How to improve the upholding of Positive Power Dynamics in an Organization ? Some Strategies or measures within the Conflict Transformation Framework Siby Kollappallil Joseph Summary of Virtual presentation on May 11, 2024 for the training programme of Executive Members of Nonviolence Advocates Association at Creative Art Studio, Farato , The Gambia. "Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by arts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent than the one derived from fear of punishment. " M. K. Gandhi Young India , 8-1-1925 Power is basically looked upon with suspicion and considers it a sinister one. 1 The approach of M. K. Gandhi 2 was also on similar lines. In each and every organization there is a power structure. It is believed that it is essential for the orderly functioning of an organization or an association. Even in organizat...
False Social Media Propaganda against Gandhi : A Factual Analysis Siby K. Joseph A false propaganda against Gandhi is gaining momentum through social media in connection with the allowance for the upkeep of Gandhi as a State Prisoner in 1930 by the British Government. Usually this type of propaganda coincides with Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday or martyrdom. I received a WhatsApp message a couple of days back from a person associated with a Gandhian organization for quite a long time. I noticed that this message was forwarded many times. It is as follows: “Finally, that letter was found in national records. In 1930, MK Gandhi was getting ₹100 per month from the British for personal expenses. At that time, the market price of 10 grams of gold was ₹18. The market value of ₹100 of that time is currently around ₹2.88 lakhs. But why were they paying Gandhi? To help the British crush the real freedom fighters? It must be remembe...
Workshop on Community Living and Gandhi’s vision of Ashram On 18 th of July 2024 two workshop sessions were organized on the following themes. The first one was Gandhi and experiments in Community Living and second one was his vision of an ashram .It was held at the premises of Library and Research Centre of Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan, Wardha. The workshop sessions were guided by Dr. Siby K. Joseph, Director of the Centre. It was conducted for a small group of enthusiastic young fellows from different parts of the country with varied interest and expertise . They are connected to Youth Alliance, New Delhi and Ritambhara, Kotagiri. The programme started with a brief introduction of participants. It was followed by a presentation of Dr. Siby K. Joseph on the themes. A number of questions related to themes were placed before the speaker and some of the questions were discussed during the session. It was decided to have follow-up sessi...
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