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CMS BULLETIN - THE TURNING POINT OCTOBER 2007 (2) (Continued from page 1) amount was used by enthusiastic Jagdish to build a hall in his college which was later known as “Social Service Hall”. At that time, Jagdish was a student of Class X. 16. Jagdish took admission in Mathura, the land of legendary Lord Krishna for his Class XI (Higher Secondary) studies In Mathura, Jagdish took admission in Class XI in “Champa Agarwal College”. He lived in a rented room with other students who were praying, cooking and eating together. In that college he launched a movement ‘Be A Good Student’. It was basically an attempt for starting a symbolic reform in educational system. 17. Money for woollen clothes donated to sweeper for his daughters' marriage He received some money from his father to buy woollen clothes for the winter. However, Jagdish spent a major amount of this money in charity. He gave this money to a poor sweeper for the marriage of his two daughters. With the remaining money Jagdish got himself ordinary coarse clothes of thick gunny bag -'TAAT' for their cheap price. That very year Jagdish was honoured with the title of “Best Student” of the college. 18. Revolutionary Raja Mahendra Pratap inspired Jagdish to work for a World Government Raja Mahendra Pratap motivated Jagdish to serve the entire humanity. When Jagdish called on Raja Mahendra Pratap in his Prem Mahavidyalaya College, Vrindavan, the later presented a copy of his 4 page Hindi monthly publication titled 'Sansar Sangh' (World Union) which he himself published and printed. Raja Mahendra Pratap had founded an institution, Prem Mahavidyalaya in Vrindavan. The monthly magazine inspired Jagdish to form a “World Union” and systematically strive for “World Unity”. 19. Jagdish came to Lucknow as a student but decided to stay on and make it a centre of World Unity Education Jagdish Gandhi took admission in Lucknow University for B.Com studies in July 1955. He took shelter in a small temple on the bank of Gomti River, as he had no money to stay in a hostel or a rented accommodation. He started teaching children in exchange of one or two chapatis (Indian bread) and thereafter decided to own a little money by way of tuitions. Not only did he teach the prescribed subjects but also preached the value of World Unity, Brotherhood and Oneness of Mankind to his pupils. 20. Got into students' politics and was elected Union President He became very popular with students and was elected Vice-President of Lucknow University Students Union in 1957 when he was in M.Com first year. In 1958, while he was in M.Com Part II Jagdish Gandhi won the Students’ Union election for President with a thumping majority. He contested both elections through his personal contacts and immense goodwill without spending a single penny. 21. Marriage with Bharti During this time, Jagdish came in contact with a young girl, Bharti, at a spiritual gathering (Satsang). Bharti was then studying for a degree in Master of Education (M.Ed) at Lucknow University. They met again at a religious congregation organised in honour of Jagatguru Sankaracharya Nardanand Saraswati’s visit to Lucknow. Both got attracted to each other’s spiritual leanings. Jagdish Gandhi presented three books written by Mahatma Gandhi and Sant Vinoba Bhave to Bharti. These books were (1) 'Sewa ki Pagdandi' (The Path of Service) (2) 'Stree Shakti' (Women Power) and (3) 'Geeta Pravachan' (Preaching of the Geeta). Both held similar views on spirituality and both aspired to serve society by imparting meaningful education to children. Soon, Jagdish and Bharti got married and tied the knot on 15 January 1959. 22. Marriage attended by Governor V.V. Giri The dowryless, simple marriage ceremony was attended by His Excellency V.V. Giri, the then Governor of Uttar Pradesh who later became the President of India. The marriage was also attended by the then Chief Minister of the State, Dr Sampurnanand, members of state cabinet, university professors, educationists and a large number of students. 23. No marriage feast, but sugar candy distributed to invitees The marriage was solemnized with the recitation of Vedic Hymns (Mantras) by a friend and Sanskrit teacher by taking seven rounds of the sacred fire by the couple. The guests were offered crushed candy (Mishri) powder in place of feast, which the young couple could not afford. Jagdish and Bharti addressed the gathering taking a vow that they would serve society by imparting meaningful education to children. 24. 'World marries India' Governor V.V. Giri, attended the marriage and gave his blessings to the couple with the words “Jagdish (World) weds Bharti (India). May God bless the couple!,” he said. The gathering clapped in appreciation of the comparison. 