Archive for: October, 2010

Influences and conflicts that shaped Mahatma in Gandhiji

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This article attempts to identify the ideologies, and more important, its sources, that influenced Mahatma Gandhi. It will endeavor to understand and expound wherefore he sought his insights, his first revelations. Just how much of his ideologies and beliefs were formulated by introspection versus guidance from people or religious texts? Leo Tolstoy, the Russian writer, was [...]

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FNB Gauteng Diwali Festival in pictures

FNB Gauteng Diwali Festival

“The FNB Gauteng Diwali festival celebrates cultural diversity and tolerance and illustrates the need for both as the foundations of our communities and for nation building,” concludes Madhav. Now isn’t that just something! First National Bank and the South African Hindu Maha Sabha – Gauteng Region welcomes you one and all to experience the 2010 FNB Gauteng Diwali Festival!
Sianemukela! We welcome you!

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FNB Gauteng Diwali Festival shakes up Gauteng!

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Though the actual days of the Hindu festival fall on November 5 and 6, these pre-celebrations herald the colourful festivities. Jayesperi Moopen, festival director of the FNB Gauteng Diwali Festival, says setting up an event of this magnitude is like planning a wedding.

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Dhoni married last night

Dhoni Marriage

For 23-year-old Sakshi Rawat, nothing better explains the feeling of marrying one of the most eligible bachelors in the country than being on cloud nine as NDTV reports. India’s cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni tied the knot last night to fiancee Sakshi Rawat in Dehradun, this too only a day after the engagement. The mahurat, or auspicious [...]

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Festival of Lights

Diwali Festival 2011 South Africa

Johannesburg get ready for this years FNB Gauteng Diwali Festival! Bigger and better with over 50 stalls from retail shopping therapy, food, fun and entertainment you cannot afford to not be here!

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