In my two recent posts I focused on historical anniversaries that coincided on the 27th of January - the very day to remember the victims of holocaust (liberated from Auschwitz) and the beginning of the Finnish civil war (1918). Having written these two posts I thought I would retreat to my usual themes on 'working & learning' - research and development in the field of vocational education and training. But when I woke up this morning, I understood that we had yet another historical anniversary that merits our attention - 70 years from the death of Mahatma Gandhi.
As I have heard very good contributions from the German radio channel Deutschlandfunk, I do not want to repeat their message but rather share them via my blog. Also, the German TV-Channel ARD has provided a good photo gallery of Gandhi's life and life work. So, below I share the links and hope that the pictures and the texts speak for themselves.
The life and life work of Mahatma Gandhi as a gallery of photos (Bildergalerie)
This link takes you to a series of 14 photos from different phases of Mahatma Gandhi's life.
Zum 70. Todestag von Mahatma Gandhi (Remembering Mahatma Gandhi's death 70 years ago)
Radio commentaries on the life work and legacy of Mahatma Gandhi
This morning two special programs dealt with the life work and intellectual legacy of Mahatma Gandhi. The daily "Kalenderblatt" provided an overview on Gandhi's life concluding the report with the tragic death.Mahatma Gandhi wird Opfer eines Attentats (Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated)
The religious program "Morgenandacht" early in the morning discussed a lesson that Gandhi gave on valuing the 'least' of us in the humankind.
Sei selbst die Veränderung, die du dir für die Welt wünschst (Be yourself an example of the change that you want your world to go through)
I think this is enough for the moment. I hope that the pictures and the texts (in original language or as translations) convey the message. To me these already presented a lot of the wisdom and courage in peaceful mind that was exemplified by Mahatma Gandhi.
More blogs to come ...