25. The couple dedicated themselves to make education a medium for social transformation Jagdish and Bharti Gandhi laid the foundation of City Montessori School on 1st July 1959 in their hired house at 12, Station Road, Lucknow. This house on a rent of Rs. 64/- per month was allotted to Jagdish Gandhi by the then District Magistrate of Lucknow, Mr K.C. Mittal, IAS. He was the same District Magistrate who allowed Jagdish with his 50 members to clean the city of Aligarh and thereafter awarded a cash prize of Rs. 4,600/- to the social service group for cleaning Aligarh city. For 15 days no student came to take admission. On 16th July, Bharti Gandhi requested her neighbour, Jasoda Devi Agarwal, wife of Sohan Lal Agarwal, to be good enough to send their children to her school. Jasoda Devi Agarwal, was impressed by the Gandhi couple’s dedication towards children’s education and sent five children of their joint family with an advance monthly fees of Rs. 25/-. Jasoda Devi’s husband Sohan Lal Agarwal was requested to inaugurate the school. At the time of inauguration of the school there were only 5 children apart from Mr and Mrs Sohan Lal Agarwal and Mr and Mrs Gandhi. Sohan Lal Agarwal was a great philanthropist. He inaugurated the school and gave Rs. 1000/- as donation. The school purchased furniture, toys, books and other items with this money. 26. Jagdish Gandhi elected MLA in 1969 Jagdish Gandhi was elected as a Member of Uttar Pradesh State Legislative Assembly as an independent candidate from Aligarh district from (1969 to 1974). Only 11 independent members from the state were elected for the State Assembly. 27. Elected President of U.P. Progressive Independent Legislators Party Jagdish Gandhi formed a Uttar Pradesh Progressive Independent Legislators Party and was unanimously elected its President. The same year in 1969, President of India, Shri Zakir Hussain, died and hence election process for a new President was started. Jagdish Gandhi put up a proposal to his party to support the candidature of V.V. Giri, the then Vice President of India, for Presidentship, provided he agreed to contest the election as a non-party (independent) candidate. 28. Jagdish Gandhi wanted President of a democratic country as a non-party person Jagdish was of the opinion that since the President is the representative of the whole country and protector of the constitution, he should not represent any political party. He strongly felt that the candidate should be a non-party person of integrity and character and should normally be elected unopposed and should be an independent candidate. He put his proposal before his party (Legislator’s group) and suggested that V. V. Giri resign from Congress Party and then contest for the highest office of the country as a non party independent candidate and that he should not seek approval of Congress Party for his candidature. This proposal was accepted by his party unanimously and it was decided that V.V. Giri should be apprised of the decision and advised to resign from Congress Party to seek election as an independent candidate and Jagdish Gandhi be sent to New Delhi for advising him accordingly. 29. Close friendship with Governor V.V. Giri Jagdish Gandhi knew V.V. Giri very well, ever since he was President of Lucknow University Students Union and V.V. Giri was the Governor of Uttar Pradesh. When Jagdish Gandhi got elected as President of Lucknow University Students Union, he requested the then Prime Minister of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru, to inaugurate his Students Union. He agreed and came to Lucknow to inaugurate the students union. Failure is the only opportunity to begin again, more intelligently. V.V. Giri, also attended the inaugural ceremony and he had also attended Jagdish Gandhi’s wedding. Later, when V.V. Giri was appointed as Vice-President of India, Jagdish often met him in New Delhi. 30. Morarjee Desai once stayed with Jagdish at the latter’s residence in Lucknow Jagdish Gandhi went to Delhi to meet V.V. Giri in connection with the presidential election. But before meeting V.V. Giri he decided to meet Morarji Desai, the then member of the working committee of All India Congress Committee on 12th May 1969, to find out whether Congress Party would give a party ticket to V.V. Giri to contest the election for the President’s post or it had made up its mind to give the ticket to someone else. Therefore, Jagdish Gandhi first met Morarji Desai as he knew him well. Morarji Desai was constrained to resign as Finance Minister of the country under Kamraj Plan. Morarji Desai was President of All India Prohibition Committee and Jagdish Gandhi was the President of the U.P. State Prohibition Committee. As President of the State Prohibition Committee, he invited Morarji Desai to Lucknow to inaugurate the State Prohibition Conference. Morarji Desai accepted the invitation and stayed with the Gandhis at their residence at 12, Station Road, Lucknow and had meals with them, cooked by Bharti Gandhi. 