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Address of Shri Vijay Tambe at Gandhi Seva Sangh, Sevagram

Namaskar, I am sincerely grateful to President Shri Bharat Mahoday and Executive Shri Anil Farsode for inviting me on the occasion of the Foundation Day of Gandhi Seva Sangh. While choosing the topic for today's dialogue, I thought it should be in the context of Gandhiji but also something different. From that, it was decided to center the discussion on creativity and the present times. Generally, for any artist, the process of creation is a period of extreme restlessness, mentally exhausting. While the process of arriving at a decision is on, storms of thoughts whirl in the mind. But after the creation of the artwork, the artist becomes free from all that. However, this does not happen in the case of Gandhiji. From decisions in the freedom struggle to even decisions in the ashram, his process of creation is continuous and directly connected to actual human life. After every small and big action, different facets of society and the human mind keep coming to the fore. In accordance ...

Launching of IFPNP V at Youth for Truth Meet

Dr.Siby K Joseph 's Teachers Day Address

  सेवाग्राम आश्रम प्रतिष्ठान गांधी जयंती कार्यक्रम स्कूलों में इतिहास के पाठ्यक्रम और पाठ्यपुस्तकों में बदलाव किए जा रहे हैं, ऐसी खबरें हम पढ़ते रहते हैं। इनमें क्या-क्या हटाया जा रहा है, यह अलग से बताने की आवश्यकता नहीं है।  विश्वविद्यालयों से लेकर कॉलेजों तक ‘भारतीय ज्ञान व्यवस्था’ नामक एक नया विषय शुरू किया गया है।  इसके माध्यम से भारतीय संस्कृति का वास्तविक परिचय कराने के बजाय एक अलग ही इतिहास प्रस्तुत किया जा रहा है। बच्चों की कोमल उम्र से ही संस्कृति के प्रति उनकी धारणा बदलने का एक कार्यक्रम चल रहा है। इसी पृष्ठभूमि में सेवाग्राम आश्रम में 2 अक्टूबर, गांधी जयंती के अवसर पर संस्कृति से संबंधित एक महत्वपूर्ण व्याख्यान  आयोजित किया गया है।

Gandhi Darshan Camp for College and University Students of Maharashtra

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Dr. Siby K. Joseph's article : Gandhi's Guide to London: A Forgotten Manuscript

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Ms. Nirvi Shah's Interview with Dr. Siby K. Joseph on Aparigraha

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Podcast Recording at Sevagram Ashram Explores Gandhi’s Concept of Aparigraha and Its Application SEVAGRAM ASHRAM: A podcast recording session took place on the premises of the Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan, Wardha, in which young interviewer Ms. Nirvi Shah sat down with Dr. Siby K. Joseph, Director of the Library and Research Centre of Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan, Wardha, to understand Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of non-possession and how it can be applied to modern society. The technical and logistical aspects of the session were facilitated and recorded by Mrs. Mukti Mehta from New Jersey, with contributions from Prof. Geeta Mehta, an eminent scholar on the philosophy of Vinoba Bhave and the former Director of the K. J. Somaiya Centre for Studies in Jainism in Mumbai. A Two-Part Dialogue Across Historic Grounds The interview was structurally divided into two distinct parts to reflect the physical and philosophical environment of the ashram: Part One: Conducted within the Library and R...