Dian duncan buchman biography of mahatma gandhi

  • "All that is in the power of White South Africa is to choose whether the change will come with or without violence.
  • Daw Nyein Tha – or 'Ma Mi', as her family and friends called her – became the youngest headmistress in Myanmar in , aged Her style was authoritarian.
  • Dian Dincin Buchman.

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    Daw Nyein Tha – ‘When I point my finger at my neighbour’

    You never knew who you might meet in the Caux kitchens in the s. The kitchen which prepared dishes for Asian guests was presided over by a small Burmese woman in her 60s. Few would have guessed that she was a former headmistress from Myanmar (then Burma) and a friend of Mahatma Gandhi.

    Daw Nyein Tha – or ‘Ma Mi’, as her family and friends called her – became the youngest headmistress in Myanmar in , aged Her style was authoritarian. After 10 years, her staff and pupils finally rebelled when, as the Christian head of a Christian school, she refused to allow the Buddhist girls to observe a religious fast day. The incident caused a national furore.

    Now inom knew why Christ had put me in the school – not just to be headmistress but to learn to love people.

    The issue was finally resolved when she accepted that she disliked the girls and that her pride and conceit made it hard for the teachers to work with her. She ap

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      - Freedom: &#;Do you think you could write a play?&#;

      After a week at the Caux conference centre in July , the African delegation was ready to move on. They told their hosts, ‘We’ve enjoyed Caux. Now will you please arrange for us to see more of Europe?’

      The next morning, 28 July, the founder of Initiatives of Change (then called Moral Re-Armament),Frank Buchman, called the group together. They came from several countries, most of them struggling for independence, and included politicians, trade union leaders, business people and students. ‘I spent much of last night in Africa in my thoughts,’ Buchman told them. ‘Africa is not meant to be torn apart between East and West, but to speak to both East and West with an answer. I think that it may come in the form of a play. Do you think you could write a play?’

      Africa is not meant to be torn apart.

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