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UNIVERSITY OF DELHI

FOUR YEAR UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMME

(CourseseffectivefromAcademicYear201314)

SYLLABUSOFCOURSESTOBEOFFEREDIntegratingMind,BodyandHeart

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IntegratingMind,BodyandHeart

Semester I

ThePhilosophicalUnderpinningsofthisProgrammeofStudy

Thisisapracticeorientedprogrammeofstudy.Itsmainthemereflectsanefforttokindlea

valueorientedandholisticthoughtprocessintheconsciousnessofthestudentthatwilllead

hertoabetterrealizationandappreciationofthefactthatthereshouldbeharmonybetween

whatonethinks,whatonefeelsandwhatonecreatesorpresentsexternally.Inotherwords,

thecoursewillfosteravaluesystemthatreliesonactionsstemminginharmonywithaninner

valuesystem.

ThePedagogicalPrescriptions

Thepractice

involved

requires

students

to

take

cognizance

of

some

defining

episodes

in

the

life

ofMahatmaGandhifromhisschoolyearstotheendofhislifeandtoexaminehowhe

managedtocreateabalanceandharmonybetweenhisactionsandthoughtsandhis

conscience.Thestudentwillbeaskedtoseekincidentsandepisodesinherownlifeandworld

thatresembletheseincidentsandepisodesfromGandhislifeandshewillhavetostudyher

ownresponses(ortheresponsesandactionsofthepersonagesinvolved)incomparisonwith

theresponsesofGandhitotheextentpossible.Thestudentwilladditionallybeaskedto

maintainadiarywhichshallrecordanyepisodesthathappeninherlifeandwhichbearsome

resemblancetothechosenepisodesfromGandhislifeforacomparativestudy.Thestudent

willbe

further

asked

to

enlarge

this

study

to

episodes

from

history

in

the

lives

of

great

individualsandalsofromliteraturethatmayevenbeintherealmoffiction.Shewillalsobe

exposedtofilmsanddocumentariesaswellasvisitstospotsinDelhiconnectedwiththelifeof

MahatmaGandhi.

Objective

Toinstilltheprinciplesofnonviolenceandtruthineachstudentthroughcreatingawareness

aboutMahatmaGandhispracticeofthesebeliefsinhisownlife.

Content

TheepisodeschosenfromGandhislifecanbebroadlydividedintothreephasesofhislife:

ChildhoodandearlylifeinKathiawarandPorbandar LifeasastudentinEngland EvolutiontowardsMahatmahoodinSouthAfrica

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Theepisodeschosenare:

TheimpactoftheplaySatyavadiRajaHarishChandra. Confessingtohisfatherafterhavingstolengold. Refusaltocheatinaschooltestinspiteofthepromptingsofhisclassteacher. AdherenceinEnglandtothevowsgiventohismother. Theselfgenerateddisciplineinhislifeasastudentintermsofstudy,simplelivingand

otherhabits.

HisexperiencesofracialdiscriminationuponarrivalinSouthAfrica(train;stagecoach;hotel)andhisreactions.

HisflourishingpracticeasalawyerinSouthAfricathroughhisadoptionofhonestyasapolicystemmingfrombelief.

Hiscompassionateapproachtowardsotherhumanbeingsinpubliclifeandinhisapproachtonursingtheillandeventhewounded.

DiscoveringhismissioninlifethroughreadingRuskinsUntoThisLast. Theuseofhishandsandhisideasandbeliefsintherealmofeducationandmedicine.

Reference

Gandhi,MK.MyExperimentsWithTruth;NavjivanMudranalaya,Ahemdabad