Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan, Wardha

    M. K.    Gandhi's Speeches and Writings on Swami Shraddhanand’s’ Murder   Speech at A.I.C.C. Meeting, Gauhati [December 24, 1926] A press reporter had come to me and asked me to say something. I told him I could not. I felt too overwhelmed to be able to say anything. Mrs. Naidu also pleaded with me for a message. I again refused. Since I have been, this time, ordered to speak, I shall try to express what I feel. But I am in no condition really to say anything. I can, however, tell you how the news affected me. As soon as I received Lalaji’s wire I conveyed the news to Malaviyaji and others and sent telegrams to Lalaji and Swamiji’s son Indra. In that telegram, rather than express sorrow or grief, I said that this was no ordinary death, that I should not weep over it. Unbearable as it is, my heart refuses to grieve; it rather prays that all of us may be granted such a death. From Swami Shraddhanand’s point of view what has happened may be called a blessed event. He had b

 Discussion on Digitalisation of Gandhiana Dr.Siby K.Joseph Director of Sri Jamnalal Bajaj Memorial Library and Research Centre for Gandhian Studies of Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan,Wardha held discussions with Shri H.L. Omshivaprakash, digital archivist and co-founder of Sanchi Foundation and Servants of Knowledge at Gandhi Bhavan Bengaluru on 23 August 2024 on  the importance of creating searchable digitised archival material collection and making it available to scholars and students engaged in research related to the area.He discussed with him the need for collaboration and sharing of data among key stakeholders in the field across the country.  Dr.Siby K.Joseph expressed his willingness to share the books written and edited by him. Some of his key writings were uploaded in archive.in by Servants of Knowledge  and it was also shared in JaiGyan: Bharat Ek Khoj and Gandhi Bhavan Collection.More books will be added in future.  He saw the  digitalisation  process at Gandhi Bhavan, Bengal

Dr.Siby K.Joseph addressing the gathering  Photo Credit:Dr. Mythili Rao   Co speaker Justice HN Nagamohan Das listening to the address of Dr.Siby K Joseph  Photo Credit:Prof.D.Jeevankumar Gandhi ,Democracy and Dissent Siby K Joseph    The systems of governance which we witness today in most parts of the globe are the result of continuous evolution and adaptation through ages.  Democratic polity started with limited franchise and ultimately resulted in universal adult franchise.  It also witnessed the transition of an idea of a minimal state to the welfare state in which the government plays a more proactive role in promoting social welfare and addressing the various issues confronted by people. These transitions radically changed the entire character of democratic governance all over the world. Among the existing patterns of democracy, liberal democracy with representative government has become its most dominant form practiced in the world today. In a liberal democratic system, t