thegandhiguy (25)in #fasting • 6 years agoA fast for nonviolence - March 10-18March 10, 2019. It was on this day in 1968 that Cesar Chavez ended a 25-day fast for nonviolence. Last year, I…thegandhiguy (25)in #gandhi • 6 years agoGandhi's flawed fast - 99 hours in RajkotMohandas K. Gandhi, who described fasting as a weapon that “cannot be lightly wielded,” used it over the last three…thegandhiguy (25)in #gandhi • 6 years agoGandhi goes to jailOn January 10, 1908, Mohandas Gandhi awaited his fate in a South African courtroom. Less than two weeks earlier…thegandhiguy (25)in #gandhi • 7 years agoGandhi in South Africa, Part 3Part 2 can be read here . Mohandas Gandhi stared at the walls of his room. The owner of Johnston's Family Hotel…thegandhiguy (25)in #gandhi • 7 years agoGandhi in South Africa, Part 2Part 1 can be read here . On Friday, June 2, 1893, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi woke up aboard a northbound…thegandhiguy (25)in #gandhi • 7 years agoGandhi in South Africa, Part 1On May 24, 1893, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi arrived in South Africa. It was the third continent the 23-year-old…thegandhiguy (25)in #gandhi • 7 years agoFasting for Nonviolence – Chavez, Gandhi, and LaborMarch 9, 2018 - This week marks two historic dates in the intersection of the labor movement and nonviolence. Fifty…thegandhiguy (25)in #gandhi • 7 years agoFasting for justice, part 2: the twenty-first dayOn the morning of March 3rd, 1943, Mohandas Gandhi was handed six ounces of orange juice by his wife, Kasturba. It had…thegandhiguy (25)in #gandhi • 7 years agoHow Gandhi got his start in civil disobedienceOne of the best known stories about Mohandas Gandhi takes place in a first-class train car upon his arrival in South…thegandhiguy (25)in #gandhi • 7 years agoGandhi - fasting to protest detention without chargesDuring World War II, Gandhi was imprisoned in the Aga Kahn Palace and held without charges for almost two years. He…thegandhiguy (25)in #gandhi • 7 years agoDid Gandhi kill his wife?“Gandhi killed his wife.” Over the summer, I was talking with some friends about Gandhi, and one of them chimed…