31. Jagdish Gandhi disappointed with Morarji Desai’s reply At Delhi, when asked about the Congress Party candidate to be fielded for President’s election, Morarji Desai quipped “It will be decided in Congress Working Committee Meeting to be held at Hyderabad on 27 May 1969.” Jagdish Gandhi asked him whether they would consider the candidature of V.V. Giri, Vice President, for the post of President. To this, Morarji Desai replied that he was too old to be the President of India. It was clear to Jagdish that the capitalist lobby of Congress Party headed by Morarji Desai would oppose V.V. Giri, who was supposed to belong to the socialist lobby. 32. Congress Working Committee divided into two camps At that time Congress Working Committee was divided in two camps. One camp had leanings towards the capitalist lobby and the other towards the socialist lobby. There were seven members of Congress Working Committee, out of which four members were considered as the members of the capitalist lobby and the other three belonging to the socialist lobby. Morarji Desai was considered the leader of the capitalist lobby and Indira Gandhi as leader of the socialist lobby. Jagdish Gandhi got an impression that V.V. Giri would not be given ticket to contest for Presidentship. 33. Jagdish Gandhi's advice to V.V. Giri After meeting Morarji Desai, Jagdish Gandhi went to President’s house to meet V.V.Giri who was then the Acting President, apart from being the Vice-President of India. Jagdish Gandhi advised him to resign from Congress Party and contest for President’s election, as an independent candidate, as the President of the country was the representative of the entire country and should not belong to any particular political party. The President is a protector of the Constitution and its sentinel. Hence, he should be an independent candidate. 34. V.V. Giri unwilling to resign from Congress Party V. V. Giri told Jagdish that he was nearly 75 years old. He had been in Congress Party right from childhood for nearly 60 years and Congress was in his blood. ‘I will not resign from Congress Party’, he declared. Jagdish Gandhi told Giri that he doubted if he would get the party ticket for contesting the President’s election. Therefore, he should resign from the Congress Party and decide to contest President’s election as an independent candidate before his candidature was rejected by the majority of members of the Congress Working Committee. 35. V.V. Giri confident of getting Congress Party ticket V.V. Giri told Jagdish that there were two Vs in his name. First V stood for victory in getting Congress ticket for Presidentship and second V stood for victory in election for the post of the President of India. Yet Jagdish persisted in his plea to contest as an independent candidate. 36. Jagdish Gandhi’s views published But V.V. Giri did not agree and Jagdish returned to Aligarh disappointed. His friend — Henry Ford Madan Lal Hitaishi, Editor of Dainik Prakash, a daily newspaper published from Aligarh published full details of the conversation between Jagdish Gandhi and V.V. Giri in his daily ‘Dainik Prakash’ of 15 May, 1969 issue. 37. Turn of Events — a call from Rashtrapati Bhavan After 15 days on 27th May 1969 at 5.00 pm in the evening Jagdish got a phone call from Jagannath Sahai, Additional Private Secretary to the President of India, that there was disquieting news from Hyderabad that V.V. Giri had not been given the Congress ticket. "It is sad news and Shri V.V. Giri is very much perturbed", he said. "He has asked you to come to Delhi by the earliest available flight and meet him immediately", he pleaded. But there was no flight available for Delhi that day. Jagdish told him that he would travel by night train and reach Delhi by 7.00 am next morning. Jagdish Gandhi reached New Delhi station on 28th May 1969 at 7.00 am. Shankar Giri and Bhaskar Giri, two sons of VV Giri, were there at the station to escort him to President’s House. 38. Ultimately Mr. Gandhi convinced V.V. Giri to contest as an independent candidate and resign from the Congress Party After much persuasion, consultations and discussions with the family members of V. V. Giri including his wife, Saraswati Giri, sons Shankar Giri and Bhaskar Giri, daughter in law Mohini Giri, wife of Bhaskar Giri, Jagdish Gandhi, got him to resign from the Congress Party and contest as an independent candidate for the post of President against the official Congress candidate. Only a few days before the election, Indira Gandhi also declared that as per her conscience she would support V.V. Giri and advised other members of her group accordingly. 