Aim, Objects & Activities:

Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal / Gandhi Book Centre is a GANDHIAN PUBLIC CHARITABLE TRUST having noted Gandhians amongst its midst and undertakes various constructive programmes like Seminars, Workshops, Meetings, Youth Camps, etc. in pursuance of the teachings of Gandhi, Vinobaji and J.P.

Website:

Complete Information on Gandhi : www.mkgandhi.org

In light of regular queries from different corners of the world, we've put in tremendous efforts in making this site a supreme collection of information about Works, Life, Teachings, and Philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi.

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 Gandhi's Philosophy  Biography  Quotations  Articles  Photo Gallery  Online Books and CDs  Gandhi Journal   Discussion Group  Gandhi Today  Current News  Related Links  Greeting Cards   Books Online and More...

This is a comprehensive site for Researchers, Scholars, Activists, Students and all, with a large collection of links to get more information on Gandhi, Non-Violence, Peace and Conflict Resolution and is developed by non-profitable Gandhi Institution.

Sarvodaya Mandal has also started Gandhi website in HINDI, www.hindi.mkgandhi.org, for making the information accessible to a large audiance.

Propagation of Gandhi Literature :

To educate and create awareness among people, we promote the sale of ethical literature pertaining to Gandhi, Vinoba and Sarvodaya by putting up book exhibitions at various public places, schools, colleges and institutions. We also sell thought provoking and spiritual books of other authors and children's books, so that their message reaches the masses. Every year, we hold a week-long exhibition-cum-sale of Gandhi books on special  occasions like 2^nd October – Gandhi Birth Anniversary and 30^th January – Martyr’s’ Day and offer the books at a special discount of 50 per cent. All through the year, about 1.28 lakh books on and by Gandhi and related issues worth Rs. 30 lacs are sold by us.

Peace Work:

In our constant endeavour to inculcate the spirit of Peace, Love and Brotherhood and to promote communal amity, we organise Peace Marches and Mass-Walks with the focus on crucial global issues like a Nuclear Free World, Nonviolence, Communal Harmony, and International Peace.

Every year, Peace Rally is organized on 6^th August to mark the anniversary of the devastation of Hiroshima with a deadly atomic attack by America during World War II, showing solidarity with the people of the world seeking a nuclear-free world.

On 30^th January every year, we organize Communal Harmony Peace Rally in Mumbai to commemorate death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. NSS volunteers from SNDT and Mumbai University, Gandhian and Peace activists and peace-loving citizens march and take the pledge to work for peace and integration.

Youth Camps:

To motivate the students for radical thoughts and constructive programmes on the Gandhian lines, Personality Development Youth Camps are organised every year in various districts of Maharashtra. About 150 students participate in these youth camps. In these camps, students are assigned responsibilities to inculcate the spirit of social awareness, national integration and other Gandhian values, so as to utilize their inherent idealism and ability for the betterment of mankind.

Gandhi Peace Exam for School & College Students

Youth today is indiscriminately bombarded with negative emotions of selfishness, hatred, vengeance and violence through T.V., mobile and video games. Gandhiji’s life and literature is still the best source of inspiration for us to inculcate the values of love, brotherhood, truth, friendship, service, tolerance, non-violence and fearlessness into the next generation and motivate them to look for non-violent means of conflict resolution. With this in mind, Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal organizes Gandhi Peace Exam for school and college students all over Maharashtra to bring about a radical change in the thinking of youth and to channelize their energies in re-vitalising society. About 60,000 students appeared for Gandhi Peace Exam in the year gone by.

Gandhi Peace Exam for the Prisoners in Jail

To evoke the sense of remorse through inculcation of moral values in minds of under-trials and make them realize the power of truth and non-violence, Gandhi Peace Exam is also conducted in Jails of Maharashtra. Not only prisoners, but Jail officials also appeared for the exam. We have got an extremely encouraging response from prisoners and this year about 1452 prisoners with many jail officials appeared for Gandhi Peace Exam.

International Non-Violence Day

Mumbai Sarvodaya Mandal is organizing various programmes to commemorate ‘International Non-violence Day’ on 2^nd October as declared by UN from 2007. On this day, Colleges and Universities of different states all over India organise various programmes involving three to four lakh students every year in accordance with the ideas and guidance received from Mumbai Sarvodaya Mandal.

Mandal sent a letter to all the Universities in India along with a series of activities that may be organised to celebrate ‘International Non-violence Day’. In response to our call, colleges from different states organised various programmes and about three to four lakh students participated in the celebration every year.

In 2009, as a part of the celebration of ‘International Non-violence Day’, Bombay Sarvodaya Mandal and Gandhi Peace Centre, Australia jointly organised Gandhi Peace Competition in India and Australia to provide a platform for creative people to show their creative talents on various Gandhian, social and environmental issues through logos, posters, creative writing etc. More than 2000 people participated in this competition.

Promotion of Village Products:

Village industries are promoted by encouraging the production and sale of Khadi clothes, honey, soap, leather goods, ghani oils, etc. This is to provide the village with a means to arrest the exodus of their youngsters to the city in search for employment.

The Gandhi Book Centre is also one of the largest sources of Gandhian Literature, Photographs, etc.