Re: [Assam] Gandhian visits State to promote cause of underprivileged children(The Assam Tribune, Monday, March 31, 2008 )

2008-04-01 Thread DR BIKASH KUMAR DAS 
Still its a big mystery to ask why we need another foreign Gandhain to come all 
the way from Australia?Whilst we have real Gandhian- who were shut by our own 
people and Govt Why we cant bring them up and pay good respect to do...they 
was the man behind Assam agitation to make gala public awareness. AGP AASU 
betrayed them.They did lot- but our people neglected.Is it Australian money 
that make him great to Assam???
  Has anyone got the right answer?
  

 


Dr.Bikash Kumar Das
Bangalore
   
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[Assam] Gandhian visits State to promote cause of underprivileged children(The Assam Tribune, Monday, March 31, 2008 )

2008-03-30 Thread Buljit Buragohain 
Gandhian visits State to promote cause of underprivileged children
By A City Correspondent
 GUWAHATI, March 30 - International Member of Friends of Assam  Seven Sisters 
(FASS), Garvin Brown, a 79-year-old Gandhian from Queensland, Australia, met 
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on March 24 at his office and requested him to 
support the cause of underprivileged children.

Garvin had visited Assam to create awareness for promotion of education for 
underprivileged children and world peace. He recently took part in a charity 
walk in Guwahati to collect fund for underprivileged children.

During his interaction with the Chief Minister, Brown requested him for a plot 
of land for Parijat Academy, a school for underprivileged children at Pamohi, 
Garchuk, Guwahati. Garvin informed the Chief Minister that he was planning a 
students’ exchange programme to Australia from schools of underprivileged 
children, namely Prajnalaya of Titabor and Parijat Academy of Garchuk, Guwahati.

Brown was accompanied by Friends of Assam  Seven Sisters (FASS) secretary 
general Bidyananda Barkakoty and vice-president Jayanta Barman. Brown had 
participated in another charity walk in Titabor. In both the places there was 
an overwhelming response from the public and many noted Gandhians and senior 
citizens took part in the walk. 

Brown, an ardent follower of the Gandhian principles, has organised a Mahatma 
Gandhi awareness day in Gold Coast, Australia, participated in the 75th 
anniversary of the Dandi Yatra in India and runs an organisation called Mahatma 
Gandhi Awareness at Queensland, Australia. 

Brown’s visit was a great boost to several schools for underprivileged in 
Pamohi, Titabor, Nongpoh and Tamulpur. His presence motivated hundreds of 
villagers in Garbhanga (on the city outskirts near Assam-Meghalaya border) who 
incidentally have not yet seen basic amenities such as electricity, clean 
drinking water, school, medical facility, etc.

Besides bringing many FASS volunteers unitedly into selfless actions, the trip 
of Brown also started a new Gandhi consciousness in the North East, as many old 
Gandhians came out in big numbers to join the general charity walks both in 
Guwahati and Titabor. 

Brown’s visit to the North East has finally come to an end. He took pains to 
travel to the distant places of Assam and the North East which include 
Tamulpur, Kumrikata, Jorhat, Titabor, Nongpoh, Shillong , Garbhanga, etc., and 
spread the message of peace.
  
 
  (The Assam Tribune,Monday, March 31, 2008 ) 




   
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