A Gandhian Affair
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A Gandhian Affair
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Author : Sanjay Suri
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2019-07-05
A Gandhian Affair written by Sanjay Suri and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-05 with Performing Arts categories.
Hindi cinema, ever since Independence, has revolved almost entirely around issues of sex and money. This may seem odd given the conservative taste of the times. But that we do not 'see' sex does not hide just how much sex there is in the cinema. As for money, a nagging theme is the impact of money - or the lack of it - on sex. Sanjay Suri argues that Hindi cinema was an unlikely offspring of the Father of the Nation - the product of Gandhi's celibacy and austerity. His heroic retreat from wealth and sexuality was written into the cinema and then elaborately filmed shot by shot. Suri draws on numerous examples - from Mother India to Do Bigha Zameen; Shree 420 to Pyaasa; Sahib, Bibi aur Ghulam to Guide; and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge to Lage Raho Munnabhai - to show how cinema was made within well-defined moral fences that were built with dos and don'ts about sex and money. A Gandhian Affair is a history of India through the preoccupations of its cinema.
America S Affair With Gandhi 1919 1969
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Author : Mary Phyllis Van Hal
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
America S Affair With Gandhi 1919 1969 written by Mary Phyllis Van Hal and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with categories.
Gandhi On World Affairs
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Author : Paul Frederick Power
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960
Gandhi On World Affairs written by Paul Frederick Power and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with World politics categories.
Gandhi's main views on world affairs evaluated with reference to their relevance for today.
Pakistan Affairs
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Pakistan Affairs written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Pakistan categories.
Understanding Gandhi
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Author : Sarva Daman Singh
language : en
Publisher: Vij Books India Pvt Ltd
Release Date : 2018-08-01
Understanding Gandhi written by Sarva Daman Singh and has been published by Vij Books India Pvt Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Neither an ode of adulation, nor an exercise in iconoclasm, this book on Gandhi gives praise where praise is due; and criticizes where criticism is warranted. The author treads in step with Gandhi as he reveals himself in his Experiments with Truth in an honest attempt to understand the Mahatma in the making. Gandhi's veracity is not in question; but his memory, and selection and omission of episodes, inevitably temper the tenor of truth! His equation of Truth with God can only be understood as justice and fair play analogous to sat or ṛta signifying the Cosmic Order. Page after page poses questions in a bid to understand Gandhi as he speaks, writes and acts. The author relates how Gandhi discovered himself in South Africa; and formulated a new vocabulary of revolt; a new ideology of non-violence and self-suffering to defeat racial injustice and tyranny; to rouse the corrective conscience of his oppressors. Deliberate defiance of unjust laws, self-effacing humility, unflinching acceptance of punishment, the unfading smile and unfailing forgiveness sum up the transformation of an otherwise ordinary mortal into a Mahatma, who identified himself with all downtrodden humanity! Ahiṁsā, satya and satyāgraha became the watchwords of his philosophy in action. The author explores the meanings of these words; and notes that at times Gandhi's ahiṁsā could be devoid of compassion, confined only to self-cleansing, not true to itself. He learned from all religions without conversion to any; and identified religion with morality, without realizing that morality preceded the rise of religion. As basic morality constituting the core of every religion transcends all doctrinal divisions, Gandhi tirelessly advocated religious tolerance; and Hindu-Muslim unity. He lived and died for peaceful co-existence. But his pursuit of mokṣa (release from reincarnation) was irrelevant to the world's welfare! Gandhi upheld human equality and indivisibility regardless of race and colour. The author notes his reverence for the Brahmins; and his painful progress from caste consciousness to its final rejection. He draws attention to Gandhi's unwillingness to mount a satyāgraha for the liberation of the untouchables from Brahmanical tyranny. Gandhi also took time to realize the woeful plight of the Africans; and to speak of a future which would grant them their due in the land of their birth. The author also takes note of Gandhi's great love of the British, and his faith in their destiny to deliver the world into a dawn of freedom and democracy. He points to Gandhi's celebration of the British success against Indians in 1857! It took a while to shake off that subservience in Gandhi's Hind Swaraj. The book looks closely at Gandhi's relations with his elder brother and friends. The author notes his dictatorial direction of the lives of his wife and sons. His brahmacarya (sexual abstinence) was a capricious imposition on submissive Kasturba; a pathetic denial of the joy of sex mocking mortality and the sorrow of transience. But the book salutes his cruel, uncompromising candour. He practised what he preached. His obsession with sanitation and hygiene unfortunately failed to inspire Indians to follow his example. As an advocate of right means to right ends excluding all violence for the resolution of human disputes, as an enemy of imperialism and champion of human equality, as a practitioner and preacher of religious goodwill and tolerance, as a respecter of the earth and its gifts, as an upholder of the primacy of man over machine, Gandhi remains a beacon of timeless relevance!
Investigation Of Illegal Or Improper Activities In Connection With 1996 Federal Election Campaign
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Investigation Of Illegal Or Improper Activities In Connection With 1996 Federal Election Campaign written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Campaign funds categories.
The Rushdie Affair
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Author : Daniel Pipes
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-29
The Rushdie Affair written by Daniel Pipes and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-29 with Literary Criticism categories.
The publication in 1988 of Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses triggered a furor that pitted much of the Islamic world against the West over issues of blasphemy and freedom of expression. The controversy soon took on the aspect of a confrontation of civilizations, provoking powerful emotions on a global level. It involved censorship, protests, riots, a break in diplomatic relations, culminating in the notorious Iranian edict calling for the death of the novelist. In The Rushdie Affair, Daniel Pipes explains why the publication of The Satanic Verses became a cataclysmic event with far-reaching political and social consequences.Pipes looks at the Rushdie affair in both its political and cultural aspects and shows in considerable detail what the fundamentalists perceived as so offensive in The Satanic Verses as against what Rushdie's novel actually said. Pipes explains how the book created a new crisis between Iran and the West at the time--disrupting international diplomacy, billions of dollars in trade, and prospects for the release of Western hostages in Lebanon.Pipes maps out the long-term implications of the crisis. If the Ayatollah so easily intimidated the West, can others do the same? Can millions of fundamentalist Muslims now living in the United States and Europe possibly be assimilated into a culture so alien to them? Insightful and brilliantly written, this volume provides a full understanding of one of the most significant events in recent years. Koenraad Elst's postscript reviews the enduring impact of the Rushdie affair.
1997 Special Investigation In Connection With 1996 Federal Election Campaigns
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Author : United States Senate Committee
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-06-03
1997 Special Investigation In Connection With 1996 Federal Election Campaigns written by United States Senate Committee and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-03 with History categories.
Sometimes called 'Chinagate' the 1996 campaign was mired in controversy about financial matters. It is important because it is one of the first examples of another superpower attempting to influence the outcome of a national election.
In Praise Of Failure
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Author : Costică Brădățan
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2023-01-03
In Praise Of Failure written by Costică Brădățan and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Success is all very well, but failure teaches us what is most important: humility. Costica Bradatan tells the stories of four thinkers who, for all their external success, courted failure throughout their years. From Simone Weil to Seneca and Gandhi, the greatest of us made meaningful lives by grasping the epiphanies of failure.
Gandhi
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Author : Judith Margaret Brown
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1991-01-01
Gandhi written by Judith Margaret Brown and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A biography of the revered Indian leader explores his early career in South Africa, the forging of his political activism, his influence, triumphs, and failures in India, and the development of his philosophy of nonviolence