Gandhi has gained worldwide reputation with his efforts to
promote Indian independence from Britain without the use of violence. Thanks to
his mother, he was heavily influenced by Jainism, which rejects violence
against all creatures and promotes asceticism. Gandhi was famous for his long
protest hunger strikes and public appearances only with a piece of cloth around
his loins. From my childhood, I remember a statuette we had for unclear reasons
at home, a half-naked Gandhi, cross-legged, ten
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Jan 25, 2019
Nov 7, 2012
Facts from the Life of Václav Havel and His Family
Havel’s parents were always in contact with celebrities. They were married by Prague mayor, advocate Baxa, who had excelled in the 1899 famous process against Jew Hilsner accused of a ritual murder, for whose innocence firmly stood the future first Czechoslovak president Thomas Masaryk. After WWI, Havel’s family acquired, by means of well positioned friends, political opportunism, and sheer corruption, a crucial role in the Czechoslovak film industry and a near monopoly on the distribution of the foreign movies. During WWII, the members of Havel family made friends with highest Nazis in Czechia, including members of the
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