Gandhi Jayanti Programmes in Pune city
Celebrations at Gandhi National Memorial Aga Khan Palace
Gandhi Rashtriya Smarak Samiti organised a freedom fighters’ meeting and the ‘Ba-Bapu’ award distribution ceremony on October 2. This was part of the Programmes being organised to celebrate the Gandhi week from October 2 to 8, 2007.
On October 2, around 600 freedom fighters gathered at the Ag Khan palace at 10 am for the meeting, organised jointly with the Maharashtra Pradesh Swatantrya Sainik Mahasangh. The Ba-Bapu award was presented to R. Kausalyadevi of Gandhigram trust, Tamil Nadu and the Bapu award to Jayant Patil of Bordi. Union minister Sushilkumar Shinde was the chief guest at the award function.
The week-long programmes included prize distribution of district level inter-college essay competition and street plays on de-addiction. An exhibition by Khadi and village industries on October 6., a peace march by students’ has been organised from the University of Pune gate to Aga Khan palace. Various schools from the city participated in the march.
A seminar on ‘Literate India: Gandhiji’s dream’ was held on October 8 the final day of the celebrations. For the first time ever the Aga Khan Place hosted a cultural programme, Shanti naad, an evening of music and dance, which broughy forth the Mahatma’s message with renewed emphasis on his birth anniversary this year.
World Peace Centre of MAEER's MIT, Pune, WORLD PEACE MARCH
On the auspicious occasion of 2nd October, 2007 to commemorate the Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri a Peace March was organized on the occasion of our "Silver Jubilee Year Celebrations of MAEER's MIT, Pune", coinciding with 60th Anniversary of India's Independence and World Non-violence Day, as recently declared by United Nation.
Save farmers Save India! Protest March and Mass Candle-light vigil
to support Indian farmers
On 2nd October, a peace march started from Agriculture college and walked down Fergusson college Road and JM Road (two busy streets in Pune) shouting slogans, holding banners and distributing pamphlets. About 20 odd people participate in the
march including one farmer.
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The march was followed by a candle light vigil in front of Sambhaji Park. Some agriculture college students from Vidharba and many bystanders also joined for the vigil.
The event was organized in collaboration with few local NGOs - Bharat Uday Mission, Maitri, Friends of Gandhi Museum.
Organic farmers want methods to blossom, grow: Booklets on their experiences will be published for larger good on Gandhi Jayanti 2007
Nearly 40 farmers from across the state, practicing organic farming—growing crop using nature’s resources, avoiding artificial fertilizers and pesticides—is a way of walking the Gandhian path. They have been meeting since January 2006 to discuss eco-friendly techniques of farming at Khalad, 35 km from Pune under the aegis of Pune-based NGOs Gram Parivartan and Pani Panchayat.
Now, their pearls of wisdom, are being compiled into booklets with the first set slated for release this Gandhi Jayanti.
“We want organic farmers to take advantage of our shared experiences. At each study group session, we take an aspect and discuss it in great details. We talk about 12 to 13 hours in two days. We try to find logical answers to experiments and try to find reasons for the failure or success,” said founder of Gram Parivartan Pandurang Shitole.
The study group zeroes in on subjects like soil, seed water, manure, fertilizers, harvesting of sunlight, and crop pattern. They have also conducted field visits to organic farms, all of which has been documented. “They study group aims to get to the depth of the principles of organic farming. We want to create a knowledge base for the ideology and demonstrate it. We are not looking at the extension work,” said Shitole.
Courtesy: Ranjani Raghavan, Pune News line
Museum at Central Jail Yerawada to showcase Poona Pact
Pune: A museum displaying archival documents about the historic Poona pact is being planned at the Yerwada central prison to mark the 75th anniversary of the pact.
Prison superintendent Rajendra Dhamne told TOI on Monday that the prison authorities have decided to collect all the literature on the pact, original copies if possible, and preserve them.
The jail is collecting documents pertaining to the pact, which will be displayed in the Yard. The Poona Pact is the popular name of an agreement between the untouchables referred as the depressed classes of India led by Ambedkar and Hindus, which was signed in the Yerwada jail.
While drafting the constitution of India, involving self rule for native Indians, the British invited various leaders for round table conferences in 1930-32. Mahatma Gandhi attended these conferences. The concept of separate electorates for the untouchables was raised by Ambedkar, a provision already available for minorities such as Muslims and Sikhs at that time.
The British agreed with Ambedkar’s contention. However, Mahatma Gandhi strongly opposed it on the grounds that the move would disintegrate society. He launched and indefinite hunger strike on September 20, 1932 in the Yerwada prison. The strike was against the then British prime minister J. Ramsay MacDonald’s Communal Award to the depressed classes (untouchables) in the constitution for governance of British India.
The nation was deeply concerned about the health of Mahatma Gandhi, and Ambedkar was under tremendous pressure. A compromise was reached between the two leaders on September 24, 1932 when the Poona Pact was signed.
