Park University to Welcome Mahatma Gandhi's Grandson for 150th Birthday Commemoration
**Renowned Historian and Grandson of Mahatma Gandhi to Discuss Peace Journalism and India-Pakistan Relations in Kansas City**
Rajmohan Gandhi, a distinguished historian and the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, will be visiting the Kansas City area in late August for a series of events focused on peace journalism and the status of peacebuilding between India and Pakistan.
The events, which are free and open to the public, will take place on August 26 and 27. On August 26, a program titled "Gandhi: The First Peace Journalist" will be held at 7 p.m. in Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel on the Parkville Campus. The event will be moderated by Steven Youngblood and will feature Rajmohan Gandhi, along with Abhijit Mazumdar, Cynthia Lukas, and Park University's Center for Global Peace Journalism.
On August 27, Rajmohan Gandhi will present a symposium on "The Status of Peacebuilding Between India and Pakistan" at 7 p.m. in Hudson Auditorium on the campus of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kan. This event will also be co-sponsored by the International Relations Council. A reception will precede the August 27 presentation, starting at 6:30 p.m.
Rajmohan Gandhi has been associated with Initiatives of Change since 1956 and served as president of Initiatives of Change International in 2009 and 2010. Among his many achievements, he led the Indian delegation to the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1990 and was a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, from 1990 to 1992.
In addition to his political career, Rajmohan Gandhi has authored several books on Indian history and politics, including "Why Gandhi Matters: An Appraisal of the Mahatma's Legacy" (2017) and "Gandhi: The Man, his People and the Empire" (2008). His writings often highlight the need for understanding the traumatic legacies of the India-Pakistan partition and the political intricacies behind the Kashmir issue, which is critical to peacebuilding narratives.
Although not explicitly mentioned in the search results as a frontline peace journalist or activist, Rajmohan Gandhi’s scholarly work functions as a form of peacebuilding, fostering deeper historical understanding which can underpin dialogue and reconciliation efforts between the two nations. His reflections on other leaders like Abdul Ghaffar Khan, closely associated with Gandhi family ideals and known for non-violence and peace advocacy in the NWFP region, indirectly bolster peacebuilding ideologies aimed at India-Pakistan reconciliation.
Rajmohan Gandhi is currently a research professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the Department of Education Policy, Organization, and Leadership. He was also a faculty member in UIUC's Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies from 1997 to 2012.
In the 1960s and early 1970s, Rajmohan Gandhi played a leading role in establishing Asia Plateau, a 68-acre center of Initiatives of Change in the mountains of western India. Asia Plateau fosters dialogue, reconciliation, and ethical governance and is recognized on the Indian subcontinent for its ecological contribution.
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- Rajmohan Gandhi's scholarly work, while not traditionally considered as frontline peace journalism, fosters deeper historical understanding, which can underpin dialogue and reconciliation efforts between India and Pakistan, thus contributing to education-and-self-development in the area of peacebuilding.
- As a research professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Rajmohan Gandhi continues to focus on Indian history and politics, emphasizing the need for understanding traumatic legacies and political intricacies, highlighting the important role of lifestyle and self-development in peacebuilding narratives.
