence from Britain, but they inspired King and other leaders of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States.
Gandhi, for his part, thought "non-violence was as old as the hills," said Rajmohan Gandhi, an honorary visiting professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Rajmohan Gandhi said he thought at that time, "Hey, this guy is unusual and he sure is courageous."
www.umich.edu /~urecord/0203/Jan27_03/19.shtml_backup   (589 words)

  
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Rajmohan Gandhi, scholar of nonviolence and grandson of Indian revolutionary Mahatma Gandhi, will share his grandfather's work with the campus at 7:30 p.m.
Rajmohan Gandhi, himself committed to bridging human divisions, especially in India and South Asia, will bring to GC insights into the life of his grandfather and the way of nonviolence.
Cortright, who teaches in the peace studies department at GC and at the University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Ind.), met Rajmohan Gandhi in India and heard that he was planning to be in the United States.
www.goshen.edu /recordarchive/1998-99/3-18/stories/gandhi.html   (388 words)

  
 Rajmohan Gandhi to Speak at Whitman College October 5   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Rajmohan Gandhi was born in New Delhi in 1935, where he received his B.A. from St. Stephen's College and his M.A. in Economics from Delhi University.
In 1990, Gandhi was appointed leader of the Indian Delegation to the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva, and from 1990-1992 he served as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the Indian Senate.
Rajmohan Gandhi is the author of a biography of Mahatma Gandhi titled The Good Boatman: A Portrait of Gandhi, Viking, 1995, as well as Revenge and Reconciliation: Understanding South Asian History, Penguin, 1999 and Eight Lives: A Study of the Hindu-Moslem Encounter, SUNY, 1987.
www.whitman.edu /news/gandhigs.html   (469 words)

  
 Scotsman.com Living - Why Gandhi can still help us give peace a chance
For Rajmohan, now nearing his seventies and visiting Edinburgh as part of a tour of the UK to discuss the relevance of the Gandhian ethic in the post 9/11 world, it was not only a lesson in tactics but in courage, calmness and tolerance.
It was at one of those same meetings that Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu separatist on 30 January 1948.
Rajmohan has also served as a member of the Upper House of India's parliament and led the Indian government delegation to the UN Human Rights Commission.
living.scotsman.com /index.cfm?id=2241332005   (1045 words)

  
 Gandhi grandson: Nations must renew support for U.S.
Rajmohan Gandhi addresses an audience Thursday at Albright College, where he said he respects the United States, even though he opposes its war with Iraq.
Gandhi grandson: Nations must renew support for U.S. The Sept. l1 attacks make America feel deeply about fighting terrorism, Rajmohan Gandhi says at Albright College, but he questions the need for a war with Iraq.
Gandhi's message was interesting but not what many students came to hear, said Jill Sheetz, an Albright senior.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/878254/posts   (808 words)

  
 Gandhi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Rajmohan Gandhi brings to the Council invaluable experience in the non-violent resolution of conflict and in the promotion of human rights.
Gandhi earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees in economics from St. Stephens College in New Delhi and has been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Calgary and an honorary Doctorate of Philosophy from Obirin University of Tokyo.
Gandhi is a Research Professor at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi.
www.icrd.org /Council/gandhi.html   (352 words)

  
 Interview with Rajmohan Gandhi
Part of Mahatma Gandhi's legacy is his two grandsons, both of whom are working for peace in India and the world at large.
Rajmohan Gandhi- "Humanity needs to realize that there is no 'stranger;' we need to know that the 'enemy' is like us; we need to see the 'enemy' in ourselves.
Rajmohan Gandhi- "We should use every means we can.
www.awesomelibrary.org /gandhi.html   (428 words)

  
 For a Change Magazine: A world away from 'us' and 'them'
Rajmohan Gandhi is Visiting Professor at the University of Illinois and a noted journalist and writer.
Rajmohan constantly emphasised the danger of accepting the notion of a 'clash of civilisations'.
I saw Rajmohan at his most passionate in response to two young men of Indian origin who suggested that India's biggest problem is the accelerating Muslim birth rate.
www.forachange.co.uk /index.php?stoid=597   (1396 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT: Desmond Tutu, Andrew Young, Rajmohan Gandhi to meet
For Rajmohan Gandhi, a visiting fellow at Emory University, the next three weeks are going to be some of the busiest weeks he has spent in America.
Gandhi and civil rights activist/former US ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young will discuss non-violent confrontation in the Indian independence and the US civil rights movements.
Gandhi will discuss the policy changes of India's market-opening policies adopted in 1991 and the political/economic context in which they are being implemented.
www.rediff.com /news/2000/jan/31us2.htm   (591 words)

  
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Gandhi and King do not even advocate extensive preparation for the action prior to the negotiation stage.
Gandhi and King's focus on converting the adversary takes precedence over this strategic concern in most of their writings.
He provides a strong theoretical basis for the instinctive reactions of many of Gandhi' s non-violence, for the widespread and commonsense belief that in general non-violence is sound and beneficial but that non-violent extremism may not be.
www.beyondintractability.org /essay/Peaceful_Chg_Strats   (3599 words)

