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01-30-2007, 02:07 PM
By MATTHEW ROSENBERG, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 45 minutes ago
NEW DELHI - The world's nations must heed Mohandas Gandhi's philosophy and provide for all their people while keeping greed in check, India's prime minister said Tuesday, as the country marked the 59th anniversary of the Indian icon's assassination.
Directed at the entire world, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's call was resonant in India — a booming country that's minting tens of thousands of new millionaires each year but is still home to some 400 million people who live on less than a dollar a day.
"I do sincerely believe that the world cannot sustain the lifestyles of the affluent," Singh told delegates at the close of a conference marking the centenary of Gandhi's "satyagraha," or nonviolent movement.
"We need a new development paradigm that caters to everyone's need and can keep in check human greed," he said, paraphrasing one of Gandhi's best-know teachings.
Gandhi began his satyagraha in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Sept. 11, 1906, where he was working as a lawyer. He lived in South Africa from 1893 to 1914 when he returned to India to start the peaceful campaign that would eventually force Britain out of the subcontinent.
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NEW DELHI - The world's nations must heed Mohandas Gandhi's philosophy and provide for all their people while keeping greed in check, India's prime minister said Tuesday, as the country marked the 59th anniversary of the Indian icon's assassination.
Directed at the entire world, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's call was resonant in India — a booming country that's minting tens of thousands of new millionaires each year but is still home to some 400 million people who live on less than a dollar a day.
"I do sincerely believe that the world cannot sustain the lifestyles of the affluent," Singh told delegates at the close of a conference marking the centenary of Gandhi's "satyagraha," or nonviolent movement.
"We need a new development paradigm that caters to everyone's need and can keep in check human greed," he said, paraphrasing one of Gandhi's best-know teachings.
Gandhi began his satyagraha in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Sept. 11, 1906, where he was working as a lawyer. He lived in South Africa from 1893 to 1914 when he returned to India to start the peaceful campaign that would eventually force Britain out of the subcontinent.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070130/ap_ ... a_gandhi_1 (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070130/ap_on_re_as/india_gandhi_1)