I am a simple and ordinary Indian woman living in Pune city India. I volunteer for the Gandhi National Memorial Society at the Aga Khan Palace in Pune during my spare time. My philosophy of life is "simple living and simple thinking".
A pioneer in watershed management in the state, Dr Mukund Ghare, passed away on Jan 12, 2012 at Sancheti Hospital in Pune due to spinal cord injury. He was 78 years old and is survived by daughter Sudeshna and son-in-law Ashutosh Parmar.
Sixty-year-old Yuriko Ikenoya is a Japanese and a warkari for over 30 years now.
The devoted 'Vitthal bhakt' just completed translation of Dnyaneshwari (a commentary on Bhagwad Gita by Sant Dnyaneshwar) into the Japanese language. Besides, she is a permanent member of the Acharya Vinoba Bhave Ashram in Wardha and has translated Bhave's 'Geetai Pravachan' into Japanese. The book has already sold 1,000 copies and the second edition is awaited.
Please visit the discussion in this forum "NOBEL PEACE PRIZE: What About Mahatma Gandhi?"
I request you to respond to it with your views.
Delia I hope your son is on the mend. I recently re read "The spirits pilgrimage" the autobiography of Mira behn. Women are very sacred as they inherently display Compassion....Humility......Love. They are the givers of life to us all.
namaste. How are you? Remember me. I met in World Peace Conference Pune. What hapen these days please inform me.
While going through your comment i felt compassion for you. I pray to God to give you enough courage and wisdom to deal with the situation. And i pray to God for Jeff to prevail better sense to him.
Since you are connected with Gandhian way of life, it would be much easier for you.
Please give a thought over instances Ba had in her life to point finger towards Mahatma Gandhi. I wish if you could be Ba for Jeff so we can have possibility of having one more Gandhi.
Hate the sin, not the sinner.
Let me admit, i'm yet to arrive at this.
I was the first who welcome Jeff on his bold step of offering his passport at the feet of Mahatma, at his Samadhi in New Delhi to become World citizen As Gandhiji - beleiver, I must that Jeff will sincerely reply to what Shmt.Delia Maria has said.