: Opinion: How Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence influenced Bangladesh #IndiaNEWS In India, October 2 is celebrated every year as Gandhi Jayanti to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary.

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Opinion: How Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence influenced Bangladesh #IndiaNEWS
In India, October 2 is celebrated every year as Gandhi Jayanti to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary. In 1969, Gandhi Centenary Year, I happened to be working as an agricultural volunteer based at a Gandhian ashram in Bodh Gaya – the birthplace of Buddhism – in Bihar.This particular ashram had been founded by a dedicated follower of Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave and it was set up to study all religions. At the early morning prayers, we would have a reading from the Qur’an one day, the Bible the next, and then on successive days from the Gita, the Granth Sahib (holy book of the Sikh religion), the Torah (sacred to the Jewish people) and readings from Buddhist scriptures. From this experience, I have absorbed some teachings of all religions and I try to follow what Gandhi used to say: “Let the doors and windows of my house be open and let all the religions of the world blow through my house.�Friendship to all... Although India was divided on religious grounds in 1947, it is very significant that, as an independent country, Bangladesh promised to uphold and promote secularism. Even before Victory Day on December 16, 1971, I remember Tajuddin, Bangladesh’s prime minister in exile, telling...Read more

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