39. V.V. Giri elected President of India Shri V.V. Giri an independent candidate was elected as President of India, defeating the official Congress candidate. Jagdish Gandhi was very happy that his mission was accomplished as the country got an Independent President, who was not a nominee of any Political Party. 40. Jagdish visits London in 1972, to study the democratic system of governance of England and parliamentary procedures of the British Parliament A.G. Kher, Speaker of U.P. Assembly and Narain Dutt Tewari, the Chief Minister of U.P., selected Jagdish Gandhi to visit London in 1972 to study the democratic system of governance of England and parliamentary procedures of the British Parliament on behalf of the U.P. Government. 41. 'India International Club' founded and 2nd International Youth Conference organised in London Jagdish Gandhi founded the 'India International Club.' Under the auspices of this club a 3-day long 2nd International Youth Conference was organized in Victoria Hall, Middlesex (London). This conference was held on 17, 18 and 19 December 1974. With the help of the ruling Labour Party, the conference deliberated upon the topic “World Peace through Education.” Prior to it, Mr Gandhi had organized the first International Youth Conference at K.D. Singh Babu Stadium in Lucknow in 1973 along with 14 th All India Children & Youth Festival which he had been organizing every year, for the past 14 years. In the conference held in London representatives of 47 countries participated. These participants included statesmen, diplomats, members of high commissions, members of embassies and students and teachers of various universities of England. 42. Jagdish embraced Baha’i Faith with a vow to serve humanity When the adherents of Baha’i Faith expressed their views (in the London Youth Conference), Mr. Gandhi was deeply impressed with their spiritual philosophy. It was maintained by the Founder of Baha’i Faith, Lord Baha‘u’llah, that the “Earth is but one country and the mankind its citizens”. Baha’i Faith believes that God is One, Religion is One and Mankind is One. Baha’i Faith believes that the entire humanity must be united. Gandhi was already a promoter of “World Unity” and for this reason he accepted the Baha’i Faith in London. From then on, Jagdish has been striving to make children of his school a Gift of God to Mankind and a Pride of the Human Race and a potential Light of the World. (Continued on page 3)
CMS BULLETIN - THE TURNING POINT OCTOBER 2007 (3) (Continued from page 2) 43. It is obligatory on the part of a Bahai to be loyal to the Government A Baha’i should not take part in political activities. Jagdish Gandhi was an MLA before accepting the Baha’i faith. He was inclined to contest polls in 1977 too. However, he was restrained from doing so by his daughter Geeta, who was also a Baha’i. Jagdish Gandhi was reminded by his daughter that as a Baha’i he was duty-bound to purify his soul and to unify the hearts of human beings across the world and participation in politics would hamper his spiritual progress. Geeta was merely 14 years old then. Jagdish Gandhi realized his spiritual responsibility and felt that he could not serve the children of his school with total dedication if he stayed in politics. At last he realized that he could do better as an administrator of the school if he quit politics for ever and devote all his time for promoting meaningful education. Geeta said that selfless service done with a resolve to serve humanity is the true worship of God. 44. Daughter Geeta became his spiritual mother and saved him from the wrong path. Thus for his spiritual development, he sacrificed his political ambition If someone gets into politics it is difficult to come out of it. In the political game one puts everything at stake. Jagdish Gandhi said, ‘I tried to convince my daughter that there was scope for serving humanity in a political career too. However, it was difficult to pacify her since she strongly adhered to her views.’ "My daughter asked me two questions: (a) 'What will happen to my faith in Baha’u’llah which was implanted by you in me?' (b) 'What will happen to my faith in my own father?'These questions shook Jagdish Gandhi from within. 45. Turning Point in the life of Jagdish Gandhi Eventually Jagdish Gandhi decided to quit politics for ever. He realized that his daughter had acted as the saviour of his soul. So Jagdish Gandhi accepted her as his ‘Spiritual Mother’. This was how his daughter (Geeta) played a major role in saving the “moral-self” (or soul) of Jagdish Gandhi. Besides, she also preserved the unity of the family. Jagdish Gandhi took a firm resolve to quit politics forever in 1977. Now he is of the opinion that a teacher should never participate in politics. If a teacher gets into active political life, he will ignore his students and his duty towards them. As a consequence, education and character building of children would suffer. As Baha'i Faith stands for unity of mankind party politics would run counter to that idea. Hence Baha'i Faith does not allow its followers to participate in politics. 