Samiah khan biography of mahatma gandhi
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MEERUT: Hindu fundamentalist Ashok Sharma has devoted his life to championing the deeds of an Indian “patriot”: not revered independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, but the man who shot him dead.
Sharma is the custodian of a temple dedicated to Nathuram Godse, who on January 30, 1948, gunned down a figure celebrated the world over as an apostle of non-violent struggle.
For generations, the young religious zealot — hanged the following year — was roundly despised as the archvillain of India’s long struggle to free itself from British colonial rule. But since the election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi nearly a decade ago, an alternate history forged in Hindu nationalist ideology has left Sharma no longer a “lone warrior” in worshipping the assassin.
“I was ostracised by everyone, including my family and friends... but today I command respect for being Godse’s disciple,” he said at his shrine in the bustling city of Meerut, a couple of hours from New Delhi by car.
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Poverty does exist in Singapore. It’s conveniently hidden in the cracks and swept under the rug while the skyscrapers keep getting taller and shinier. But there is hope yet. Mahatma Gandhi once said that we can find the accurate measure of any society in how it treats its most vulnerable members. Kay Iswaran, Samia Khan, and Bina Rampuria are beacons of light in this regard.
Khan and Rampuria started the charity fundraiser Gala of Light in 2019 to support the Compassion Fund, a crisis response fund that Iswaran chairs. Both Khan and Rampuria grew up in India and were always aware of their privileged life. “I was always taught the virtues of sharing with others and I remember the immense joy I felt when doing so. I grew up Muslim and zakat — sharing a part of your wealth with those less fortunate — has been an integral part of my life to this day,” Khan says.
The government provides a safety net. But it cannot be as nimble as the small charities that work on many fronts to provide
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In this picture taken on April 11, 1947, Lord Louis Mountbatten (L) and Lady Edwina Mountbatten (R) receive political and spiritual leader of India Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (C), known as Mahatma Gandhi, when Lord Mountbatten became Viceroy of the British Indian Empire in New Delhi. -AFP Photo
NEW DELHI A new book on Mahatma Gandhi has delved into the något privat eller personligt life of the Indian icon whose famous vow of chastity did not prevent him sleeping with naked women and conducting bizarre sex “experiments.”
“Gandhi Naked Ambition” bygd British historian Jad Adams sheds new light on the spiritual leader and independence hero whose spartan existence and resistance to earthly pleasures are an integral part of his popular image, reports AFP.
The book has been released in Britain and will be available soon in India where it fryst vatten bound to make waves in a country where Gandhis image is fiercely protected and a source of national pride.
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