Some of the most interesting parts of @Ram_Guha book concern another group Gandhi sought to instruct: women. Two sections in particular are likely to raise eyebrows. The first is Guha’s account of Gandhi’s relationship with the writer and
singer Saraladevi Chaudhurani in 1919-20. Gandhi was, by then, celibate; both he and Sarala were married to other people. Yet their letters speak openly of desire — “You still continue to haunt me even in my sleep,” he wrote to her — and he told friends, “I call her my spiritual
wife.” He signed his letters to her Law Giver, which, as Guha observes, was “a self-regarding appellation that reveals his desire to have Sarala conform to his ways.” Gandhi’s friends appear to have talked him out of making this “spiritual marriage” public. Eventually he
It was 1897, a Brahmin lawyer from Kudumul, a village near Mangalore established #Depressed_Classes_Mission in Mangalore for providing education, better housing, drinking water and empowering the backward classes socially by guarding them against exploitation by upper classes.
#Kudumul_Rangarao was born on 29 June 1859 and passed away on this day in 1928.
Rangarao completed his primary education in Kasaragod, before losing his father when he was 16. Moving to Mangalore in search of a job, he began working as a teacher for a monthly salary of ₹8.
Completing his matriculation amid financial difficulties through a correspondence course, he cleared the pleadership examination, that certified him argue for a client in courts. Following this, he began his career as a lawyer in Mangalore.
Rangarao as an advocate in profession
When #Nehru led @INCIndia & #CommunistParty tried to banish Dr Ambedkar from entering Constitution Assembly, it was Jogendranath Mandal who vacated his seat for Dr Bhim Rao.
Jogendranath Mandal refused to acknowledge what Dr Bhim Rao saw...
That Never Trust Muslims.
Field Marshall Cariappa - The Legendary Army Man On & Off The Battle Field.
On his Jayanti, a sincere tribute for our First #FieldMarshal.
Cariappa, a 5 Star Rank Holding Field Marshal (Another is Sam Meneckshaw) on whose memory ARMY DAY is celebrated.
Kodandera Madappa Cariappa was born on 28-Jan-1899 at Madikeri, Karnataka.
I HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF GOOD MUSLIM FRIENDS WITH WHOM I TALK FREELY, IN THESE TALKS SOME HAVE GIVEN ME, MUCH TO MY SADNESS, THE IMPRESSION OF THEIR HAVING THEIR FEET IN 2 BOATS - INDIA & PAKISTAN.
THEIR LOYALTY SEEMS TO BE PRIMARILY TO PAKISTAN.
THIS IS A CRIME UNPARDONABLE.
(Quoted by Cariappa and Newspaper article attached)
He was widely acclaimed for his treatment of the Indian National Army's (INA) prisoners. When Cariappa visited one of the camps that held INA
Teacher for 7 decades, 102-year-old class 7 pass out is #PadmaShri winner.
What endeared him to people was his refusal to charge money from his students.
He has been teaching children as well as elders around his home in Kantira village of Jajpur dt.
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“Nanda Mastre” (Nanda Master) as he is known in his village in chromite-rich Sukinda block of Jajpur district, may perhaps be the last man who has kept the tradition of “chatashali” (a non-formal school for primary education in Odisha) alive. At the break of dawn, children
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gather around the modest home of the 102-year-old man to learn Odia alphabets and a bit of mathematics. Elders who could not attend school during their childhood come to his home at 6 pm to learn how to sign their names.
As a young boy, being sent to his maternal uncle’s