Sharon A. Kattke's Blog – March 2009 Archive (3)

Satyagraha prisoners learned crafts and practical principles of self-sufficiency and self-discipline. Ahmadabad Textile Labor Association protested with Satyagraha, and became a model for Indian trade unions.



Gandhi went nationwide with Satyagraha. It was a political downfall. A massacre occurred killing hundreds of Indians and wounding over a thousand. Gandhi called off the civil disobedience. He usually was released from jail because of his fasting which made him… Continue

Gandhi set forth to boycott courts and councils. It was a boycott to stop British rule. Gandhi wrote to the Viceroy returning his medals and decorations. Gandhi had served only one term as President of the Congress. People said that he was a super President.



He started having the Indians make Khadi, a hand spun cloth. It became the "livery of freedom." He did a boycott of foreign cloth. Gandhi each day spun cloth for half an hour. He also fasted every Monday.



In 1930,… Continue

Gwyneth Paltrow hit the red carpet for the Bent on Learning Benefit in New York City last Wednesday. The non-profit organization arranges yoga and meditation classes in the city's public schools. The 36-year-old actress has promoted her healthy living lifestyle on her website Goop, which the New York Times ridiculed as "fatuous" and "puzzling."

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