Nirmala Deshpande
Dr. Nirmala Deshpande (1929 - May 1, 2008), or Didi as she was affectionately known, was a Gandhian, social activist and member of Indian parliament. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and was the recipient of numerous awards including the Indian National Communal Harmony Award and the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award.Videos featuring Nirmala Deshpande
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Victory to the World
Parliamentarian and social activist Nirmala Desphande describes how an Indian nationalist slogan was transformed into a wish of goodwill for the whole world.
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Limitation, Complexity and Interdependence
Parliamentarian and social activist Nirmala Deshpande speaks to the ecological principles of limitation, complexity and interdependence. Applying the political and philosophical principles of Mahatma Gandhi, Nirmala shows how actions that harm the whole are intrinsically harmful to the individual self.
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"The whole – I won't say only humanity – but the whole universe is interdependent, everything. We are all interdependent upon each other."
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