E-VERSION OF COLLECTED WORKS OF MAHATMA GANDHI
NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday launched the electronic version of the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (CWMG), which document the leader’s life from 1884 till his demise on January 30, 1948.
The minister also announced that the Hindi version of CWMG would be digitised soon.
“The intrinsic and heritage value of the e-CWMG project had the collaboration and partnership of institutions that have been founded and nurtured by Gandhiji himself,” said Jaitley on the occasion.
“This digitised version of the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi would be instrumental in preserving the valuable national heritage and disseminating it for all of humankind.”
The event that was organised at the Gandhi Peace Foundation was also attended by Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and newly-appointed secretary Sunil Arora.
Hailing
Gandhiji
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true visionary, whose thought process touched various facets of human life, Jaitley said Gandhiji’s understanding of a wide range of issues enabled the creation of a moral environment which in the long run forced the British to leave India.
His writings are inspirational in weaving humanity together. The documentation of his work through an e-version is truly inspirational for followers on the e-platform. At the same time it is a truly collectors’ item available to all followers of Gandhiji’s philosophy, he said. — IANS