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BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD. | ESTABLISHED 1838 | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | NEW DELHI Students & teachers share " Gandhi said, “I have The young troika of STUDENT EDITION how the lockdown made been known as a crank, Gill, Mavi and TODAY’S FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2020 Newspaper in them re-engage with faddist, mad man." Who Nagarkoti have risen to Education EDITION Bapu's lifestyle was the real Gandhi? the occasion PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 4 WEB EDITION CLICK HERE: PAGE 1 AND 2 DID YOU KNOW Gandhi's civil disobedience was inspired by American Be the change that you wish 1 Transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, whose famous —Mahatma Gandhi essay, 'Civil Disobedience', he to see in the world read, while he was in prison In 1930, Gandhi became the first Indian, who was hon- Gandhiji practised what he preached. As the world faces a multi-layered crisis— 2 oured with the ‘Time Person from Covid 19 pandemic to economic recession, from rising violence and racism to of the Year’ title Gandhi never won a Nobel climate change— on his birth anniversary, experts on Gandhian philosophy, dwell on Peace Prize, despite being 3 nominated five times. In what the Mahatma would have done to troubleshoot these problems... 2006, the committee publicly admitted its regret at having never GANDHIGIRI REIMAGINED honoured him with the award AS A LEADER AS AN ECONOMIST VOCAL FOR LOCAL Man becomes great exactly in the That economics is untrue, which My nationalism is as broad as my degree in which he works for the ignores or disregards moral values swadeshi, I want India's rise so that the welfare of his fellow-men -Mahatma Gandhi whole world may benefit - Gandhiji - Mahatma Gandhi or Gandhiji, economy and moral- ity were inter-linked. Each according to apu used ‘swadeshi’ goods as the F own’s needs was his mantra. He believed main weapon to fight the British people's leader, the Mahatma always united India lived in its villages, and encouraged Gram B rule. He envisioned an at- the masses to fight for a common cause. In Swaraj—empowerment at the grassroot level. manirbhar India. Gandhi would have Mahatma Gandhi's funeral A this fight against Covid-19, he would have The problem of migrant labourers would- welcomed globalisation of ideas, procession was 8 kilome- kept the people united and positive by propagat- n’t have arisen, had he been alive to- not goods, and shunned ing the principles of satyagraha. A firm believ- day, as each village would have func- the MNCs, who have 4 tres long er in cleanliness and hygiene, Bapu would have EXPERTS tioned as an independent unit. become powerful Around 48 roads led from the front in following a healthy lifestyle SPEAK Sudarshan Iyenger, former VC, than the govts. outside India are named Suneet Kumbhat, founder, www.kasakaimumbai.com Gujarat Vidyapith Radhakrishna, edu- cationist, Bengaluru 5 after Bapu Gandhiji was arrested 14 AS A SATYAGRAHI times and spent a total of 6 6 years in prison If I were Gandhi... In a gentle way, you Mahatma Gandhi was a foot- can shake the world ball aficionado; he founded AUSTERITY, MY SWACHHTA, MY - Mahatma Gandhi DHARMA: Bapu was MISSION: The coro- 7 two football clubs— in Johannesburg and Pretoria, South an ultimate minimal- navirus has high- nlike today's leaders, Gandhiji Satyagraha, and would have possi- ist, who believed in lighted the impor- had the power to bring down bly gone on a fast unto death to Africa, known by name of ‘The ‘simple living, high tance of cleanliness U governments through satyagra- compel his countrymen to bow Passive Resisters’, while working as ha of truth and non-violence. With down to his wishes for a harmo- a lawyer between 1893-1915 thinking’. As we cope and staying racism, violence, increase in crimes nious co-existence. with a pandemic, we need to rethink hygienic, all over again. So, I would against women on the rise, Gandhiji Gandhi's title, ‘Father of the Piali Ray, granddaughter of Sarat Chandra Bose, the way we lived, and go back to the follow his path and spread aware- would have surely been disappointed. Nation’ was first used by But true to his character, he would have Netaji's elder brother. (Gandhiji would always put Gandhian lifestyle. ness on cleanliness. Subhas Chandra Bose on July stuck to his potent weapon: up at their residence, whenever he was in Kolkata) 8 Kunika Saluja, class XII, PML SD Public HINA NAELA, XII, G D Goenka Public 6, 1944, when the Indian National School, Chd Army started its march to Delhi STUDENTS SPEAK School, Lucknow STAYING CALM BELIEVE IN SELF, AS A CLIMATE CRUSADER DESPITE ADVERSI- MY FOCUS: Gandhiji Earth provides enough a mirror reflection of what we are TIES, MY AIM: always encouraged doing