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Lets take some time out of our busy schedules and look at the world around

Exploring Gandhi's principles of equality, economy, politics, education, and spirituality for global welfare and progress. Learn from his values to inspire positive change in society.

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Lets take some time out of our busy schedules and look at the world around

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  1. Lets take some time out of our busy schedules and look at the world around An initiative by Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal –  Gandhi Book Centre – Gandhi Research Foundation

  2. India ranks a low 134 among 187 countries in terms of the human development index, which assesses long-term progress in health, education and income indicators 1.4 billion people in developing countries live on $1.25 a day or less India ranks at 95 out of 178 in Corruption Perceptions Index (rank 1 being the most clean country) 37% of the total Indian people falls below the international poverty line of US$ 1.5 a day In India - Murder increased by 231% Kidnapping increased by 356% Robbery increased  by 120% Riots by increased 176% Comparing the reported crimes in year 1953 to crimes in 2006 Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names 25% of Indian population is still illiterate 1 child dies every 4 seconds in the world 35 million people are living with HIV/AIDS 1.7 trillion dollars spent in 2011 on military, a 50 per cent increase since 2001 Two-thirds of the world's hungry live in just 7countries :- Bangladesh, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia and Pakistan

  3. In this one of the darkest hours of human history there is STILL a ray of HOPE HOPE

  4. Sarvodaya WELFARE OF all

  5. Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi has inspired many people around the globe - Martin Luther King Nelson Mandela Aung San SuuKyi Dalai Lama

  6. Politics • Gandhi considered politics as an instrument for the uplift of mankind in social, economic, moral and spiritual spheres • By Dharmic politics, Gandhi meant that it should be devoid of  corrupting influences and sectarianism • Politics bereft of religion is a death trap which kills the soul. By spiritualization of politics, Gandhi meant something larger than our day to day life but not excluding world of day to day experiences. A community of persons on the process of self-realization be able to resist the corrupting influences of existing interests • Gandhian equality - (a) impartiality (b) equal share to all (c) equal share to equals (d) proportional equality (e) unequal shares corresponding to relevant differences

  7. Economy Truth and Non-Violence are the foundation stones of Gandhian Economics thoughts. According to Gandhiji, work is not only an economic activity, it’s necessary for spiritual growth. Bapu wanted that India should have its own economic policy. It should not follow any foreign countries policy. Bapu’s economic thouthts were based on Below six points: • Swadeshi • Mechanization • Industrialization • Trusteeship • Villagism • Decentralization

  8. Environment • Gandhi was a deep ecologist in the sense that he did not value nature because it was useful to man but because it was the creation of God and hence must remain as pristine as possible. Everything that exists in the universe is part of a common omnipresent and omnipotent Parmatma and hence has the right of its own. • Gandhi therefore called for the limitations of wants so that man’s stress on nature would be least possible. • We have to rethink the ecology by exploring the totality of all interrelations between human societies with everything in its environment. The deep ecological philosophy reviews the organization and operation of earth first. • There is enough for the needy, but not for the greedy

  9. Health & Education • An education which does not teach us to discriminate between good and bad, to assimilate the one and eschew the other, is a misnomer. • Education should be so revolutionized as to answer the wants of the poorest villager, instead of answering those of an imperial exploiter. • Literacy in itself is no education. • Literacy education should follow the education of the hand—the one gift that visibly distinguishes man from beast. • What is really needed to make democracy function is not knowledge of facts, but right education. • By education I mean an all-round drawing out of the best in the child and man—body, mind and spirit.

  10. God/ Truth/ Religion • To Gandhi God is Truth and Love • The nearest approach to Truth is through love • Gandhi endeavoured to see God through service of humanity, for he knew that God is neither in heaven, nor down below, but in every one • He believed in the fundamental Truth of all great religions of the world.

  11. But .. You may say

  12. Gandhi was a great man. Only he or other great people could practice his philosophy. Not a common man like me!

  13. We believe Gandhian philosophy, thoughts and values are much like physics… Anyone can practice them Anywhere Anytime And they would give same results –Sarvodaya: WELFARE OF ALL

  14. Success stories A hard core criminal, Laxman Gole, imprisoned in Thane Central Jail, after reading an Autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, has not only confessed to the crimes he committed, but also written apology letters to the people whom he had harassed and threatened before and now he is propagating Gandhi philosophy among prisoners. 82 inmates of Thane Central Jail have appeared for Gandhi Peace Exam on Gandhism organised by Bombay SarvodayaMandal and Gandhi Study Centre, Birla College, Kalyan. Jennifer Aniston has been inspired by the Autobiography and found new hope in life at a time when there was turmoil in her life after her divorce with her husband Brad Pitt.

  15. If they can do it why can’t we ?

  16. Visit us for more information at :- http://www.mkgandhi.org/ • Bombay SarvodayaMandal / Gandhi Book Centre299, Tardeo Road, Nana Chowk, Bombay 400007 IndiaTel:91-22-2387 2061Fax:91-22-2284 6870Email: info@mkgandhi.org • Gandhi Research FoundationJain Agri Park, Jain Hills, Shirsoli Road,Jalgaon, 425 001 MH IndiaTel. +91-257-2260 011www.gandhifoundation.net

  17. References • http://www.globalissues.org/issue/66/arms-control • http://databank.worldbank.org/ • http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/india_statistics.html • http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/India/India-ranks-134-in-human-development-index/Article1-764014.aspx • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_India#Crime_over_time • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty_in_India • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King,_Jr. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Mandela • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San_Suu_Kyi

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