Narayan Desai to speak at annual Gandhi lecture

[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/Desai08.jpg” caption=”Narayan Desai will speak at the eleventh annual Mahatma Gandhi Lecture on Nonviolence. Image courtesy of the Centre for Peace Studies.”]McMaster's Centre for Peace Studies will feature Gandhian scholar Narayan Desai at its eleventh annual Mahatma Gandhi Lecture on Nonviolence.

Desai, a peace activist from India, will speak on “Understanding Gandhi Comprehensively.”

Since 2002, Desai has committed himself to spreading the message of harmony, peace and nonviolence through the folk medium of narrating the story of Gandhi's life and times.

Gandhi is best known for the practice of active nonviolent resistance which he used effectively in the struggle for liberation of India from British colonial rule. He was a strong advocate for the dispossessed.

The lecture will be held on Thursday, Oct. 2 at 7 to 9 p.m. in the Health Sciences Centre, Room HSC-1A1 (reception to follow the lecture in the Ewart Angus Centre foyer).

Admission to the lecture is free.

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[img_inline align="right" src="http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/Desai08.jpg" caption="Narayan Desai will speak at the eleventh annual Mahatma Gandhi Lecture on Nonviolence. Image courtesy of the Centre for Peace Studies."]McMaster&#039;s Centre for Peace Studies will feature Gandhian scholar Narayan Desai at its eleventh annual Mahatma Gandhi Lecture on Nonviolence. <br />
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<p>Desai, a peace activist from India, will speak on "Understanding Gandhi Comprehensively." <br />
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<p>Since 2002, Desai has committed himself to spreading the message of harmony, peace and nonviolence through the folk medium of narrating the story of Gandhi&#039;s life and times. <br />
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<p>Gandhi is best known for the practice of active nonviolent resistance which he used effectively in the struggle for liberation of India from British colonial rule. He was a strong advocate for the dispossessed. <br />
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<p>The lecture will be held on Thursday, Oct. 2 at 7 to 9 p.m. in the Health Sciences Centre, Room HSC-1A1 (reception to follow the lecture in the Ewart Angus Centre foyer). <br />
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<p>Admission to the lecture is free. <br />

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