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In the News (Tue 17 Nov 09)

  
  Articles On & By Gandhi
It was Tushar Gandhi, the slain leader's great-grandson, who finally ushered the remains through the bureaucratic process of authentication, and ensured that his great-grandfather's ashes finally found a resting place.
After months of court hearings and a hunger strike (evoking Gandhi's favorite means of peaceful protest,) the Supreme Court finally ruled in December that they were authentic, and authorized their release to the Gandhi family.
In 1948, when Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu fundamentalist (for agreeing to the partition of India and the establishment of the Islamic nation of Pakistan), crowds turned up, en masse, to mourn his death, to touch his coffin, and lay flowers at the edges of the Ganges.
www.mkgandhi.org /articles/gandhi_movement.htm   (1489 words)

  
 Rediff On The NeT Elections '98: Campaign Trail/ Tushar Gandhi
Tushar's modest middle class apartment is cluttered with heaps of banners, and caps, and pamphlets.
Tushar's voice isn't thunderous, it isn't very strong, but he has the advantage of a massive physique (he weighs around 100 kg) and an audience that had just been brainwashed by glamour and good humour, whose egos had been propped up.
Tushar stresses the need for the workers to make sure that everyone they know votes, and to keep a lookout for people who plan to put in bogus votes.
www.rediff.com /news/1998/feb/27tushar.htm   (1780 words)

  
 Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi was one of the gentlest of men, a devout and almost mystical Hindu, but he had an iron core of determination.
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born on Oct. 2, 1869, in Porbandar, near Bombay.
Tushar Gandhi, the Mahatma's great-grandson, performed the act of dispersing the remains as thousands of onlookers chanted slogans in remembrance of the man who had succeeded, however briefly, in unifying a nation historically divided along religious and ethnic lines.
www.vov.com /leaders/gandhi.html   (864 words)

  
 bihartimes.com : A Passage to Bihar
Tushar, the son of Manilal's second son Arun and Sunanda, is managing trustee of the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation, a city-based organisation involved in preserving Gandhi relics and copyrights.
Tushar is forthright in admitting that he carries a lot of anger towards Nathuram Godse, the man who shot dead Gandhi Jan 30, 1948, in New Delhi.
Tushar's son Vivan also takes pride in the fact that he is "different" from others in terms of his legacy, an innocent feeling that can be construed as the prelude to the realisation of the expectations it generates.
www.bihartimes.com /news06/marchall/02in04.html   (670 words)

  
 The DayAfter: An International Illustrated News Magazine
Congress President Sonia Gandhi is leading tens of thousands of Gandhians from across the world in the final stage of the commemorative of the Dandi March.
In fact, Tushar admits that the logistics of the march were so huge that it perhaps would have been impossible without the help of the Congress.
Tushar and his family have taken a dip in the Dandi seafront just as Mahatma Gandhi did in 1930 before he picked up a fistful of salt in defiance of British law.
www.dayafterindia.com /mar205/sonia.htm   (409 words)

  
 Marketing the Mahatma
Tushar Gandhi, a grandson of the Mahatma who negotiated the deal with CMG Worldwide, had several explanations to offer in support of his move.
Tushar Gandhi defends his decision by saying that he did it to protect misrepresentation of Bapuji's image abroad.
Tushar Gandhi says it all began in December 2001 when CMG Worldwide sought his permission to use the Mahatma's image in a film advertisement for a credit card company.
www.frontlineonnet.com /fl1905/19050970.htm   (1318 words)

  
 Boston.com / Travel / Retracing Gandhi's steps
The next day, Tushar Gandhi took his own midday rest in a leafy courtyard in the village of Kareli, where a man sang out ''Hare Krishna, Hare, Hare," as he massaged marchers' feet.
Tushar Gandhi is a big man, with broad shoulders and a full belly that casts a long, flowing shirt before him as he walks.
Tushar Gandhi decried modern religious divisions and a society in which executives live in luxury high-rises while millions live in shanties in the shadows.
www.boston.com /travel/articles/2005/04/03/retracing_gandhis_steps?pg=4   (543 words)