46. Jagdish Gandhi was convinced that Bahai teachings of brotherhood would bring unity and peace on earth. On being reminded by his daughter Geeta about the Bahai teachings his soul was reawakened and rekindled. He came to the conclusion that the perennial conflicts and controversies would come to an end if humanity accepted the unity of God, unity of religions and the unity of mankind as advocated by Bahaullah. Therefore, he made up his mind to re-dedicate his efforts for realizing the dream of Bahaullah's teachings because he found them most appropriate in the prevailing circumstances to bring an end to conflicts and wars in the world. He is now fully convinced that the answer to the problems of mankind today can come to an end if we can realize the goal of a single political world order, which would include one currency, one educational system, one language alongwith mother tongue, uniform weights and measures. 47. Firm belief that meaningful education can deliver the world from its problems He wants to begin with education of children because he believes that the younger generation alone can deliver the world from its problems by applying the teachings of Bahai faith. Therefore, he has introduced and re-modified the CMS prayer system to accommodate the great teachings of Bahai faith in order to bring home to children the virtues of unity of God, unity of religions and unity of mankind. His efforts have brought fruitful results as the students of CMS fully subscribe to unity of God, unity of religions and unity of mankind. It would be no exaggeration to say that CMS students are the most broad-minded persons in the world whose conduct and behavior reflect these great teachings. 48. Promotion of world unity and world peace the principal aim of life. Promotion of world unity and world peace is now the principal aim of his life. To promote this thinking among the masses he has been holding weekly world unity satsangs as well as writing articles in newspapers and magazines. His speeches and writings have made a deep impact on the minds of the people and as the comments of the listeners or the readers indicate his appeal for Unity of God, Unity of Religions and Unity of Mankind has found favour with the inner souls of the masses. 49. Gandhi dedicates himself completely to the cause of education After quitting politics Jagdish focused his attention entirely on the CMS family. Under his leadership CMS has made rapid progress. CMS is his life and blood. Gandhi has a mission to make every CMS child both good and smart, a gift of God to mankind and pride of the human race. He believes that every child is a potential light of the world and should try to became a Total Quality Person (TQP). Nurturing children is the core of his mission and philosophy. 50. Sometimes, a prize or an award honours a person and sometimes awards get honoured by the recipient Through the movement of World Unity and World Peace, CMS has gone global and is recognized by major international organizations. (1) Founded with five children in 1959 by Mr. and Mrs. Jagdish Gandhi, CMS is already in the Guinness Book of World Records for having more than 32,000 students on its roll. (2) CMS is also the first school to be honoured with the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education in 2002 carrying a cash component of US $ 30,000. It is to be noted here that this UNESCO prize was given to India only thrice. First UNESCO prize was conferred on General Rikhi of Indian Army for his services as UN Peace Force Commander. The second was conferred upon Mother Teresa in 1992 for her humanitarian services. CMS was its third Indian recipient. Later in 2006, CMS was invited by UNESCO to nominate candidate for this prize because as a past laureate CMS became eligible to submit on nomination. Mr Gandhi decided to nominate Judge C. G. Weeramantry, former Vice President, International Court of Justice who was a regular participant of the International Conference of Chief Justices of the World that Mr Gandhi convenes every year in December. Judge Weeramantry got this prestigious prize becoming the first Sri Lankan and first judge in the world to be honoured with this prize in Peace Education. (3) Third major achievement of CMS was the Nuclear-Free Future Special Achievement Award 2004 from Germany. (4) World’s Children’s Prize for the Rights of the Child 2004 from Sweden. (5) Jagdish Gandhi has been declared as awardee of Aman Peace Prize from Dubai. (6) CMS is the first and only school organising 24 international events every year to facilitate promoting world unity and world peace through education as per Guinness Book of World Records. (7) Jagdish Gandhi is the recipient of “Derozio Award” 2000 for his contributions to education and human enrichment by the Council for the Indian School Certificate examination (ICSE Council). It carried rupees 1,00,000/- (one lac) cash award and a gold medal. He was declared Peace Representative of Lucknow by World Peace Prayer Society, Japan. (8) For promoting communal harmony he was awarded “Waris Ali Shah Award for Communal Harmony” and was declared a U.P. Ratna by the All India Intellectuals Forum. 