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Entrepreneur For Social Change.(Bill Drayton, humanitarian worker and founder of nonprofit organization Ashoka)(Interview)(Biography)
U.S. News & World Report; 10/31/2005; Hsu, Caroline; 1669 words
; ... idea to effect vast social change. A Gandhian named Vinoba Bhave was walking across India and persuading individuals ... enough, but you'll never be a powerful person. Like Vinoba Bhave, Drayton is in his own way walking through the world ...
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Opinion: How Nirmala 'Didi' Cut Through Barbed Wire
Women's Feature Service; 5/12/2008; Hamid, Syeda; 200 words
; ... was a recipient of the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour. A disciple of nationalist and reformer Vinoba Bhave, Deshpande had participated in the Bhoodan Movement (Land-Gift Movement) in 1952. Dedicating her life to the upliftment ...
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(book reviews)
Philosophy East and West; 1/1/1994; Hart, James G.; 12808 words
; ... for utopia and peace. Brown's index, glossary, and maps are helpful. Her book also has an excellent selection ... for humanity; it is not exceedingly, divinely, good news because of its alleged divine authority. Something ... it is imperative for the Greens to discover G and Bhave and their followers in the ...
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The Provocateur In a literary career spanning half a century and 29 genre-defying books, the mercilessly truthful traveller has never failed to astonish with the intensity of his intellect. Now comes another shocker.
India Today; 9/10/2007; S. Prasannarajan; 2098 words
; ... overwhelmingly, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Vinoba Bhave ("a foolish man" who attempted a Gandhi repeat ... been denatured by the pitiless climate ... ON VINOBA BHAVE There was a foolish man, Vinoba Bhave, who in the early 1950s tried to do a Gandhi ...
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HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
Stanford Social Innovation Review; 7/1/2004; Kramer, Mark R; 774 words
; ... or so social entrepreneurs described in this book have effected change on an astonishing scale. Take, for instance, Vinoba Bhave, who spent a decade walking across India at the rate of 10 miles a day, persuading villagers to donate farmland to the ...
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American Gandhian receives Bajaj Award for promoting Mahatma's values
India Abroad; 11/22/2002; Ashraf, Syed Firdaus; 592 words
; ... about Gandhian philosophy. I stayed here for two months and traveled a lot, I met leaders like Jayaprakash Narayan and Vinoba Bhave," Willoughby told India Abroad. Willoughby, 88, and wife Lillian, 88, were in India to receive at the hands of Vice ...
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Between Two Worlds: East and West: an Autobiography.(Book Review)
Philosophy East and West; 1/1/2005; Edelglass, William; 4791 words
; ... left home, this time to join Vinoba Bhave's land-redistribution march. Vinoba, who had been identified by ... suppress with army troops. Vinoba prevailed upon Nehru to allow ... sometimes tens of thousands, and Vinoba would address them. There were ...
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Champions of Nonviolence; How men and women committed to Gandhian tactics changed our world for the better
Hinduism Today; 6/30/2003; Hawthorne, Mark; 2564 words
; ... seek out Gandhi's spiritual successor, Vinoba Bhave, an ardent Gandhi follower who carried ... Born into a devout brahmin family, Vinoba appreciated the spiritual dimension ... welfare of all." In 1940, Gandhi selected Vinoba to initiate a great campaign of civil ... When King caught up with him in ...
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September 11th: Commemorating Resistance to Terrorism Throughout History
Peacework; 9/1/2006; Taber, Dave; 959 words
; ... by Sally Denton. September 11, 1905: Vinoba Bhave, Indian land reform activist, considered ... Gandhi's primary successors, was born. Bhave participated in the Quit India movement ... revived campaign against British rule. Bhave initiated the Bhoodhan (land gift) movement ... underground' newspapers ...
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Man of action ; Baba Amte';s activism was a reflection of his faith in action, not just words. He was in the thick of things when violence struck Punjab or riots took place in Mumbai. Atheist and apolitical, he was never afraid of standing up to the state.
India Today; 4/21/2008; Medha Patkar; 821 words
; ... Muralidhar Devdas Amte and an advocate by profession, he not only had a firm belief in the ideologies of Mahatma Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave, and other humanitarian philosophers, but also a unique ability to transform their ideals into practice. He spent his ...
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