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Ela Gandhi South Africa

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Editor, Peace Activist from South Africa

Ela Gandhi is the granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi.
A world renowned human rights activist in her own right, she is a former member of South Africa’s Parliament and is currently Editor of Satyagraha magazine. She is Secretary of the Gandhi Development Trust and is the sister of Arun Gandhi, President of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence.

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Ela Gandhi

What can Gandhi teach us about sustainability?

Ela Gandhi talks about her grandfather’s transformation from lawyer to civil rights leader. She tells the story of Mahatma Gandhi’s visit to the Mariannhill Monastery…

Recorded: 10 July 2004

Ela Gandhi

What role does religion have today?

Ela Gandhi talks about the fundamental role religions play in strengthening moral values in modern society. She then speaks about living one’s chosen religion while at the…

Recorded: 10 July 2004

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