51. Gandhi sends Resolution to Secretary- General of UNO, Dr Kofi Annan with one lakh signatories This resolution sent on 1st September 1999 had one lakh signatures of students and their parents of CMS in which an appeal was made for world unity. It was also appealed that a World Government should be formed and none of its members should have veto power. It was held that only “World Government” could save the future of two billion children and generations yet-to-be born from the perils of environmental imbalance, catastrophe resulting from atomic bombs and world wide terrorism. In their appeal they urged the Secretary General to pay attention to article 51 of the Indian Constitution which relates to international peace and security and which also lays stress on fostering respect for international law. 52. Dr Kofi Annan’s response to Gandhi's Resolution Dr Annan replied on 11 th Oct. 1999 and wrote to Mr Gandhi that UNO has no power of its own and that its power lay in the decisions taken by member states. Dr. Kofi Annan wrote that on 6th, 7th and 8th September 2000, a Millennium Summit would be held in New York. It would be the biggest gathering of the Heads of State of all the Governments of the World. This conference would consider the global scenario and the leaders would consider the world situation of the 21 st century and would decide as to what steps are required to be taken to make the 21 st century more humane, since the 20 th century had been a century of bloodshed, chaos and confusion. 53. Letter to Heads of State i.e. the Prime Ministers and Presidents of all countries. Mr. Gandhi wrote to the Heads of States of all countries in which he stated that for framing international laws and international arbitration, a "new political and economic world order” was essential. It was essential also for the creation of “World Government” which would safeguard the future of world’s two billion children and the generations yetto-be born. However, this Millennium Summit failed badly as far as creation of a "new political and economic world order” was concerned. 54. Enforceable International Law — the binding thread of all humanity It is clearly evident that world leaders are not able to control or stop territorial wars and terrorism. Global Society finds itself helpless and disappointed in such a difficult situation. Their last hope rests on World’s Judicial System. Every citizen of the world has lots of hope, faith and respect for world judiciary. Nobody has any faith on politicians and rulers, as they have failed in establishing peace in the world. 55. CMS launched a movement to safeguard the future of world’s two billion children and generations yet-to-be-born and to make the world a family as visualized in Article 51 of Indian Constitution Jagdish Gandhi consulted his University classmate Mr. Justice Syed Saghir Ahmed, former Judge of Supreme Court of India in this regard. A round table conference was organized under the leadership of Mr. Justice Syed Saghir Ahmed on Article 51 of the Constitution of India, on 14th January 2001. The judicial fraternity gave a thumping support to this conference. 56. An All India Seminar on Article 51 of Indian Constitution After this, Jagdish Gandhi organized an All India Seminar on Article 51 of Indian Constitution, which was inaugurated by Mr. Justice R. S. Pathak, Former Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India and former Judge of International Court of Justice, Member Permanent Court of Arbitration, the Hague and Honorary Member of Gray’s Inn Bench, London. Mr Justice Rangnath Misra, Former Chief Justice of India presided over it. It was also attended by Mr Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer, former Judge, Supreme Court of India and a large number of local judges participated in the seminar. 57. 'International Conferences of Chief Justices of the World' discuss need for formation of World Parliament and enactment of Enforceable International Law To promote this idea at international level CMS has been organising an International Conference of the Chief Justices of the World and World Judiciary Summit on Article 51 of the Constitution of India, every year for the past seven years. Chief Justices, Judges, jurists, legal experts and peace activists from all over the world have been taking part in this conference. There has been a continuous increase in the number of participants every year which is a proof of the popularity and success of the conference of Chief Justices of the world. 