Homage to Prabhudas Gandhi

Description:
"Homage to Prabhudas Gandhi" - This production gives an audio visual impression of one of Mahatma Gandhi's closest co-workers, his grand nephew Mr. Prabhudas Gandhi, who grew up in Gandhi's Phoenix Settlement in South Africa in the beginning of the 20th Century. He lateron lived and worked with Gandhi in his Sabarmati Ashram nr. Ahmedabad and Sevagram Ashram nr. Wardha.

Shot list:
Prabhudas Gandhi (PG) comes out of the main building of Kasturba Ashram nr. Rajkot/Gujarat, India, in 1988. Music: Vaishnava Janato. Stills of Prabhudasbhai's life; showing him with Mahatma Ghandi, family and friends, incl. Peter Rühe, Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi, visiting the Taj Mahal and the Gandhi Sangrahalaya at New Delhi; talk with Peter Rühe during the drawing competititon Mahatma Gandhi - As I see him at Rajkot 1993, about the relevance of Gandhi's teachings for us today, especially the young generation; Prabhudas Gandhi spinning on an amber charkha (metal spinning-wheel) and reciting the Bhagavad Gita, 1988. PG: "Bapu's grandfather and my grandfather's grandfather is the same person"; upon PR's question PG describes how life and atmosphere was at Phoenix settlement; PG: "In his book Hind Swaraj Gandhi wrote down how everybody should become independent. This was our text book. We should prepare our own food and clothing and should stick to truth and be fearless. We should not exploit anyone and not be exploited by anyone; we should be free and bold. Gandhi wanted everybody to be his/her own ruler and have a decentralised village-based industry without unnecessary machinery. As these values goes beyond time and borders they're still relevant today; PG spinning on foldable box charkha; PG explains the background of Kirti Mandir, Gandhi's birthpace at Porbandar/Gujarat, to a group of visitors from Germany; PG walks across Kasturba Ashram, music: Raghupati Raghava Rajaram; stills of PG of the video recordings, spinning, with family and his travels with Peter Rühe

Clip id: homage_to_prabhudasbhai_gandhi

Digital Mastering: Peter Rühe - http://peter.ruehe.net

Courtesy: GandhiServe Foundation Mahatma Gandhi Research and Media Service, http://www.gandhiserve.org

For personal, institutional and commercial use contact: GandhiServe Foundation , mail@gandhimail.org

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• prabudas
• gandhi
• mahatma
• rühe
• ruehe
• kasturbadham