Gandhiji’s
Salt Satyagraha, a classic example of people’s participation in the quest for
freedom ----Hon’ble Speaker of Lok
Sabha, Smt. Sumitra Mahajan
Responsibility on us to preserve
Mahatma Gandhi’s thoughts and writings and disseminate it to future generations – Venkaiah Naidu
I&B Minister Shri Venkaiah Naidu presents 100
Volumes of Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi to Hon’ble Speaker of Lok Sabha
Smt. Sumitra Mahajan
Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu,
Minister for Information & Broadcasting today presented
100 Volumes of Collected
Works of Mahatma Gandhi to Hon’ble Speaker of Lok Sabha Smt. Sumitra Mahajan
for Parliament Library.
Speaking on the occasion,
Hon’ble Speaker, Smt. Sumitra Mahajan said that Gandhiji’s simple message to
the common people during the national movement evoked a sense of popular
participation, feeling of oneness and unity for the nation. The Salt Satyagraha
was a classic example of people’s participation in the quest for freedom. His
philosophy also influenced the global community with regard to service to the
nation. On the receipt of 100 volumes of Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi,
Hon’ble Speaker said that the collections would be kept in Parliament for
members so as to enable them to peruse the heritage collection. The Hon’ble
Speaker appreciated the efforts of Ministry of I&B and complimented the
I&B Minister for his efforts in taking forward this initiative and
development agenda of the Government.
Speaking on the occasion,
Shri Venkaiah Naidu said that the writings of Mahatma Gandhi
played an instrumental role in weaving the freedom movement together with the
morals of truth and non-violence. Quoting Mahatma Gandhi “Let our lives be open
books for all to study” he said that collected works of Mahatma Gandhi gave an
invaluable opportunity to study from the life teachings of Father of our
Nation. It was our responsibility to preserve his thoughts/ writings and
disseminate it to our future generations.
Elaborating further, Shri Naidu said that The Collected Works of Mahatma
Gandhi’(CWMG) is a monumental document of Gandhiji’s thoughts which he spoke
and wrote from 1884, when Mahatma was a 15 year old boy, till his assassination
on January 30, 1948. His writings, scattered all over the world, were collected
and constructed with stringent academic discipline and with an earnest sense of
loyalty. He added that these titles
enumerate the ideals and principles by which Mahatma led his life and provided
a great inspiration to all of us. Each volume in this series was a heritage
book in itself, meticulously reproducing speeches as well as notes, letters etc
written by Gandhiji on various topics which touch various facets of human lives
- personally, socially and politically.
The CWMG-original-KS-edition, named after Prof. K.
Swaminathan, the chief architect of the original series, had taken about 38
years for the completion from the year 1956 to 1994. The original edition is a
series of one hundred volumes, running into over 55,000 pages, intricately
connected across the series, as an integrated whole. The task of preparation of
the Digital Master Copy based on the original KS Edition of CWMG was undertaken
through a specially set up CWMG Cell, and an expert committee comprising noted
Gandhian scholars under an MoU between Publications Division and Gujarat
Vidyapith, Ahmedabad, established and nurtured by the Mahatma himself.
The Digital Master Copy is also hosted on the Gandhi
Heritage Portal, maintained by Sabarmati Ashram Preservation and Memorial
Trust, Ahmedabad. The complete volumes are now available online for purchase
and each volume is nominally priced at Rs 100/- to ensure it remains affordable
to the enthusiasts across the globe and the complete set is available at 25%
discount, amounting to Rs 7,500/- for all 100 volumes.
Publications division, a media unit under Ministry of
Information & Broadcasting is one of the major publishers of Gandhian
Literature as part of its mandate to preserve our rich national heritage. Over
the decades, the Division has brought out many prominent Gandhian Literature
titles, which have now acquired the status of heritage literature, and are
considered seminal works in the field of Gandhian studies.
Courtesy:pib.nic.in
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