  
 Peace and security in the 21st century (The Colgate Scene, January 2003)
The grandson of one of the most influential world figures of the 20th century, Mahatma Gandhi, Rajmohan Gandhi has written widely on the Indian independence movement and its leaders, Indian-Pakistani relations, globalization, human rights and conflict resolution.
Gandhi has also served as a member of the upper house of India's parliament and led the Indian government delegation to the U.N. Human Rights Commission annual meeting in Geneva.
Gandhi visited Colgate in November to deliver a lecture sponsored by the Peace Studies program titled "Power and Peace in the 21st Century." The Scene interviewed Gandhi prior to his lecture.
www4.colgate.edu /scene/jan2003/gandhi.html   (1278 words)

  
 |Media Relations| Millikin University
Millikin University's Department of Religion will present Professor Rajmohan Gandhi during the First Annual Mahatma Gandhi Lecture Series.
The lecture series is just a part of increased emphasis at Millikin in Gandhi Studies and Hindu Studies.
While many colleges and universities offer a course or two on Gandhi, Millikin is the first school outside of India to offer a minor program.
www.millikin.edu /media/news_release_detail.asp?ID=27   (261 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
A Perspective from the Trenches." Rajmohan Gandhi, the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, and civil rights activist/former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young, will discuss non-violent confrontation in the Indian independence and the U.S. civil rights movements.
Rajmohan Gandhi-a scholar, political commentator and the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi-will be on campus for three weeks as the second distinguished fellow of the Claus M. Halle Institute for Global Learning at Emory, and in that capacity will give a series of forums and lectures on religious reconciliation, India's role in global trade, and politics.
He hopes to add to the "bridge of understanding" between the United States and South Asia, which he says is vital to the future of the world.
www.emory.edu /WELCOME/journcontents/archive/pe/gandhiPE.html   (381 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT: Emory University Welcomes Rajmohan Gandhi
Journalist and author Rajmohan Gandhi, who recently completed a year as a research scholar at the University of Illinois, Urbana as a visiting professor, will be a Halle Fellow at Emory University starting early next year.
A research scholar based at the Center for Policy Studies in New Delhi, he has written extensively about the ideals of ahimsa, about his grandfathers Mahatma Gandhi and C Rajagopalachari, and about the communal tensions and conflicts in India.
Gandhi says he would be happy to lecture to classes, meet formally and informally with faculty and schools, give public lectures, participate in seminars, and engage in Emory outreach to other schools and to the Atlanta's South Asian community in particular and the entire community in general.
www.rediff.com /news/1999/aug/19uscom1.htm   (257 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Professor Gandhi is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, the great leader and thinker whose nonviolent principles were instrumental in gaining India's independence from Britain and also deeply influenced and inspired Martin Luther King and other leaders of the American Civil Rights movement, as well as leaders of independence movements throughout the former colonialized world.
Professor Gandhi is Research Professor in the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, and has been associated with several research institutions in the United States.
When Professor Gandhi stayed on our campus in fall 1997 as Visiting George Miller Professor of History, he established an outstanding record through his teaching, his public lectures on and off campus, and his personal interactions with faculty, students, and the general public.
www2.uiuc.edu /unit/psames/rajmohangandhi.html   (476 words)

  
 After intervention, what next? Rajmohan Gandhi looks at the challenges facing a world where sovereignty is no longer ...
Rajmohan Gandhi looks at the challenges facing a world where sovereignty is no longer seen as an absolute - FAC Essay For A Change - Find Articles
Rajmohan Gandhi looks at the challenges facing a world where sovereignty is no longer seen as an absolute - FAC Essay
A peace dove perched on his shoulder and a halo suspended over him, Uncle Sam declaims from a book on ethics.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0KZH/is_5_16/ai_110916294   (459 words)

  
 Israel & Arabs Wall of Protection, Rajmohan Gandhi - PforP.net
Thrice in the late 1930s he hosted Gandhi in the NWFP, and it is a remark that Gandhi made there in October 1938 that I would like to present in regard to Palestine/Israel today.
Added Gandhi: “A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.” (Speech of Oct. 31, 1938, reported in Harijan, Nov. 19, 1938)
A wall of protection was what Badshah Khan also desired for minorities, and what he and Gandhi again and again asked India`s majority Hindus to offer to their Muslim neighbors.
www.pforp.net /editorial73.asp   (760 words)

  
 Foreword by Rajmohan Gandhi
Under the leadership of my grandfather, Mahatma Gandhi, and largely using nonviolent means, India won her independence from British rule.
Again, forgiveness might be consistent with a restrained and responsible use of force in self-defense.
During the 1946-1947 Hindu-Muslim violence, Gandhi explicitly permitted force in self-defense.
www.michaelhenderson.org.uk /foreword.htm   (994 words)

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