to ourselves and to one an- Failures or hardships self- belief. So, during to satisfy every man's other.” His words hold true till date. never deterred Pained by the rising carbon foot- these tough times, I needs, but not every prints, the Mahatma would have Gandhiji. I would would follow his prin- man's greed ensured that all of us embraced a adopt his composure for handling any ciples, and encourage my fellow citi- - Mahatma Gandhi vegan lifestyle. He would have en- challenge, and aim for social progress zens to stay united and face challenges couraged an austere lifestyle— each according to one's needs. during these tough times. without any kind of fear. ahatma Gandhi said, Narottam Sahoo, Senior Scientist, AASHIKA UNNIKRISHNAN, class DEVINA SINGH, class XII, “What we are doing to the LAL BAHADUR X, RPS, Kalamassery Shikhshantar School, Gurgaon M forests of the world is but Gujarat Science City SHASTRI TOO!!! NELSON MANDELA GANDHIJI'S TALISMAN I will give you a talisman. Whenever you are When the ubbed as the 'Gandhi of South Africa', Nelson Mandela had ❛ in doubt, or when the self becomes too much D strong Indian connections and with you, apply the following test. Recall the striking similarities with the 'Father of the Nation'. By practising Gand- face of the poorest and the weakest man/woman hian non-violence in South African whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the Born on October 2, 1904, MAHATMA politics, Mandela became one of the Mughalsarai, UP, Lal DID step you contemplate is going to be of any use to key models for global Gandhism in Bahadur Shastri was the YOU the 21st century. Like him/her. Will he/ she gain anything by it? Will it KNOW a true Gandhi fol- restore him/her to a control over his/her own life second prime minister of lower, he said, India. A member of CONQUERED “There is no easy and destiny? In other words, will it lead to swaraj Mahatma Gandhi’s non-coop- walk to freedom (freedom) for the hungry and spiritually starving ❛ eration movement against the anywhere, and many of us will have to pass millions? Then you will find your doubts and through the valley of the shadow of death British rule in India, Shastri was a man of again and again before we reach the mountain your self melt away the World top of our desires.” Jai Jawan Jai Kisan (Hail the soldier, Hail the MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR ARAB SPRING farmer) - LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI ften referred as the “American Gand- hi", Martin Luther King, Jr, followed he non-violent democratic awakenings O and embraced Mahatma Gandhi’s lega- in the Middle East from 2009 to 2012 was great integrity and competence. cy of satyagraha, especially, non-violence for T a key indicator that Gandhian non-vi- Humble and tolerant, he understood olence stood tall, irrespective of the changing championing the rights of the blacks in the ideologies. The young Egyptians, Tunisians people's language, and was a man of US. King not only travelled to India, but also and Iranians, protested non- violently against violent social movements were not homoge- vision towards the country's progress. read Gandhi’s writings. One of Gandhi’s great- an unjust authority, and demanded their gov- neous, they offered the Middle East societies As a transport minister after est disciple, he wrote, “while the Montgomery boycott was ernments to be based on public accountabili- a new Gandhian tool of struggle beyond the Independence, he introduced the provi- going on, India’s Gandhi was the guiding light of our tech- ty and popular sovereignty. Though these non- rule of political parties. nique of non-violent social change.” sion of female drivers and conductors in public transportation Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of SPECIAL mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man Gandhiji FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2020 02 The deadly coronavirus has brought the mighty human race to its knees. Silently, it shattered the shield of invincibility that humans wore with arrogance. The pandemic has taught us several lessons, lessons that our father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, advocated. His values of simple living and 'glocalisation' have dawned upon us now like never before, as the glamour of materialistic living slowly fell apart. Students, teachers and parents share how Covid-19 made them re-engage and revisit Gandhiji's notions of health, hygiene, family, society and resources... believe the lockdown andhi promoted judicious utili- malls, theatres and excessive shopping, imple living is something Gandhi ad- made us realise that sation of resources. The lockdown making Gandhian principles of simple vocated and one can safely say that has I in simplicity lies G refreshed this notion, teaching living shine beautifully.