A series of excellent lectures on the Mahatma at Panaji! Please give them wide publicity and do attend.
Augusto Pinto *A FESTIVAL OF GANDHIAN IDEAS.* *REDISCOVERING THE MAHATMA.* Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated every year on October 2nd to mark the birth anniversary of The Father of our Nation. Over the years, very unfortunately, this commemoration has deteriorated into an empty ritual. The Chief Ministers of the States garland a statue of Mahatma Gandhi, (which is washed just once a year in preparation for the official garlanding). The Police, the Boy Scouts and the Girl Guides dutifully present a “march past” at which some Minister or the other “takes the salute”. The entire programme has become a meaningless ritual which has lost all its enthusiasm. Everybody (and specially the politicians) participates only because not to do so will signify an absence of loyalty to the Mahatma. As a departure from this meaningless ritual of the past years, and in order to help our citizens – and our nation – to rediscover the intellectual eminence and the moral richness of the Father of our Nation, the Council for Social Justice and Peace of the Archdiocese of Goa and Daman in collaboration with Peaceful Society, Goa, is organizing a Festival of Gandhian Ideas throughout the month of October 2013 to commemorate the greatest Statesman of this Millennium and to draw attention to his views on a variety of important subjects which are of critical importance for the welfare of our State and of our Nation at this crucial juncture in our history. The commemoration-cum-celebration of Gandhiji’s birth will span the entire month of October, 2013 which will thus be dedicated to him, and during which the citizens will have the opportunity to “rediscover” the richness and the relevance of his teachings on matters which are of vital importance to this State and to this Nation of ours. There will be a series of public lectures by eminent persons who are deeply involved in the study of Gandhiji’s views. The lectures will cover Gandhiji’s ideas on the following subjects: - Gandhiji’s fundamental commitment to Truth : Satyagraha. - Gandhiji’s views on education. - Gandhiji’s views on the conduct of business, trade and commerce. - Gandhiji’s views on morality in public life. - Gandhiji’s desire to bring about real democracy through Panchayati Raj. *Lecture 1. Saturday, October 5**th**. 2013. at 17.00 hrs.* * Don Bosco High School Hall, Panjim, Goa* *GANDHIJI’S VIEW ON MORALITY IN PUBLIC LIFE.* Speaker Dr. Ramjee Singh. Ph.D. (Jainism); D.Litt (Hindu Thought) D.Litt (Political Science). Former Vice Chancellor, Jain Vishva Bharat University. Former Director, Institute of Gandhian Studies, Varanasi. Author of Mahatma Gandhi – Man of the millennium (Commonwealth Publications, 2010) Gandhi and the Modern World (Classical Publications Co. 1988) The Gandhi Vision (Manak Publications 1998) The Relevance of Gandhian Thought (Classical Pub. Co. 1983) Gandhi and the twenty-first century. (Peace Publishers 1993) *Lecture 2. Saturday. October 12**th**. 2013. at 17.00 hrs.* * Don Bosco High School Hall, Panjim, Goa.* *GANDHIJI’S VIEWS ON THE CONDUCT OF BUSINESS, TRADE AND COMMERCE.* Speaker Dr. Arun Kumar, Ph.D. (Economics) Sukhamoy Chakravarti Chair Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Professor of Economics, J.N.U. since 1984 Author of The Black Economy in India. (Penguin India.) Challenges Facing Indian Universities.(ed.) Indian Economy Since Independence. (Vision Books, 2013). *Lecture 3. Saturday, October 19**th**. 2013. at 17.00 hrs.* * Don Bosco High School Hall, Panjim, Goa.* *GANDHIJI’S FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE* * Commitment to Satyagraha.* Speaker Dr. Tridip Suhrud, M.A. (Econ.), M.A. (Pol. Sci.) Ph.D. (Pol.Sci.) Director, Sabarmati Ashram Preservation and Memorial Trust, Gandhi Ashram, Ahmedabad 380 027. Author of: M.K. Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj (Orient Black Swan, New Delhi, 2009.) Reading Gandhi in Two Tongues and Other Essays (IIAS, Shimla, 2012) And twelve other book, and 58 essays. Awards: Katha Award, 1999. Sahitya Akademi Award, 2010. *Lecture 4 : Saturday, October 26**th**. 2013. at 17.00 hrs.* * Don Bosco High School Hall, Panjim, Goa.* *GANDHIJI’S VIEWS ON EDUCATION.* Speaker: Dr. Sudarshan Iyengar, Vice Chancellor, Gujarat Vidhyapeet, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. B.A. Sarada Vilas College (University of Mysore) M.A. Manasagangotri (University of Mysore). Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science Faculty of I.I.T. Ropar, 2012 to date Visiting Faculty, Indian Statistical Institute Visiting Professor, Computer Sciences, PESIT Visiting Scholar, University of Heidelberg. Adjunct Professor, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering. Awards: Best Paper in the International Conference of the Cognitive Society, Boston, 2011. The Best Student Motivator by Cryptology Research Society of India) 2005. Heidelberg Graduate Study Fellow Grant, Heidelberg University 2010. *Lecture 5. Saturday, November 9**th**. 2013. at 17.00 hrs.* * Don Bosco High School Hall, Panjim, Goa.* *GANDHIJI’S VIEW ON PANCHAYATI RAJ* * The transformation of democracy.* Speaker Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar. M.P. M.A. Economics (Delhi University.) Graduate in Economics, Cambridge University. D.Sc. (Honoris Causa) Indian School of Mines Member of the Indian Foreign Service since 1963. Consul General of India in Karachi, 1978 to 1982. Diplomatic Missions in Brussels, Hanoi and Baghdad. Union Cabinet Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas (under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh) Minister for Panchayat Raj Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports. Trustee of The Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. Founder Member and President of Society for Secularism. Honorary Advisor to the Bureau of Parliamentary Studies and Training. Chairman (Indian Chapter) South Asia Foundation Author of: “Remembering Rajiv” 1992. “One Year in Parliament” 1993. “Pakistan Papers” 1994, “Rajiv Gandhi’s India, 1997. “Confessions of a Secular Fundamentalist” 2004. Recipient of Outstanding Parliamentarian Award, 2006. Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge University, 2010. -- Augusto Pinto 40, Novo Portugal Moira, Bardez Goa, India E pinto...@gmail.com P 0832-2470336 M 9881126350
