'Richmond says a lot to me and Richmond inspires me.' Richmond's Commonwealth Times reports.
Rajmohan Gandhi gives annual lecture at Richmond International Peace Week
The deafening silence of a noisy nation
"Though some Indians have prospered 77 years after independence, there has also been an alarming increase in hatred," writes Rajmohan Gandhi. "We need leaders who speak up for everyone including neighbours."
Preparing our children to encounter the world
"All the different religious and intellectual traditions which over time have become India’s traditions — whether Hindu, Islamic, Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Zoroastrian, or whatever — all of them foreground compassion, or the urge to assist anyone in need" writes Rajmohan Gandhi in The Hindustan Times.
Review: Fraternity - Constitutional Norm and Human Need
"In a lucid volume on the rarely emphasised virtue of fraternity enshrined by the preamble of our constitution," writes Maaz Bin Bilal in the Hindustan Times, "Rajmohan Gandhi seems to suggest that, despite its recent exclusions, there is hope yet for our society to be more inclusive."
A Citizen of the world in his time and ours
African Americans were speaking and writing about Gandhi from 1917, if not earlier, i.e. almost four decades before King burst upon the American scene. Rajmohan Gandhi writes in the Hindustan Times.
Global India Award for 2024
On April 13, 2024, Michigan State University gave its annual Global India Award for 2024 to Rajmohan Gandhi. MSU's Global India Award "recognizes individuals who have devoted their time and energy to building bridges of understanding between the US and India."
Beyond Votes - A Slice of Hope Amidst Gloom
Democracy does not live or die by votes alone. What India's citizens do outside the polling booth and on days other than voting day is also of consequence. Haven't we just seen that judges, policemen, journalists, lawyers and professors make a difference?
Preserving ‘fraternity’ — the key to holding together the nation’s rich diversity
On Republic Day, here’s an excerpt from Rajmohan Gandhi’s ‘Fraternity: Constitutional Norms and Human Need’, which decodes the pillars that the nation stands on.
Ram Mandir and a complicated history
Is Ram a historical person who came and went? Or is Ram a name for the Eternal God who was, is, and always will be, a name by which crores of Indians try to invoke the Supreme Being, even as others cry out to Shiv, Krishna, Allah, Khuda, Jehovah, Waheguru, or God?
Inclusiveness Can't Be Just About Appealing To Backward Castes
An inclusive society based on the exclusion of some sections is an impossibility.