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Dr. Ravindra Kumar's Blog – January 2014 Archive (2)

Relevance of Gandhian Thought on Youth and Women in Current Perspective

As a great humanist Mahatma Gandhi put forth before the world from-to-time his views on almost all subjects related to life. He discussed at length all walks of life –importance, impact and related problems thereof in particular. How was it then possible that he could remain indifferent to the role, significance and contribution of youth and women to the society, nation and humanity as a whole? Rather, he had sanguine thoughts about them. His views pertaining to youth and women were unique.…

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Added by Dr. Ravindra Kumar on January 20, 2014 at 12:50pm — No Comments

Significance of Gandhian Viewpoint of Value Education in the Twenty-First Century

“The ancient aphorism, ‘Education is that which liberates’ is as true today as it was before. Education here does not mean mere spiritual knowledge, nor does liberation signify only spiritual liberation after death. Knowledge includes all training that is useful for the service of mankind and liberation means freedom from all manners of servitude even in the present life. Servitude is of two kinds: slavery to domination from outside and one’s own artificial needs. The knowledge…

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Added by Dr. Ravindra Kumar on January 14, 2014 at 12:10pm — No Comments