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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...

International Dialogue

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                                                           Holocaust in a Can: Conscience, Community, and the Nuclear Threat                                                              Kathy Kelly Thank you, Dr. Michael Sonnleitner, for that kindly introduction. Lovely to be with all of you. Dr. Siby Joseph, thank you for welcoming us and for putting us in the mindset of the ashram where Gandhi helped so many people desire that true prayer for peace. On this day to celebrate the independence of India from the colonial rule of Britain, we do have reason to find great hope in much of our history. I would go back and forth to New York from where I live in Chicago from time to time and ...

Second Presentation of Dr. Siby K. Joseph : National Seminar on Intellectual Dialogue between Tradition and Modernity

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Dr. Siby K. Joseph's Presentation : National Seminar on Intellectual Dialogue Tradition and Modernity

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              Dr.Siby K.Joseph addressing National Seminar