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Education and awareness are essential to the promotion of international peace. According to Jain mythology, the first tirthankara, Rushabhdev, originated the idea of nonviolence over a million years ago. Historically, Parsvanatha, the twenty-third tirthankara of Jainism, advocated for and preached the concept of nonviolence in around the 8th century BC. Through education and awareness, the UN hopes to share the many forms of non-violence that we have today. Non-violent actions include protests, marches and vigils, which were successfully employed in the s to bring about social changes in America. Mohandas Gandhi: Indias Peaceful Leader.His writings and speeches about family, education, economy, religion and truthfulness hold as much relevance as they did during his lifetime and today, more than ever, they need to reach out to a new generation. What did Gandhiji think about his own family and school life?
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What was his philosophy of Satyagraha, non-violence and truth? Can we emulate his actions and thoughts in the modern world? Children will find Gandhi Speaks inspiring, thought-provoking and pertinent. It is the perfect introduction to the thoughts and dreams that went into creating a self-reliant, independent India. About the Author Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a thinker, politician and leader. His ideas of non-violence and Satyagraha influenced resistance movements all over the world. Foreword I was twelve Mogandas Mahatma Gandhi, my grandfather, was killed in Delhi, the city where I lived with my parents, sister Tara, and two Mohandas Gandhi: Indias Peaceful Leader, Ramchandra or Ramu and Gopal or Gopu. My siblings and I were often with him in the Balmiki colony or on the grounds of Birla House, especially for his open-air prayer-meetings, which were held at 5 p.
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On that fateful day, 30 January, however, a sporting event in my school Modern School prevented me and my brother Ramu he was two years younger than me from joining our grandfather. Returning home from the event, we learnt that he had been shot.
Taken to Birla House, we had to fight our way past the large crowds that surrounded it. We heard before reaching his room that he was dead. Surrounded by flowers, his body lay on a white sheet on the floor.
Everyone was shocked and grieving and yet quite calm. Prayer songs filled the room. In that room, Bapuji as I and most Indians of the time called my grandfather had frequently teased me and my siblings. There he and my youngest brother Gopu, then two, had often made funny faces at each other. Once this was in Balmiki colony Bapuji had spotted a new pair of spectacles that I was wearing and asked whether I needed a new frame as well as new lenses. I was hoping that he would not notice the new glasses but few things escaped him.
Fighting back, I said that he knew my eyes were bad. I think it was a good if incomplete answer. We were seldom alone with our grandfather. Though brief, our times with Bapuji were punctuated by hearty laughter from him. He was Indizs and often fasting but his thumps on my back as I bowed to greet him or say goodbye were strong.]
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