Gandhian vision is meaningless without Gandhian Mission. Gandhism is not an arm-chair philosophy but an action-ideology for non-violent social change. War has lost its dynamics and violence is becoming out of date. If we cannot evolve a moral equivalent of war and an alternative model of non-violent polity, economics, pedagogy, Gandhism is bound to be looked upon as a museum-piece of ideology. Spiritualisation of politics is not an outdated mediaval religious dogma but the only panacea for the unprincipled politics. Gandhi’s call for creating an economy of permanence is in tune with the rio-vision of Stockholm declaration. Not only these ideological problems, even our present crisis of Kashmir, Punjab and Ayodhya can be resolved through Gandhian vision and Gandhian dynamics of love and mutual adjustments.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ramjee Singh
Ramjee Singh, Professors Ramjee Singh, as Gandhian author and activist needs no introduction in India. His earlier books on Gandhism Relevance of Gandhian Thought, Gandhi and the Modern World, Gandhi and the 21st Century and the Gandhian Vision and some others have been well acclaimed. He has served many institutions with distinction. He has been a former Director of Gandhian Institute of Studies (Varanasi), former Secretary & President of Indian Society of Gandhian Studies, former Vice-Chancellor of Jain Viswa-Bharati Institute (Ladnun) and many national and international academic bodies. He has taught philosophy and Gandhian thought for 50 years and he is still an Emeritus Fellow of the U.G.C. He is a prolific writer and he has authored about 40 books in English and Hindi. At present, he is secretary of Afro-Asian Philosophical association. As a social activist, he had joined Quit India Movement in 1942, suffered imprisonment for 20 months opposing certainment of civil and political rights in India during 1975-1977, and he was elected a member of the House of the People in India in 1977. works for communal harmony and Youth Peace Movement are his best fads. He has traveled all over the world carrying the message of the Mahatma and has represented World Congress of Philosophy (Brigoton, 1985, Moscow, 1993) and Parliament of World's Religions (Chicago, 1993), Capetown, Africa, 1999) and World Congress of Philanthropy (Toronto, 1989). He has worked with Acharya Vinoba Bhave and Jaya Prakash Narayan as a grass-root worker in Bhoodan-Gramdan Movement, Acharya-Kula and Santi-Sena. His permanent address is: Bhikhanpur, Bhagalpur 812001 (Bihar) Tel. No. (0641) 2420305.
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