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  • It was not until 1912, when Mahatma Gandhi joined the Indian freedom struggle against the British and introduced the idea of swaraj or self-rule that India awoke to the idea of oneness.

    We Need to Build a Class of Respectful Indians Mayank Maheshwari 2010

  • It was not until 1912, when Mahatma Gandhi joined the Indian freedom struggle against the British and introduced the idea of swaraj or self-rule that India awoke to the idea of oneness.

    We Need to Build a Class of Respectful Indians Mayank Maheshwari 2010

  • It was not until 1912, when Mahatma Gandhi joined the Indian freedom struggle against the British and introduced the idea of swaraj or self-rule that India awoke to the idea of oneness.

    We Need to Build a Class of Respectful Indians Mayank Maheshwari 2010

  • In the East, the word that swept people off their feet, especial ly in my country, has been 'swaraj'.

    India and the Empire 1935

  • I would just add that, as far as I understand it, the Hindu concept of "swaraj" is not just a sort of anything-goes type of permissive freedom, but really is synonymous with the idea that everyone, even those who are most marginalized or excluded from social, economic, and political power, should in conjunction with her / his fellows start to gain real control over her / his own destiny.

    'Just World News' with Helena Cobban 2008

  • Within one year of Maitreyi- Elliad’s meeting at Kolkata, the Indian National Congress passed the Karachi Resolution in 1931 where 'swaraj' or 'self rule' in free India was declared, but the gender issue was still marginalised as evidenced by the fact that only one of the resolutions expressly mentions protecting women's rights as part of workers' rights.

    Sense & Sensuality 2009

  • Within one year of Maitreyi- Elliad’s meeting at Kolkata, the Indian National Congress passed the Karachi Resolution in 1931 where 'swaraj' or 'self rule' in free India was declared, but the gender issue was still marginalised as evidenced by the fact that only one of the resolutions expressly mentions protecting women's rights as part of workers' rights.

    Archive 2009-07-01 2009

  • Mahatma Gandhi summed it up best when he said that, “Real swaraj will come not by the acquisition of authority by a few but by the acquisition of capacity by all.”

    Archive 2008-04-29 Venky 2008

  • I believe that this committee should be focused solely on the user's swaraj (freedom) to encode and decode their data.

    Archive 2008-04-29 Venky 2008

  • I believe that this committee should be focused solely on the user's swaraj (freedom) to encode and decode their data.

    An Open Letter to LITD15 committee of BIS Venky 2008

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  • Self-rule or autonomy.

    "If we become free, India becomes free and in this thought you have a definition of swaraj. It is swaraj when we learn to rule ourselves." - M.K. Ghandi

    November 23, 2007