Archive for October, 2006

Delhi Traders resort to “Gandhigiri”

By on Saturday, October 28th, 2006

With “Gandhigiri” now scoring points with even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who watched the much talked about Sanjay Dutt film on Wednesday night, distraught Delhi traders have decided to give it a try. Resorting to a different sort of protest against the dreaded sealing drive across the Capital, traders from different parts of the city [...]

Gandhigiri : Patna Professor’s Gandhigiri ???

By on Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Since last seven weeks I am compiling news about Gandhigiri on this site, but first time I am thinking that if the news item I am going to post on my site with post is really relevant to gandhigiri? First of all, the professor who is responsible for this news is not agree that his [...]

Gandhigiri on FBT

By on Sunday, October 15th, 2006

Gujarat is gearing up to do a Gandhigiri on the taxman and finance minister P Chidambaram’s controversial Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT).
Come October 31, 2006, and the Income-Tax machinery across the state could find itself paralysed by a unique form of satyagraha — thousands of FBT returns with a protest note flooding IT offices.
What’s more, even [...]

Gandhigiri pays: Embarrassed client clears carpenter’s dues

By on Sunday, October 15th, 2006

Bollywood flick Lage Raho Munnabhai seems to have inspired many people to adopt flower power and ‘Gandhigiri’ as a means of protest. Carpenter Naresh Sharma even managed to get timely payment from a client who had reportedly refused to pay him his dues. Sharma sat on a day-long dharna with Mahatma Gandhi’s poster in front [...]