  
 Gandhi Serve Foundation - Mahatma Gandhi News Digest
Donning the role of being the public face of the Gandhi family with confidence and restraint, Tushar said: “There are some of us who are not able to cope with the pressure of people’s expectations and try to suppress their identities as a Gandhi.
His faith in war and weapon supremacy is to be criticised,” Tushar A. Gandhi, a great-grandson of the Indian freedom campaigner, told AFP by phone from the western city of Mumbai.
Tushar Gandhi said that though he opposed Bush’s “war policies”, he was not against the US president honouring Mahatma Gandhi, who advocated truth and non-violence in leading a fight against British colonial rule.
www.gandhiserve.org /news/mgnd/news20060302.html   (1465 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | South Asia | Gandhi's 1930 march re-enacted
The values that Mahatma Gandhi lived and died for - such as non-violence, religious tolerance and honesty in public life - are as alien to today's India as the days of the Raj, says our correspondent.
Gandhi was known for his simple ways, but the sequel march was something of an extravaganza.
Tushar Gandhi acknowledged there was little to compare his march to his great-grandfather's, although he said they carried the same message of religious harmony, brotherhood and peace.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/south_asia/4342745.stm   (409 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
Tushar Gandhi today requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to take up the matter with the Australian government and stop the New South Wales-based Handi Ghandi Pvt Ltd from abusing the Mahatma’s memory.
Tushar Gandhi would have had no problems as long as the Mahatma sold the company’s samosas, vegetable curries, parathas, naans, chutneys, salads and biryanis.
Tushar Gandhi has also objected to a jingle put on the Handi Ghandi website which, he claims, imitates actor Ben Kingsley’s style of speaking, though it does not mention the Mahatma.
www.telegraphindia.com /1050617/asp/nation/story_4877976.asp   (524 words)

  
 News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In a tribute to the friendship of Mahatma Gandhi and Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, a group from Pakistan is expected to join an event marking 75 years of the historic Dandi march.
Tushar Gandhi's Mahatma Gandhi Foundation (MGF) is organising the "International Walk for Peace, Justice and Freedom" from March 12 to April 7.
Tushar Gandhi said the group from Pakistan considers itself the ideological heir of Ghaffar Khan, who was a close associate of Gandhi in the freedom movement and was known as "Frontier Gandhi".
www.pakistanlink.com /Headlines/Feb05/11/15.htm   (302 words)

  
 Mahatma Gandhi - Meditation Australia
Gandhi was a mediocre student in his youth at Porbandar and later Rajkot, and barely passed the matriculation exam for the University of Bombay in 1887, joining Samaldas College.
Gandhi called for a satyagraha that soon led to violent outbreaks across the country, most notably the massacre of 400 Indians by the British army in the town of Amritsar, and martial law.
Gandhi's philosophy and his ideas of satya and ahimsa were influenced by the Bhagavad Gita and Hindu beliefs, the Jain religion and the pacifist Christian teachings of Leo Tolstoy.
download.meditation.org.au /mkGandhi.asp   (4132 words)

  
 Wired News: Young Gandhi's Crusade Is Dot-In
So says Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandson of the legendary freedom fighter, who is using the suffixes on the Internet to remind modern Indians about a forgotten concept called nationalism.
Gandhi is asking Indians who are registering domains not to be colonized by dot-com or dot-org.
Gandhi is disgusted at how lukewarm Indians are about showing off their national identity in their domain names.
www.wired.com /news/infostructure/1,46339-0.html   (654 words)

  
 rediff.com: Tushar Gandhi: How many more Gujarats?
Mahatma Gandhi strove for peace for India and gave up his life in his quest for communal harmony and a casteless, classless society.
Mahatma Gandhi had a favourite tune: Ishwara Allah tero naam, sab ko sanmati de bhagwan -- Ishwar and Allah are two of the many names we know you by, O God, give us the wisdom to understand that you are one.
Tushar Gandhi is the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi.
www.rediff.com /news/2002/mar/14guest.htm   (822 words)

  
 March sparks debate on Gandhi - The Washington Times: World Briefings - March 26, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Tushar Gandhi said at the start of the march that at least 60 foreigners had already arrived and he expected more to join on the way, including about 150 from neighboring Pakistan.
Tushar Gandhi said he hopes to revive interest in Gandhi and create an understanding of his message by re-enacting the march that galvanized the movement against the British rule.
Gandhi's advice was to "plant the seeds of a nonviolent social movement like a farmer, and leave it to the people to nurture their growth."
www.washtimes.com /world/20050325-100125-4870r.htm   (1530 words)

