IN 2005, there was a resurgence of interest around the world in nonviolence. It was the 75th anniversary of the famous Dandi March organised by Mahatma Gandhi. Many peace activists began to consider ...

There is hardly anyone left who was alive when the revolutionary salt march began- March 12, 1930. The 24-day march from Sabarmati Ashram, reached Dandi on April 06, 1930. All in all, one has to be ...

JALANDHAR, India — On a cold, breezy afternoon in this city in the northern state of Punjab, a crush of people lined both sides of the main road, pushing and shoving to get a better view. Locals ...

ROME – When Mahatma Ghandi launched his famous “Salt March” in March 1930, protesting British policies banning Indians from producing their own salt, thereby compelling them to buy heavily taxed ...

Gandhi during the 1930 Salt March. Source: Scanned by Yann (talk) / Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain The principle of ahimsa (non-injury or non-violence) runs through all Indian religions, including ...

Introduction / Joseph Helfenstein -- Gandhi: Salt and the march to freedom / Vinay Lal -- Four alternatives to Civilization: Gandhi's ashrams, their principles and sources / Eric M. Wolf -- Henri ...

Known as the father of Indian independence, his concept of nonviolent resistance to fight injustice has inspired political movements around the world. Mohandas K. Gandhi, affectionately called “Bapu,” ...

Walk through the Indian countryside alongside Rahul Gandhi for a while and it is possible to imagine you are witnessing the rebirth of a political movement. Traversing the northern state of Himachal ...