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Rekha Shahani Our Father Gopal Gurbaxani, the eldest son of principal Nirmaldas and Kamla Gurbaxani was known as Bhau in the family, school, Samaj and as Pitamah in the Bombay Catering Association. He was a father whom we saw in a different role every time. He could handle education, business, reading, writing, gardening, social work, literature, fine arts, dance, drama, collecting stamps – all simultaneously without neglecting anything or anyone. He did all this very efficiently and effectively. What we have Read More …

Prof. Santanu Sen It has become as it were, a part and parcel of the bourgeoisie order in modern India seek to find a new application of ‘Gandhism’ in defending modern social system against the encroachments on the part of the exploited classes. The Gandhian methods of non-violent resistance turned out to be effective enough in the struggle against colonial oppression and for national independence, combined at times with extreme violent methods of struggle used by the masses in defiance Read More …

Alok Ayathan The Kerala Brahmosamaj was founded in 1893 by Rao Sahib Dr. Ayathan Gopalan. He joined the Brahmosamaj when he was a student of Madras Medical College (1884). He started his reform activities since his childhood. During his college days he read about Raja Ram Mohun Roy and was inspired by his the reform movements. He was greatly influenced by the faith and principles of Brahmosamaj and joined the Madras Brahmosamaj which was running successfully during those times, being the main Read More …

Siluveru Sudarshan Salvation lies at the heart of being a protestant.  Anne Hutchinson, like everyone around her, believed that God was intimately near. Under His Gaze, every soul was naked. It was up to each believer then, to enter in to a soul and bargain with the Lord. Father’s love could only be kept by acting the part of a perfect child. Anne Hutchinson shared with everyone a belief that reading the “Book of creation” would reveal sins of inner Read More …