  
 Welcome to Sify.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
For long, it was believed that South Africa would witness a bloodbath when the majority fl population would rise and overthrow the brutal apartheid regime imposed on the country by a minority white ruling class.
Mahatma Gandhi maintained, “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind.” If we believe that non-violence is irrelevant, we will leave behind a world on the verge of destruction caused by a mankind blinded by hatred and prejudice.
He is a social activist and is actively involved in spreading Gandhi's message of peace and non-violence.
sify.com /iday2006/tushar/index.php   (962 words)

  
 Our Karnataka.com: HSK: Mahatma Gandhi - Export Quality
It was Mahatma Gandhi who forged the unique weapon of Satyagraha based on the concept of Ahimsa or non-violence.
Gandhi did not rest content with making this experiment in the spiritual world only, but he tried hard to extend it to the material world.
Gandhi is anathema to the sophisticated section of Indian society, which, when asked if Gandhi is relevant, answered in an emphative “No”.
www.ourkarnataka.com /Articles/starofmysore/hsk/hsk_gandhi.htm   (945 words)

  
 ?Where is the patriotism online??
Gandhi has launched mahatma.org.in to pay tribute to the Mahatma, while publicising the.IN suffix.
Gandhi is surprised that countries like Australia (.au) South Africa (.za) and many more always use their specific ccTlds, but normally patriotic Indian souls aren't moved.
Gandhi feels that the archaic procedures of registering domains must be made easier and user-friendlier.
www.rediff.com /netguide/2003/mar/12gandhi.htm   (874 words)

  
 Tushar backs out of 'Gandhi brand' deal- The Economic Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
mumbai: after a controversy erupted over the acquisition of rights by a us-based company over the name and image of the father of the nation, his grandson tushar gandhi, on saturday said he was "washing his hands off the entire matter".
"i agreed to give them the no-objection only on the condition that i would see the final image as i wanted to ensure that the image of gandhi was not used in a manner that would hurt gandhi lovers or were against his philosophy," tushar remarked.
the current and previous governments have not done anything to justify that they are custodians of gandhi." at present, the copyright to mahatma's writings were with navjeevan in ahmedabad, while the film copyright lay with films division and gandhi film foundation.
economictimes.indiatimes.com /articleshow.asp?art_id=473602   (563 words)

  
 Allied Campaigns: Verdict: Does Gandhigiri work? Archives
Tushar Gandhi, the great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, tried to enter politics but was not successful.
Patkar and Padamsee didn’t agree with the coinage Gandhigiri.
Tushar Gandhi replied to that saying that “Bush’s war against terror is not working either.
www.bhopal.net /alliedcampaigns/archives/2006/10/verdict_does_ga.html   (1908 words)

  
 Freeindiamedia.com, Express your impartial, radical, grassroot views on current issues.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The most obvious is the desire of Tushar Gandhi to claim the legacy of Gandhiji as a familial one.
It is therefore not surprising that the re-enactment of the Dandi March seeks to capture the iconic/mythic Gandhi.
Innovation, experimentation, creativity and ability to reflect on the practice symbolised by Maganlal Gandhi and J C Kumarappa have been entirely missing from the present-day KVIC and Cottage Emporiums; unfortunately ‘Fab India’ cannot be the sole substitute for the Udyog Mandir of Sabarmati and Wardha.
www.freeindiamedia.com /politics/18_apr_05_politics.htm   (2061 words)

  
 Untitled Document
On Jan. 30, 1948, Gopal Godse's brother, Nathuram, shot Gandhi at a prayer meeting in New Delhi for championing the cause of the Muslims of India and Pakistan.
On Oct. 2, the 128th anniversary of Gandhi's birth, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, popularly dubbed the RSS - the Hindu nationalist group to which the assassin belonged - publicly claimed Gandhi as one of its patron saints.
Gandhi, he said, had not prevented the partition of India and the creation of Muslim Pakistan.
www.vedantam.com /Godse01-1998.html   (1132 words)

