Madan Gopal Gandhi | |
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Born | (1940-08-31)31 August 1940 Lahore |
Died | 26 January 2019(2019-01-26) (aged 78) Gurgaon, India |
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Dr. Madan G. Gandhi (31 August 1940 – 26 January 2019) was an educationalist, litterateur and poet. They were a visiting fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge.
Early childhood
Gandhi was born on 31 August 1940 in Lahore to Srimati Savitri Devi and Kewal Krishan. After the partition, the family relocated to India, where Madan completed his FSc at S.A. Jain College in 1958 and earned a B.A. with Honors in English Literature from D.A.V. College, Ambala City in 1960.
Education
He did his M.A. in English in 1964 from Panjab University, Chandigarh. His second master's degree was in Political Science from Punjabi University, Patiala in 1966 and Ph.D. in Political Science from Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1974.
Works
As an editor, he edited six volumes of the Collected Works of Lala Lajpat Rai. He brought out the inaugural issue of the journal Earth Vision and, as editor of the South Asia News Letter, published 7 issues featuring the following volumes:
- Sir Chhotu Ram: A Political Biography
- Gandhi & Marx
- Gandhian Aesthetics
- Modern Political Analysis
- Modern Political Theory
- Dialogue Among Civilizations
- Globalization: A Reader
- New Media: A Reader
- Gopal Krishna Gokhle: A Political Biography
- Creative Writing
- Kundalini
- Ashes & Embers
- Haikus & Quatrains
- Petals of Flame
- Luteous Serpent
- Meandering Maze
- Freak Stair
- Ring of Silence
- Enchanting Flute
- Shunayata in Trance
- The Imperiled Earth
- Ashtavakra Gita
- Dattatreya Gita
- Zen Gita
- Gayatri
- Guru Nanak's Japuji - The Celestial ladder (2010);
- Avadhut Gita (2017);
- Ewafe (2013);
- Kundalini Awakening (2013);
- Pravrajya Peals (2013);
- Planet in Peril (2014);
- Heavenly Hymns (2014);
- Intercontinental Anthology of Poetry on Universal Peace (2014);
- Burnished Beads (2015);
- Dervishes' Dance (2016);
- Bonsai Blossom (2016);
- Arspoetica (2017);
- Umbilical Chords : Anthology of Parents (2015);
- Mandela Tributes (2014);
- Jora Sanko (2014)
Works translated into other languages
The poetry of Madan G Gandhi was translated into several languages including Persian by Khadijeh Khavari, Najmeh Khavari with the title The Best Works of Madan G Gandhi, in Italian by Maria Miraglia, Tamil by Padmaja Narayanan as Petals of Flame, and Hindi by Jai Krishan Shukla Swar Se Saadh Anant.
Awards
Gandhi received a number of awards in his lifetime.
See also
References
- ^ "AXLEPIN - News". Axlepinpublishing.com.ph. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- "The man for global Peace and harmony". Archived from the original on 31 August 2018. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
- "Early childhood". Yayatimadanggandhi.org. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- "Early childhood". Archived from the original on 9 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- "RBT Award Judges". Xpresspublications.com. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- Grover, Verinder (December 1993). Political Thinkers of Modern India: Lala Lajpat Rai. Deep & Deep Publications. ISBN 9788171004263. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- Gopal, Madan. (September 1977). Sir chhotu ram. : Br Publishing Corporation. ISBN 81-7018-017-1. OCLC 948880365.
- The Best Works of Yayati Madan G Gandhi/بهترین آثار ملک الشعراء، یایاتی مدن جی گاندی (Persian) Paperback – 2016. ASIN 9383755245.
- Greatest Works of Poet Laureate Yayati Madan G Gandhi (First Edition, 2015) (Italian) Paperback – 2015. ASIN 9383888385.
- One of the Greatest Works of YAYATI MADAN G GANDHI Petals of Flame! / நெருப்பிதழ்கள்!. ASIN 9383755571.
- Swar Se Saadh Anant / स्वर से साध अनन्त (Hindi) Paperback – 2016. ASIN 9383755253.
- "Madan Gopal Gandhi (author)". authorsden.com. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
Notes
- "The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - National Capital Region". Tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- "Haiku: Simply Haiku". Simplyhaiku.com. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- "FG: A Poetic Meet". Fridaygurgaon.com. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- Fahredin Shehu. "Fahredin Shehu". Fahredin-sh.blogspot.in. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- Mandela Tributes edited by Mutiu Olawuyi & Madan Gandhi, Global Fraternity of Poets Publishing, India ISBN 978-93-83888-06-1
- "Aristos". Dagupan.com. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- "Poems of Mangalaprathaban". Poetmangalaprathaban.blogspot.in. 26 April 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- "Stray Pebbles - Yayati Madan G Gandhi - All Books". Thepoetrysocietyofindia.com. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- "Inklinks - Anthology". Cyberwit.net. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
- "Being and Becoming". randompoemtree.wordpress.com. February 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- "Lotuses Bloom". whispersinthewind333.blogspot.in. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
- 20th-century Indian philosophers
- 20th-century Indian translators
- 20th-century English translators
- Nonviolence advocates
- People from Lahore
- 1940 births
- English male poets
- English male non-fiction writers
- 2019 deaths
- Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge
- 20th-century English poets
- 20th-century Indian educational theorists