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Gandhi as a human ecologist
This paper looks at the claim that Gandhi is a human ecologist. After briefly stating the main elements of human ecology, the paper delineates the major influences, both Eastern and Western, on Gandhi’s environmental thought. The paper argues that Gandhi’s ideas on the environment emerged from his vision of an alternative economy and polity that he envisaged for the country.
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- Mar 2010
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- Journal of Human Ecology Vol: 29 Issue: 3 pp: 151-158
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Value, enchantment, and the mentality of democracy: Some distant perspectives from Gandhi
This essay integrates metaphysics, science, politics, political economy, and moral philosophy in order to explore the ways in which some Gandhian ideas, when given a genealogical reading in the dissenting thought of Early Modernity in Europe, might provide a deep basis for (a) diagnosing the religiosity of our own time, (b) making our secular ideals grounded in a more democratic mentality and c
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- Dec 2009
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- Economic and Political Weekly Vol: 44 Issue: 51 pp: 47-61
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Whither Khadi?
Khadi has strayed from its objective of providing a livelihood to artisans in rural areas. For preserving the ethos of khadi, rather than just tinker with the existing system a restructuring of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission is necessary. The potential of khadi needs to be exploited for its inherent worth rather than be supported for charity.
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- Mar 2009
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- Economic and Political Weekly Vol: 44 Issue: 13 pp: 12-15
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Gandhi – The ‘angel of history’: Reading Hind Swaraj today
Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj is more than a political text. It is an ontological drama staged by Gandhi, reflected in his treatises against “modern civilisation”, and his critique of “modernity”.
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- Mar 2009
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- Economic and Political Weekly Vol: 44 Issue: 11 pp: 41-47
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The Gandhi everyone loves to hate
Gandhi has legions of admirers, but he has also been the target of severe, even virulent, criticism from numerous perspectives. Though Gandhi still commands veneration from many, he is also someone everyone loves to hate.
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- Oct 2008
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- Economic and Political Weekly Vol: 43 Issue: 40 pp: 55-64
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Gandhian philosophy of a self-reliant village: Study of Kuthambakkam in Tamil Nadu
Kuthambakkam village is 40 km from Chennai. The village was once infamous for riots, poor sanitary conditions, illicit liquor brewing, unemployment, poverty and violence against women but all this changed when development was accorded priority. This change was brought about with the efforts of Elango Rangaswamy.
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- Oct 2008
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- International Journal of Rural Studies Vol: 15 Issue: 2 pp: 8-12
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India after Gandhi: The history of the world's largest democracy
Book>> India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy • by Ramachandra Guha • Picador Macmillan • Delhi, 2007
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- 30/10/2007
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- Down to Earth Vol: 16 Issue: 20071031
