2020 Gandhi Jayanti & M. K. Gandhi Annual Lecture
Panel Discussion on "Mahatma Gandhi – Beyond the Civil Rights Movement"
Panelists: Dr. Clayborne Carson & Dr. Faisal Devji
Gandhi Jayanti 2020
Dr. J Humar - Virtual 'garlanding' of Gandhi's statue
Welcome
Rashmi Gupta welcoming the audience
Our Distinguished Panelists
Rahil Khan introducing the panelists
Dr. Clayborne Carson
Professor of American History
Stanford University and Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
Dr. Faisal Devji
Professor of Indian History
Director of the Asian Studies Centre
St. Antony's College, University of Oxford
Questions & Answers
Audience Questions to Panelists
Moderators: Rahil Khan, Dr. Anne Vallely, and
Dr. Jagmohan Humar
H. E. Ajay Bisaria
High Commissioner of India in Canada
Dr. Benoit-Antoine Bacon
President of Carleton University
Vote of Thanks
Rashmi Gupta thanking the panelists and the audience
Panel Discussion: Mahatma Gandhi – Beyond the Civil Rights Movement
Dear Members/ Friends of MGPCO,
Mahatma Gandhi Peace Council of Ottawa is pleased to inform you that the M.K. Gandhi Annual Lecture 2020 is being held as a panel discussion on October 3, 2020 at 1-3 PM. Due to COVID-19 restrictions on the assembly of people, this year’s event will be held as an online event via the Zoom platform.
The topic of the panel discussion, “Mahatma Gandhi – Beyond the Civil Rights Movement” is a topical subject on the relevance of Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy of non-violence to the Civil Rights Movement and beyond it. Our guest speakers will present their views on Mahatma Gandhi’s inspirational example for key African American civil rights leaders and on his broader views on humanitarianism, rights, and duties — with lessons for today’s Black Lives Matter Movement.
The Panelists: The panel will feature two distinguished guests:
- Dr. Clayborne Carson, Professor of American History at Stanford University and Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute. [https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/clayborne-carson]
- Dr. Faisal Devji, Professor of Indian History at the University of Oxford, England, and author of the book “The Impossible Indian: Gandhi and the Temptation of Violence.” [https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/people/faisal-devji]