GOSH

GOSH! What have we done to Gandhi

Gosh! is a project that begins with the simple question: What have we done to Gandhi? In the land of his birth, Gandhi is increasingly being misrepresented, misinterpreted and misread, often deliberately. Gosh! seeks to correct this imbalance with well-reasoned, fact-based and research-oriented arguments.

Seeking Gandhi

The relentless attacks on Gandhi in recent times tell us that we have not really worked to understand Gandhi, let alone strive to walk on the path he showed us.  Gosh! hopes to work with noted Gandhians, scholars, academics and others to offer narratives that might lead us to a better reading of Gandhi and the Gandhian path. 

Gandhi from our columns

Gosh! will also feature on these pages a collection of news columns and analysis relating to Gandhi and conversations and events around him in contemporary India. These columns, already published through the Foundation of The Billion Press in several newspapers, come from our bank of columns filed in the recent past. They are listed on this page within the category given as 'Gandhi'.

Latest

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Shiv Khera, whose website tells us that he has put "millions of people on the path of growth and fulfillment", emphatically says in this video that he is not.
A year when the country celebrates the Mahatma’s 150th birth anniversary offers us a timely opportunity to consider his criticisms of modernity and juxtapose them with th
A star at WEF this year was David Attenborough, the legendary advocate of care for our planet. He fears it may already be too late to stop climate change. The backdrop to
As Gandhiji’s grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi has rightly remarked, Amit Shah’s remark that he was a clever bania was tasteless and has mischief hidden in it. The use of the

Gandhian Way

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What is Gosh! all about. A brief note to set out the broad theme of the project and what we hope to achieve.
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Shiv Khera, whose website tells us that he has put "millions of people on the path of growth and fulfillment", emphatically says in this video that he is not.

Non-violence

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Shiv Khera, whose website tells us that he has put "millions of people on the path of growth and fulfillment", emphatically says in this video that he is not.

Gandhi

By Aseem Shrivastava , Praveen Singh |
This is Part II of a two-part column questioning the standard GDP narrative.
By Aseem Shrivastava , Praveen Singh |
This is Part I of a two-part column questioning the standard GDP narrative.
By Aseem Shrivastava |
Sometime back I cooked a meal for old friends at home.
By Sudarshan Iyengar |
Come October 2 and we remember Gandhi. It is reassuring that at least the ritual continues.

Latest questions

This question flows from the student workshop, "Non-violence in a violent world", conducted in July 2024, aided with readings from the book 'Abundant Love': So, what should I do if someone suddenly hits me, for no fault of mine? Should I not hit back? How do I process this violence?
Gandhi was against machines. But most of our work is on computers, which are machines. So was Gandhi wrong?
Gandhi taught us to be non-violent to the extent that if someone slaps you, offer the other cheek. But is this practical, realistic or even desirable? The natural tendency is to hit back that instant.

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