Reflections on Satyagraha in Today’s India

Social Change ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-79
Author(s):  
Medha Patkar
Keyword(s):  
Current Development ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
Freedom Movement ◽  
Development Paradigm

Following Mahatma Gandhi is inspiring. But at the same time, it also brings certain feelings of guilt because one needs to follow not only his politics but also his ethics and thinking. Today neither Gandhi nor Gandhism has survived, not in our economy, not in our politics and certainly not in our society. Still, in the little things that surround us, somehow the idea of Gandhi remains alive. People who belong to the dalit, adivasi communities, farmers and labourers from the unorganised sector have shown their courage, commitment and confidence to fight their battles and continue their understanding of satyagraha and Gandhi. But times are changing. Casteism and communalism are now compelling everyone to fight a new freedom movement. What kind of satyagraha is needed to deal with these concerns? One effective way is through non-party people’s movements that necessarily define and re-define their own politics. These mass organisations have to challenge themselves to deal with the reality of not only casteism and communalism, but also that of the current development paradigm. Our next step is also to minimise consumerism to save nature, people and their livelihood.

Gandhian Democratisation in Nationalism

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-181
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Great Contribution ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
Political Ideas ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Future Vision ◽  
Freedom Movement

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is widely known as Mahatma Gandhi due to his noble personality, true sacrifice & great contribution to Indian freedom movement. Gandhi encouraged simplicity in life, abhorred violence and had enough charisma to inspire the masses. This paper tries to examine the nature of Gandhian political ideas about Gandhian democratisation in nationalism and what were these meant for Gandhi and His future vision for India. The paper is divided into 4 parts: 1. Gandhi’s democratization; 2. Gandhi’s civilisational democratization; 3. Individual and community in Gandhi’s point of view and 4. State and swaraj. Received 9th December 2020; Revised 2nd March 2021; Accepted 18th March 2021

Padayatras and the Changing Nature of Political Communication in India

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Radhika Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Political Communication ◽  
Democratic Politics ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Leaders ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
Electoral Support ◽  
The Masses ◽  
Freedom Movement

Political communication sets the context for a conversation between the political leaders and masses. A productive strategy of political communication would be one that successfully mobilizes its recipients for the purpose at hand which could be for a protest or for electoral support. One such strategy of communication and mobilization typical to democratic politics in India is the ‘padayatra’, which while being traditional also has a spiritual lineage. The padayatra was effectively used by Mahatma Gandhi to rally together the masses during the freedom movement, and it continues to be a politically relevant strategy used not only for mobilization but also for partisan gains that capitalize on its imagery. Electoral padayatras provide an opportunity to the politician to interact with voters in a substantive manner, understand their weltanschauung and enable its achievement. The purpose of this article is to map the changing nature of the padayatra and its appropriation by political parties as a tool of political communication.

Satyagraha: The Highest Practise of Democracy and Freedom

Social Change ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 004908572199316
Author(s):  
Vandana Shiva
Keyword(s):  
Martin Luther ◽  
Passive Resistance ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
Nelson Mandela ◽  
The People ◽  
Religion And Race ◽  
Freedom Movement ◽  
Martin Luther King

Satyagraha, or non-cooperation or passive resistance, did not begin with Mahatma Gandhi. As Gandhi acknowledged, he did not ‘invent’ satyagraha, he learnt it from the people of India. The contemporary movements against apartheid, separation on the basis of religion and race, are a continuation of the spirit of Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. For Gandhi, satyagraha, the force of truth, was the force not to cooperate with unjust laws that called for a ‘no’ from our deepest conscience. The Champaran Satyagraha against the forced cultivation of indigo and the Salt Satyagraha against the colonial salt law inspired us at Navdanya to start the Bija Satyagraha, which is the Seed Freedom Movement. These seeds have been given freely by nature and by our ancestors who have evolved them. It is our duty to save them and our biodiversity. Navdanya does not cooperate with laws that falsely claim that corporations have ‘invented’ seeds and therefore can take a patent on them: such unconscionable laws aim to criminalise a farmer’s saving and robs them of their seed freedom.

scholarly journals IMPLEMENTASI PENDEKATAN RELIGIUS DALAM REHABILITASI KORBAN PENYALAHGUNAAN NARKOBA DI RUMAH SAKIT KHUSUS JIWA H. MUSTAJABAH PURBALINGGA

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-88
Author(s):  
Mohammad Irfangi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Drug Abuse ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
Current Development ◽  
Special Approach ◽  
Special Hospital ◽  
Development Paradigm ◽  
Religious Aspect