58. Resolution at the end of every international conference of Chief Justices of the world. At the end of every conference a resolution is passed by the chief Justices of the world. In the conference held in the year 2006 the resolution called for giving importance to peace education in school curricula throughout the world, compulsory study of international law in judicial education & training, popularising international law among judicial organizations and protect and promote the best interests of children. 59. Strengthening of UNO and formation of a World Government At the same time, CMS idea of strengthening the United Nations Organisation, formation of a World Government, enactment of enforceable international law to deal with international terrorism and establish world unity and lasting peace to safeguard the future of world’s two billion children and generations yet to be born, is getting overwhelming support. 60. 8 th International Conference of Chief Justices of the World in December 2007 Under the guidance and supervision of Jagdish Gandhi, the 8th International Conference of Chief Justices of the World will be organised by CMS at Lucknow during December 2007, in which a large number of Chief Justices judges, legal luminaries, peace organisations and peace activists of various countries are expected to take part. 61. Mankind does not need atomic weapons, it needs a global society based on justice All law courts are the platforms to bring to light the truth through non-violent methods. Lawyers and judges all over the world try to find out the truth through exercise of their logical minds and settle the issues through truth and non-violence. In the age of nuclear bombs, 36,000 nuclear bombs have already been made by a number of countries and eighty countries have stockpiled chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction. 62. Empowering International Court of Justice Today there is a Village Panchayat to solve the problems of a village. There is a District Court at district level, a High Court at state level and a Supreme Court at national level. Similarly the judgements of the International Court of Justice should be binding on member countries and individuals. In the absence of enforceable international law, the world is heading towards a disaster. UNO with five privileged veto power nations finds itself incapable of preventing wars. Under these circumstances, the provisions of Article 51 of the Indian Constitution are the only hope for global justice. 63. Pt. Nehru's quote, "Either the world will unite or it will perish" Provision of Article 51 in Indian Constitution is a unique provision which requires that the Union of India and its citizens (a) will promote international peace and security (b) maintain just and honourable relations between the nations of the world (c) foster respect for international law and (d) encourage settlement of international disputes by arbitration. The time has come when humanity should live as one family. If all of us do not join hands to make the world an enlarged family, the entire humanity will perish in animosity. All countries of the world should come forward and take the initiative to incorporate the provisions of Article 51 of Indian Constitution in their country’s constitutions. 64. Jagdish Gandhi has given slogans for promotion of World Unity Some of these are (i) Jai Jagat (Let us do good to the entire world) (2) School is a light house of Society (3) Aao Dosti Karein (come let us be friends) (4) One day I will Unite the World (5) Global Tie (Global trends in Education) (6) Make every child good and smart, a gift of God to mankind, a pride of human race and a potential light of the world (7) Create Enforceable International Law and empower the International Court of Justice (8) 'Catch them Innocent' to impart value and virtue-based education to children. Jagdish Gandhi organises World Unity Congregation (Satsang) every Sunday at CMS, Gomti Nagar. 65. Small house, large occupancy Jagdish Gandhi hired 12 Station Road house in 1958 on a monthly rent of Rs. 64/-. But there was no money to pay the rent. There was a proposal from a gentleman Mr B.P. Johari to share the accommodation and pay 50% of the rent i.e. Rs. 32/- per month. Bharti Gandhi had almost accepted the offer but Jagdish Gandhi refused. It was God’s will that he spurned the offer and saved the house as his residence for over five decades. The house opens only towards the Station Road and closed from other three sides. Living rooms have no attached baths and toilets and no cross ventilation. (Continued on page 4) That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way. —Doris Lessing
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