Gandhi and The New Millennium, , Ramjee Singh, Commonwealth Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 817169635X

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Gandhi and The New Millennium

Ramjee Singh (Author)

Synopsis Whether Gandhi is called the Man of the 21st Century of a Man of the Millennium it is an irrelevant. Infact he is "man beyond the millennium", along with socrates, Buddha, Jesus and other prophets of humanity. Gandhi's uniqueness lies in the fact that he was a saint among politicians and a statesman among saints. The new millennium needs a leader who is both a saint and a fighter. But his saintliness is not meant only for his own salvation but for the service of the lowliest and the lost. Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men. His spirituality was in action and in society. Then as a fighter, he would not tolerate any injustice but on the other hand would not hurt his opponent. Today, war has become antihumanity because we have invented the instrument of total annihilation. Gandhi therefore discovered the "moral equivalent of war.

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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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