Aastha gill biography of mahatma
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Abhishek Singhvi's son weds Vadilal Group's Aastha Gandhi in a star-studded ceremony
For one night on October 31, there was bonhomie across political party lines when veteran Congressman Abhishek Manu Singhvi's younger son Avishkar celebrated his wedding to Aastha, daughter of Ahmedabad-based Rajesh Gandhi, MD of Vadilal Group of Companies.
The wedding reception, held at 5 Ashoka Road in Delhi, was teeming with political bigwigs and dignitaries with Z-level security teams. Many Congress faces were in attendance â Rahul Gandhi, Dr Manmohan Singh, Digvijaya Singh, Priya Dutt, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sachin Pilot, P Chidambaramand Khushboo, among others. President Pranab Mukherjeewas there as was Prime Minister Narendra Modiand Vice-President Hamid Ansari.
From the BJP, leading names like L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshiand Rajnath Singhcame. Other guests included Jay and Jaggi Panda, Dr Karan Singh, D Raja, P A Sangma, S M Krishna and Swami Agnivesh.
PM Modi was mob
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The installation of 22-feet tall statue of Mahatma Gandhi in meditating posture at an exclusive stall âGandhi-150â set up by the Department of Information and Public Relations at Dasara Exhibition Grounds has been drawing huge crowd this year.
The Department has installed the statue to mark the 150th birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation besides displaying some of the rare pictures of Mahatma Gandhiâs life, freedom struggle, visits to Karnataka and his death at the stall.
Welcoming the visitors to the stall at the entrance is the life size sculpture of Gandhiji made from Plaster of Paris (PoP) in a sitting posture on a pedestal. Inside the stall are the embossed pictures of Gandhiji during freedom struggle till his end.
Also included are pictures showing the Mahatma right from his school days and his association with other like-minded people. Pictures of Sabarmathi Ashram, Gandhijiâs visit to South Africa to practise law, Salt Sathyagraha, 21 days of hunger strike, Gandhi
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Gandhi's Faith And Merit Of Kumbh Mela
As Gandhi was not so well-known then he could go around in the fair as a common man. He wrote, 'During these roamings, I came to observe more of the pilgrims' absent-mindedness, hypocrisy and slovenliness, than of their piety. The swarm of sadhus, who had descended there, seemed to have been born to enjoy the good things of life.'
Since Gandhi as a principle did not frequent 'places of pilgrimage in search of piety' and 'had not