Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan, Wardha

Gandhi: The Inner Temple Lawyer or Law Graduate of University College, London?   Siby K. Joseph “Who would say Gandhiji was not educated? Nobody has the courage to say that. But did you know that he did not have a single university degree or qualification . [i] There are many of us who think that Mahatma Gandhi had a law degree. No he did not. His only qualification was a high school diploma. He qualified to practise law. He did not have a law degree…. (But) Just look how educated he was…Our Father of the Nation”  Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha   reported to have said while delivering a keynote address of Ram Manohar Lohia Memorial Lecture at ITM Gwalior on March 23, 2023. [ii] The statement made by Manoj Sinha   has to been in the larger context of ongoing discussion about the educational qualification of people in public service or holding the most powerful office in India. According to the Right to Information Act, 2005 [iii] there are certain matters co

Report of a Panel Discussion : Approaches to the question of Caste: Gandhi and Ambedkar   Coinciding with 75 years of India’s independence, Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan, Wardha, Maharashtra in association with Gandhian Collective India and Faculty of Gandhian Studies, Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad  organized the fourth online Panel Discussion on the theme  Approaches to the question of Caste: Gandhi and Ambedkar on   March 29, 2023. This   was a part of the yearlong panel discussion series “Time Demands Gandhi” This panel discussion was coordinated by   Sri Jamnalal Bajaj Memorial Library and Research Centre for Gandhian Studies (JBMLRCGS),Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan, Sevagram,Wardha. Dr. B. K. Harish Kumara of Gandhian Collective India on behalf of the organizers wholeheartedly welcomed the participants, dignitaries and three panelists of the session.  Dr. Siby K. Joseph, Director, Sri Jamnalal Bajaj Memorial Library and  Research Centre for Gandhian Studies in his  introduction  stat

  Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan G20/ C20  Exhibition Stall  On request, Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan  arranged an exhibition  stall in the venue of G20 / C-20 Summit , Nagpur on March 20-21, 2023.In the stall, literature including Gandhi's Autobiography , Satyagraha in South Africa , Hind Swaraj   and couple of compiled  and selected works of Gandhi  were kept on display. Ashrams of Gandhi and Lanza del Vasto , a recent joint publication of Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan, some selected literature on Gandhian Thought,  Book Charkha, and  replicas of Spinning wheel were also kept on display. Interested persons have the option to procure these  items from the stall.  Inside the  stall, the portraits  of Gandhi, Mahatma Gandhi spinning inside  the Bapu Kuti of Sevagram Ashram, photo of iconic Bapu Kuti  were kept. The central theme of the stall centred around  the spinning  wheel,  which is  a symbol of sustainable economy and development.  Those who were visiting the stall had the opportuni

  A Pictorial Presentation of Sarvodaya  Samaj Sammelan  March 14-16, 2023        Sevagram Ashram Premises  Inaugural Session  March 14, 2023                                       Khan  Abdul Gaffar Khan Meeting Hall ,  Sevagram Ashram                                                                  Arrival of Dignitaries  Presenting a memento   to Ven. Prof. Samdhong Rinpoche by  Smt. Asha Bothra , President Sevagram Ashram  Pratishthan and  Shri Chandan Pal President, Sarva Seva Sangh    Presenting a memento  to  Smt.  Tara Gandhi Bhattacharjee Shri Sunil Kedar,   the Chairman of the reception committee     Shri Chandan Pal President, Sarva Seva Sangh  Presenting a memento   Shri Amarnath Bhai      by Prof.Somnath Rode   convener of Sarodaya Samaj and Chandan Pal, President, Sarva Seva Sangh  Presenting a memento   Shri Sunil Kedar    by Prof.Somnath Rode   convener of Sarodaya Samaj   and Smt. Asha Bothra , President Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan Shri Sunil Kedar, the Chairman of the