  
 Boston.com / Travel / Retracing Gandhi's steps
Near a small lean-to that served as a family home during growing season, Lalita Raman, a young mother who didn't know her age, wrapped her arms in the fine cloth of her pink shawl as her husband, squatting beside her, turned a ball of cotton in his fingers, spinning a long, fine thread.
When the parade had passed, Raman placed flowers around the neck of Rahul Gandhi, unaware that the Harvard-educated parliamentarian was not a blood relative of the mahatma.
Raman said she supported the Congress Party over the Bharatiya Janata Party, whose member Narendra Modi continues to serve as chief minister of Gujarat despite accusations he stoked the 2002 Hindu violence against Muslims, then did little to stop the carnage.
www.boston.com /travel/articles/2005/04/03/retracing_ghandis_steps?pg=4   (752 words)

  
 Tushar Gandhi fights to keep Bapu's legacy alive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
While Gandhi is contesting for the Lok Sabha seat from the north-west Mumbai constituency, Mehta is using his clout to whip up support for as many as three different candidates across different political parties in the true spirit of a global industry sector that he represents.
In fact, Gandhi with the support of a few IT industry chiefs has already kicked off a campaign on the Internet to drum up support for the Mahatma to be named the Time man of the century.
These include Gandhi, who is a Samajwadi Party candidate in Mumbai, the BJP in Gujarat and the Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandra Babu Naidu in Hyderabad.
www.expressindia.com /fe/daily/19980131/03155084.html   (457 words)

  
 Cities world over to re-enact Dandi march : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ela Gandhi, granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi, has helped organise a march from the historic Phoenix Settlement to Durban in South Africa on March 12.
Many other organisations are supporting the event, such as the department of culture of the central government, the Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, the National Youth Project, Anhad (Act Now for Harmony and Democracy), MK Gandhi Institute for Non-Violence and the US-based Center for Total Non-Violence.
Tushar Gandhi said about 200 participants had registered for the march in Ahmedabad and the number is growing.
www.hindustantimes.com /2005/Apr/16/181_1237488,000600030005.htm   (459 words)

  
 BBC News | SOUTH ASIA | US company to protect Gandhi's image
Tushar Gandhi has signed an agreement with an American company, CMG Worldwide, which will be responsible for marketing the image of the man who led India to independence.
Funds received from CMG would go towards the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation, of which Tushar Gandhi is a trustee.
One of the issues confronting the foundation is the upkeep of the family home of Mahatma Gandhi's wife, Kasturba, in the state of Gujarat.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/south_asia/1809344.stm   (430 words)

  
 GandhiServe Foundation - Mahatma Gandhi News Digest
Gandhi, the Ambassador pointed out, had founded and edited his first journal in South Africa in 1903, and continued its publication for over a decade, except for what he described were "intervals of enforced rest in prison".
My grandfather, Mahatma Gandhi, was the first practitioner of large-scale nonviolence, which he identified as not simply the absence of violence, but rather the presence of intentionally constructive attitudes, relationships, thoughts and actions.
Arun Gandhi the fifth grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, is founder and president of the M. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence in Memphis, Tenn., which promotes conflict resolution and peace initiatives through its public outreach, education, research and publications.
www.gandhiserve.org /news/mgnd/news200608140820.html   (6530 words)

  
 What's Good for the Stars is Good for Gandhi
Tushar Gandhi, a 38-year-old graphic designer from Bombay who heads the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation, said he struck the deal to protect his great-grandfather's legacy after a major US bank asked to use his name in an advert.
Gandhi's legacy is already passionately protected in his homeland.
Earlier this year a court in Jaipur officially censured fashion show organizers who used Gandhi's picture on a model's back on the grounds that it was an insult to the Indian nation.
www.commondreams.org /cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/headlines02/0209-02.htm   (628 words)

  
 Tushar Gandhi gears up for Dandi March - Deccan Herald   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Tushar Gandhi, who was in Vadodara for a preparatory meeting, told Deccan Herald in an interview that the Gandhian philosophy could not have been more relevant than what it is today.
Mr Gandhi says that plans are afoot to make salt pans in Dandi and as a symbolic gesture, the participants will lift salt at the end of the yatra.
Today, Tushar says the same thing, but says he is too small a person to leave a message for the masses.
www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/feb152005/n14.asp   (804 words)

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