This paper aims to describe the rehabilitation of victims of drug abuse in the H.Mustajabah Special Hospital Mental Purbalingga. Drug abuse has become widespread in the community, for it required no special approach to medical and non-medical in handling by the stakeholders of government agencies, non-governmental, and private sectors. This was in line with the current development paradigm in which the three main pillars play an important role in the development process. This article utilizes literature studies, interviews, documentation and observation as a means to get information about how to implement a holistic approach in the rehabilitation of victims of drug abuse in the H.Mustajabah Special Hospital Mental Purbalingga. The results of the study concluded that the handling of victims of drug abuse in the H.Mustajabah Special Hospital Mental Purbalingga by promoting the Islamic religious aspect that comes from al-Qur'an, al-Sunna. Spiritual approach Islamic way is referred to as "Psychoreligious" "Psychotherapy Islamic", that is a process of treatment and cure of the disorder / mental illness, spiritual, moral and physical victims of drug abuse through the direction and guidance of Allah Swt. Prophet / Apostle, and the beneficiary of his.

Status of Women in Indian Society

1998 ◽  
pp. 47-50
Author(s):  
Rekha Singh
Keyword(s):  
Indian Society ◽  
Indian Culture ◽  
Mahatma Gandhi ◽  
The Third ◽  
Rightful Place ◽  
The Status ◽  
Freedom Movement ◽  
Status Of Women

The worth of a civilization can be judged by the place given to women in the society. One of several factors that justify the greatness of India's ancient culture is the honorable place granted to women. The Muslim influence on India caused considerable deterioration in the status of women. They were deprived of their rights of equality with men. Raja Ram Mohan Roy started a movement against this inequality and subjugation. The contact of Indian culture with that of the British also brought improvement in the status of women. The third factor in the revival of women's position was the influence of Mahatma Gandhi who induced women to participate in the Freedom Movement. As a result of this retrieval of freedom, women in Indian have distinguished themselves as teachers, nurses, air-hostesses, booking clerks, receptionists, and doctors. They are also participating in politics and administration. But in spite of this amelioration in the status of women, the evils of illiteracy, dowry, ignorance, and economic slavery would have to be fully removed in order to give them their rightful place in Indian society.

Transforming the Economic Conversation in the Arab Region

1970 ◽  
pp. 8-16
Author(s):  
Mansour Omeira
Keyword(s):  
Arab Region ◽  
Arab Uprisings ◽  
Development Paradigm

The Arab uprisings have laid bare the abyss between the rhetoric and reality of the dominant development paradigm in the region. It is widely agreed that socioeconomic discontent was a major cause of the uprisings. An early slogan raised at the start of the uprising in Tunisia was “employment is a right, you gang of thieves”. The slogan contrasted the denied universal right to employment with the actual accumulation of illicit privileges by a narrow minority.

Tantangan Pondok Pesantren dalam Menghadapi Era Bonus Demografi

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 409-434
Author(s):  
Ibnu Chudzaifah
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Boarding School ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Current Development ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Times

Pondok Pesantren is one of the Islamic educational institutions that aim to form human beings who have noble character, so that created a human who has a balance between physical and spiritual. Some educational institutions offer various models of learning to balance the current development so that its existence is still recognized by the community. While boarding school in dealing with the development of the times, has a commitment to make new innovations by presenting the pattern of education that can give birth to a reliable Human Resources. Especially pesantren currently has a challenging enough weight in facing the era of "Demographic Bonus". Demographic bonus is a phenomenon in which the structure of the population greatly benefits the community from the side of development in various sectors, because the productive age is more than the non productive age. This means that the dependency burden will decrease with the ratio of 64 percent of the productive age population to bear only 34 percent of the nonproductive age population. With all kinds of scholarships and skills given to students, students are expected to compete in all fields, especially in the face of Indonesia gold in 2020 to 2035.

Capaian pembangunan manusia: analisis komparatif Provinsi Banten, Jawa Barat dan DKI Jakarta

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriwati Adriwati
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Human Development Index ◽  
Human Population ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Healthy Life ◽  
Development Index ◽  
Long Life ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Government ◽  
Development Paradigm

Human development is a development paradigm that puts human (population) as the focus and final target of all development activities, namely the achievement of control over resources (income to achieve decent living), improvement of health status (long life and healthy life) and improve education. To see the success rate of human development, UNDP publishes an indicator of Human Development Index (HDI). This study discusses the achievements of human development that have been pursued by the government. The problem analyzed in this research is the difference of human development achievement in some provincial government in Indonesia. This paper aims to compare the achievements of human development in some provincial governments seen from the achievement of human development index of each province. Research location in Banten Province, West Java and DKI Jakarta.Keywords:Human Development Index, Human Development Achievement

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