Courtesy: Gitesh Shelke TNN
Gandhi Rashtriya Smarak Samiti organised a freedom fighters’ meeting and the ‘Ba-Bapu’ award distribution ceremony on October 2. This was part of the Programmes being organised to celebrate the Gandhi week from October 2 to 8, 2007.
On October 2, around 600 freedom fighters gathered at the Ag Khan palace at 10 am for the meeting, organised jointly with the Maharashtra Pradesh Swatantrya Sainik Mahasangh. The Ba-Bapu award was presented to R. Kausalyadevi of Gandhigram trust, Tamil Nadu and the Bapu award to Jayant Patil of Bordi. Union minister Sushilkumar Shinde was the chief guest at the award function.
The week-long programmes included prize distribution of district level inter-college essay competition and street plays on de-addiction. An exhibition by Khadi and village industries on October 6., a peace march by students’ has been organised from the University of Pune gate to Aga Khan palace. Various schools from the city participated in the march.
A seminar on ‘Literate India: Gandhiji’s dream’ was held on October 8 the final day of the celebrations. For the first time ever the Aga Khan Place hosted a cultural programme, Shanti naad, an evening of music and dance, which broughy forth the Mahatma’s message with renewed emphasis on his birth anniversary this year.
World Peace Centre of MAEER's MIT, Pune, WORLD PEACE MARCH
On the auspicious occasion of 2nd October, 2007 to commemorate the Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri a Peace March was organized on the occasion of our "Silver Jubilee Year Celebrations of MAEER's MIT, Pune", coinciding with 60th Anniversary of India's Independence and World Non-violence Day, as recently declared by United Nation.
Save farmers Save India! Protest March and Mass Candle-light vigil
to support Indian farmers
On 2nd October, a peace march started from Agriculture college and walked down Fergusson college Road and JM Road (two busy streets in Pune) shouting slogans, holding banners and distributing pamphlets. About 20 odd people participate in the
march including one farmer.
30 Indian Farmers Commit Suicide Everyday. 100,000 deaths reported till now Will Shining India export software and import food and grains in return?
The march was followed by a candle light vigil in front of Sambhaji Park. Some agriculture college students from Vidharba and many bystanders also joined for the vigil.
The event was organized in collaboration with few local NGOs - Bharat Uday Mission, Maitri, Friends of Gandhi Museum.
Organic farmers want methods to blossom, grow: Booklets on their experiences will be published for larger good on Gandhi Jayanti 2007
Nearly 40 farmers from across the state, practicing organic farming—growing crop using nature’s resources, avoiding artificial fertilizers and pesticides—is a way of walking the Gandhian path. They have been meeting since January 2006 to discuss eco-friendly techniques of farming at Khalad, 35 km from Pune under the aegis of Pune-based NGOs Gram Parivartan and Pani Panchayat.
Now, their pearls of wisdom, are being compiled into booklets with the first set slated for release this Gandhi Jayanti.
“We want organic farmers to take advantage of our shared experiences. At each study group session, we take an aspect and discuss it in great details. We talk about 12 to 13 hours in two days. We try to find logical answers to experiments and try to find reasons for the failure or success,” said founder of Gram Parivartan Pandurang Shitole.
The study group zeroes in on subjects like soil, seed water, manure, fertilizers, harvesting of sunlight, and crop pattern. They have also conducted field visits to organic farms, all of which has been documented. “They study group aims to get to the depth of the principles of organic farming. We want to create a knowledge base for the ideology and demonstrate it. We are not looking at the extension work,” said Shitole.
Courtesy: Ranjani Raghavan, Pune News line
Museum at Central Jail Yerawada to showcase Poona Pact
Pune: A museum displaying archival documents about the historic Poona pact is being planned at the Yerwada central prison to mark the 75th anniversary of the pact.
Prison superintendent Rajendra Dhamne told TOI on Monday that the prison authorities have decided to collect all the literature on the pact, original copies if possible, and preserve them.
The jail is collecting documents pertaining to the pact, which will be displayed in the Yard. The Poona Pact is the popular name of an agreement between the untouchables referred as the depressed classes of India led by Ambedkar and Hindus, which was signed in the Yerwada jail.
While drafting the constitution of India, involving self rule for native Indians, the British invited various leaders for round table conferences in 1930-32. Mahatma Gandhi attended these conferences. The concept of separate electorates for the untouchables was raised by Ambedkar, a provision already available for minorities such as Muslims and Sikhs at that time.
The British agreed with Ambedkar’s contention. However, Mahatma Gandhi strongly opposed it on the grounds that the move would disintegrate society. He launched and indefinite hunger strike on September 20, 1932 in the Yerwada prison. The strike was against the then British prime minister J. Ramsay MacDonald’s Communal Award to the depressed classes (untouchables) in the constitution for governance of British India.
The nation was deeply concerned about the health of Mahatma Gandhi, and Ambedkar was under tremendous pressure. A compromise was reached between the two leaders on September 24, 1932 when the Poona Pact was signed.
Courtesy: Gitesh Shelke TNN
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