I just got back from teaching my Freedom Summer 2011 Civil Rights Tour of the South. We took part in the Freedom Riders Reunion in Jackson, Mississippi and met others in Montgomery, Alabama.  I'm excited to post photos and invite all the class members to join the Gandhi King Community.  I have limited internet access right now, so more later.

Peace,

Monica

Facts and Figures

This round tests your knowledge of Gender indices in India

Features of this round

• Buzzer round
• Qs will appear on the AV screen
• 10 Qs
• Each correct answer wins 10 points
• Minus 5 points for wrong answer
• Total points possible- 100
• Wrong answer/ No answer will pass on to audience
• Audience wins prize for correct…

Anti-corruption movements have now caught the attention of people all over the world. People around the world are not tolerant anymore to lopsided accumulation of wealth by the few who have the opportunity to govern a country and the audacity and clout to stockpile money at home and abroad. During recent times we saw Anna Hazare coming out successful in convincing the Government to draft a bill. He also had to start the whole effort with a fast and had to pass lot of hurdles. Thank…

10 Everyday Acts of Resistance That Changed the World

I was always of the strong view that Indian politics would never have been in this state of affairs if Mahatma Gandhi would have been alive today. We would have been the real example of democracy for new nations getting into democracy. For some time after we won independence, say for about two decades, we did have politicians of pristine qualities like Lal Bahadur Shastri, Kamaraj, C. Subramaniam, who had followed Gandhian principles in politics. Today there is so much of money in…

On march 26 I have sent an email to Arya Bushan Bhardwaj , the Founder of Gandhi In Action International….

Dear Arya, I have been following the evolution of the situation in Libia and 

felt compelled  to think of something that could be done as Gandhi In Action in 

 Europe... Shall we protest? and organize some sort of "stop the war" 

 manifestation? Are there groups and NGOs moving in that direction we can join 

 and support?... After some search on the web, I…

The results of the India Census 2011 are just out this afternoon.

The Ministry of Home Affairs and the whole team at the Registrar General’s Office have to be commended for the swiftness in completion of the job. It looks like as if the enumerator had visited me only a few weeks back and presto here are the results. As a responsible citizen it is also my duty to congratulate the thousands who had walked from door to door to do the enumeration work and the back-office staff for the…

 Hi Friends,

 Hope and wish tha you all are absolutely fine. A few days ago I searched for some great speeches of all times.

I read and enjoyed a few, "I have a dream" by Martin Luther King was exceptionally good. However, when I searched for the Hindi translation of the same speech I couldn't find any. Therefore, I did it myself.

Here is the link:…

Our minds are the greatest ,and when combined change will happen , and the difference between one another ,, is how we view and translate our thoughts s into action.

I do believe that Education is the weapon and has always been .. minds will emerge form the dark spirited world to a much brighter shore.Begin by teaching the people around you your kids. mother father... friends and cousins ... on how to Tolerate one another.be true to your self and show mercy... at the end we ar all…

 

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at Mason Temple, Memphis, TN on April 3, 1968.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered this speech in support of the striking sanitation workers at Mason Temple in Memphis, TN on April 3, 1968 — the day before he was assassinated. License to reproduce this speech granted by Intellectual Properties Management, 1579-F Monroe Drive, Suite 235,…

The Modern Tradition of Nonviolent Resistance

On the first day of…

A yellow cog plead to the Machinist,

“Please, I wanna out of that rusty one, it is dying.

Just put me in the Machine Spic ‘n’ Span.”

“Surely I can do that,” the machinist…

Hi friends,



I have joined this community today itself. Please accept my best wishes.

I am from India and I work with HCL Technologies, Chennai.



Just want to share a small incident which made me cry:



On 2^nd Oct 2010 I was watching "Gandhi", the movie ,on

Sony Pix. Hope all of you have seen this Oscar winning movie. If not, you are

missing something great.



The scene goes like this," Post partition, riots…