Heard Narayan Desai not too long ago,
who had long, direct contact with Gandhi himself,
and this was impressive and inspiring.
I heard him at UC Berkeley's iSchool,
and he speaks from his experience/heart,
with many experiences of being with Gandhi.
(I find the salutary effects of Hindu culture,
as well as India, fascinating, in many ways, anyway,
and I saw some of this in Narayan).
Narayan Desai
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VNF-E4SmXs
There are two + subjects with themes related to what he talks about at WUaS:
Ahimsa, or nonharming -
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Ahimsa_-_Nonviolence_-_Pacifism_-_To_avoid_harming -
and Peace and Social Justice Studies -
http://worlduniversity.wikia.com/wiki/Peace_and_Social_Justice_Studies ...
with an invitation to hear him when he's next speaking near you
(he also spoke at the Berkeley Friends' Meeting House on 4/12/12),
and to 'edit a page' at WUaS about these themes.
(WUaS is like Wikipedia with MIT Open Course Ware).
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