NITIE Students Promote "Gandhigiri" by Selling Mahatma Gandhi’s Autobiography

NITIE Students Promote "Gandhigiri" by Selling Mahatma Gandhi’s Autobiography

The event was successfully conducted on 2nd October 2007. A total of 170 students from NITIE took up the task of selling the inventory and generating awareness about Gandhian philosophy. Some of them hit the streets, while others put up stalls at Big Bazaars and Food Bazaars across Mumbai which attracted a huge number of buyers. The students were able to sell quite a number of copies of the coveted autobiography 'My Experiments with Truth' by M. K. Gandhi. The enthusiasm and dedication of the students paid off as they were able to achieve a sales figure of Rs. 51,700. The entire money earned through sales would go to an Old Age Home in Mumbai.

Gandhian Literature Being Sold at Food Bazaar by NITIE Students

The event was a huge success and a wonderful experience for the students as well. Vijit Banthia, a student, said, "Mahatma Gandhi’s teachings are of great importance to every Indian. Our aim is to reinstate those teachings in the minds of the people though our effort." Another student, Bharat Ram Kumar, said, "It is not only a tribute to the Father of our Nation, but also an occasion to contribute to society and give something back to it."

The success of the event proves that Gandhian ideas and philosophy are as relevant now as they were 50 years back.

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Contributed by -
Rohan Paul,
Student Media Cell - IMpress,
NITIE Business School, Mumbai.

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