Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan, Wardha

 Tributes paid  to Gandhi Scholar Ramchandra Pradhan  https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DWqxEndE3/

  Handful of Salt and a Great Struggle: Commemorating the 96th Anniversary of the Dandi March Siby K. Joseph March 12, 2026, marks the 96th anniversary of the historic Dandi March. It is befitting that we remember Mahatma Gandhi’s defiance against the British salt laws, which unfairly targeted the poorest of the poor in India. By focusing on these laws, Gandhi struck at the heart of a colonial system that turned a basic human necessity into a tool of exploitation against the masses. I had the opportunity to study the Salt Satyagraha recently while evaluating a Ph.D. thesis on the Vedaranyam Salt Satyagraha in Tamil Nadu. Led by C. Rajagopalachari, this movement was, in a sense, a replica of Gandhi’s march and demonstrated the nationwide reach of the civil disobedience campaign. It was a movement that reached every nook and corner of India. The Salt Satyagraha was not a "bolt from the blue"—a sudden or random flash of inspiration. Instead, it was the result of a decades-long e...

Sevagram Ashram as a Peace Laboratory (A Case Study) Researcher : Dr. Prince Kumar Singh Research Supervisor : Dr. Rakesh Kumar Mishra Department of Gandhi and Peace Studies,Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha February 2026 Dr.Prince Kumar Singh presenting a copy of his Post Doctoral Dissertation  to Dr.Siby K.  Joseph ,Director of Library and Research of Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan Wardha  This post-doctoral dissertation analyzes the establishment, objectives, and operational dynamics of Sevagram Ashram, conceptualized here as a "peace laboratory." While modern peace laboratories are typically viewed through Western scientific frameworks focused on "positive peace" and sustainable development, Mahatma Gandhi established Sevagram as a vibrant, indigenous precursor to this model. Grounded in Indian philosophical and cultural values, Gandhi transformed the Ashram into an active crucible for ideas, where the theories of Satyagraha and non-violen...

  On the occasion of the 81st anniversary of Kasturba Gandhi’s demise, the Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan organised a series of programmes to pay tribute to her memory. The commemorations began at 5:45 am on February 22, 2026, with a Ram Dhun chanting walk from the Nai Talim Ghanti Ghar to Ba Kuti at Sevagram Ashram, followed by a special prayer meeting in front of Kasturba’s cottage. During the day, congregational spinning was held at the prayer ground facing the hut, concluding with the evening prayer at the Ashram. As part of the national observance, Dr. Siby K. Joseph, Director of the Library and Research Centre for Gandhian Studies, delivered the Kasturba Gandhi Memorial Address during an online gathering organised by the Gandhi Darshan Samity. The event, coinciding with the 81st anniversary of her martyrdom, was inaugurated by Shri V. C. Kabeer Master, President of Gandhi Darshan Samity, Kerala. Continuing the commemorative events on February 23, 2026, the Sevagram Ashram Pratis...

  इस्लामबद्दल संत विनोबांनी हिंदुशी साधलेला संवाद साने गुरुजींनी आपल्या हस्ताक्षरात लिहून घेतलेला [टीप : हा दस्तऐवज श्री पराग चोळकर यांनी श्री डॅनियल माझगावकर याना दिला. त्यांनी मला पाठवला. या दोघांचे मनः पूर्वकं आभार. वाचकांसाठी सादर] मागील पोस्ट वरून पुढे ……। हिंदु-मुसलमानांचें ऐक्य शक्य आहे का असा मला प्रश्र्न विचारण्यांत आला. शक्य आहे एवढेंच नाहीं तर तें इष्टहि आहे. फार विचारपूर्वक ह्या गोष्टीकडे पाहिले पाहिजे. आपण हिंदु आणि मुसलमान हिंदुस्थानांत एकोप्यानें राहावयास शिकत होतों. भाई सुंदरलाल ह्यांनी "भारत में अंग्रेजी राज्य" ह्या जप्त झालेल्या पुस्तकाला जी प्रस्तावना जोडली होती, त्या प्रस्तावनेंत त्यांनीं ही गोष्ट शेंकडों प्रमाणें देऊन सिद्ध केली होती. आपण एकमेकांशीं कसें जुळतें घेत चाललों होतो ह्याचा इतिहास आपणांस माहित नाहीं. साध्या साध्या गोष्टीहि आपण विसरून जातो. प्रत्यक्ष शिवाजी महाराजांचे सुद्धां मुसलमानांशीं ऐक्य होतें. शिवाजी महाराजांच्या आरमारावर मुसलमान अधिकारी होते. परस्पर विश्र्वासाशिवाय ही गोष्ट शक्य होती का ? शिवाजीचें धर्माशी वांकडे नव्हते. एका व...