<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 12:39:02 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/@thegandhiguy/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[A fast for nonviolence - March 10-18]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 10, 2019. It was on this day in 1968 that Cesar Chavez ended a 25-day fast for nonviolence. Last year, I wrote out a lengthy article comparing Chavez's 1968 fast with Gandhi's 1918 fast for striking]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@thegandhiguy/a-fast-for-nonviolence-march-10-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@thegandhiguy/a-fast-for-nonviolence-march-10-18</guid><category><![CDATA[fasting]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thegandhiguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 Mar 2019 19:08:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iQH3qgTCCKz7coenDCC2Ac6f4PVrTr35YZGrm4zeLbrpNeBcZM566v4PX7o8hAUNpQ9NbmzdkfG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gandhi's flawed fast - 99 hours in Rajkot]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mohandas K. Gandhi, who described fasting as a weapon that “cannot be lightly wielded,” used it over the last three decades of his life for personal, social, and political change. His nonviolent blade]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@thegandhiguy/gandhi-s-flawed-fast-99-hours-in-rajkot</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@thegandhiguy/gandhi-s-flawed-fast-99-hours-in-rajkot</guid><category><![CDATA[gandhi]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thegandhiguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 03 Mar 2019 10:23:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iPKYygTvF2pBiFe8qCKm6fudm7kWKrNerFcmLYAgbH2kqjR9UhvaZ1GmKJv2yC1drg4LYaaw6iA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gandhi goes to jail]]></title><description><![CDATA[On January 10, 1908, Mohandas Gandhi awaited his fate in a South African courtroom. Less than two weeks earlier, Judge H.H. Jordan had given Gandhi two choices, leave the country before the end of the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@thegandhiguy/gandhi-goes-to-jail</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@thegandhiguy/gandhi-goes-to-jail</guid><category><![CDATA[gandhi]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thegandhiguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2019 14:20:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gandhi in South Africa, Part 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 2 can be read here. Mohandas Gandhi stared at the walls of his room. The owner of Johnston's Family Hotel had agreed to let the 23-year-old barrister stay overnight, but the American had made it clear]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@thegandhiguy/gandhi-in-south-africa-part-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@thegandhiguy/gandhi-in-south-africa-part-3</guid><category><![CDATA[gandhi]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thegandhiguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2018 13:12:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gandhi in South Africa, Part 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Part 1 can be read here. On Friday, June 2, 1893, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi woke up aboard a northbound train in a first-class compartment. After a little more than a week in South Africa, the 23-year-old]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@thegandhiguy/gandhi-in-south-africa-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@thegandhiguy/gandhi-in-south-africa-part-2</guid><category><![CDATA[gandhi]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thegandhiguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2018 10:35:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iNg4zXrqPhHCnLs1ZKwJufTtRLdVSML42Zi2GBpbJwdfNewWaaYLy4e4bL5mFTdePX5UJZgrRmx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gandhi in South Africa, Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[On May 24, 1893, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi arrived in South Africa. It was the third continent the 23-year-old barrister had set foot on. During his first two weeks, he was greeted with violent racism,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@thegandhiguy/gandhi-in-south-africa-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@thegandhiguy/gandhi-in-south-africa-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[gandhi]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thegandhiguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2018 05:57:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNaPs7vzNXHueW5ZM76DSHWEY7onmfLxcK2iP9j9RkHuL2NQeT5NaeeNLrVD7eFenvuSSr2519jjUBLPwmrZbUQPPGPRPornV9BGZqZYuVZ1iW?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fasting for Nonviolence – Chavez, Gandhi, and Labor]]></title><description><![CDATA[March 9, 2018 - This week marks two historic dates in the intersection of the labor movement and nonviolence. Fifty years ago, Cesar Chavez ended his 25-day fast to promote nonviolence. One hundred years]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@thegandhiguy/fasting-for-nonviolence-chavez-gandhi-and-labor</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@thegandhiguy/fasting-for-nonviolence-chavez-gandhi-and-labor</guid><category><![CDATA[gandhi]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thegandhiguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2018 16:22:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZyRisUGqEGrFV3xuj2qVnfybDPhphqfh3TpjBu8orVB77RxSY3B9h7s6Lj7xdKRxr6z7Coa2LE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fasting for justice, part 2: the twenty-first day]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the morning of March 3rd, 1943, Mohandas Gandhi was handed six ounces of orange juice by his wife, Kasturba. It had been 21 days since his last meal, and now he was ready to break his fast. Gandhi had]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@thegandhiguy/fasting-for-justice-part-2-the-twenty-first-day</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@thegandhiguy/fasting-for-justice-part-2-the-twenty-first-day</guid><category><![CDATA[gandhi]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thegandhiguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2018 13:58:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZAyUvcLowBKDmHbTVEj9d4nXVaVrpUNCm6tCmDDhQZ88VCtpBhEYUmWAmwwcQyVDpAA79WYQoQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Gandhi got his start in civil disobedience]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the best known stories about Mohandas Gandhi takes place in a first-class train car upon his arrival in South Africa. A dramatization of it appears at the beginning of the 1982 film Gandhi. 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He wasn't the only one being detained; his wife, his secretary, and grand-niece were with]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@thegandhiguy/gandhi-fasting-to-protest-detention-without-charges</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@thegandhiguy/gandhi-fasting-to-protest-detention-without-charges</guid><category><![CDATA[gandhi]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[thegandhiguy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2018 06:06:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa4B3dfXg87gMDs6TfVeHKDZaMRZavYcuQYtYbGbFDdjN8Xo3w7oRp49q1rptvBiBiCBDivPwQz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Did Gandhi kill his wife?]]></title><description><![CDATA[“Gandhi killed his wife.” Over the summer, I was talking with some friends about Gandhi, and one of them chimed in with that scrap of information. I was literally speechless. 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