JEFF’S PADYATRA THEME TO THE VILLAGERS
1.    Gratitude and Respect for your hospitality, kindness, generosity, and open –mindedness to listen to someone who has come from far away.
2.    My hope is to inform you that the development model of European and American origin has created a world-wide disaster of terrible consequences.
3.    This development model is destroying [...]

A sane society

“Penalties and fears there were none, nor threatening words inscribed in unchanging bronze.  Now did the suppliant crowd fear the words of its Judge, but they were safe without protection. Not yet did the pine cut from the mountain tops decent into the flowing waters to visit foreign lands, now did deep trenches [...]

The way of Gratitude
SUCOUR for the wounded healer
Transcribed with Mitree by Jeff Knaebel
Be grateful to those who have hurt or harmed you,
For they have reinforced your determination.
Be grateful for those who have deceived you,
For they have deepened your insight.
Be grateful for those who have hit you,
For they have reduced your Charmic obstacles.
Be grateful to those [...]

Daily Words of the Buddha for February 24, 2010
Sabbadānaṃ dhammadānaṃ jināti;
sabbarasaṃ dhammaraso jināti;
sabbaratiṃ dhammarati jināti;
taṇhakkhayo sabbadukkhaṃ jināti.
The gift of Dhamma triumphs over all other gifts;
the taste of Dhamma triumphs over all other tastes;
the happiness of Dhamma triumphs over all other pleasures;
the eradication of craving triumphs over all suffering.

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Human Conscience or the Blind Law of State Violence: Presenting a Clear and Present Choice to the [...]

THE ARGUMENT FROM MORALITY—
UN Albert Schweitzer, Nobel Laureate. UNIVERSAL GANDHI SWARAJ AS THE LAST BEST HOPE FOR A DYING WORLD
The following quotations excepted from Jeff Knaebel’s nook. ˆExperiments in moral Sovereignty Will be posted serially at www.gandhipad.com free.org.
At gandhi Swaraj Padyatra the first installment will be posted at the daily [...]

EIGHTIETH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner stateless freedom
6 November 2009

“I have not the slightest doubt that, but for the pair, truth and non-violence, mankind will be doomed. We can have the vision of that truth and non-violence only in the simplicity of the villages” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
*****
On this 80th day of our [...]

SEVENTY NINTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel on the 139th day of his sojourn stateless freedom
5 November 2009

Note: the four days of seventy fourth through seventy seventh were engaged in preparing for the Sarahan Conference and in reorganizing for Jeff’s continuing Walk for Peace which will begin again after conclusion of the conference. [...]

SEVENTY EIGHTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel on the 138th day of his stateless freedom
4 November 2009

Note: the previous four days – seventy fourth through seventy seventh – were engaged in preparing for the Sarahan Conference and in reorganizing for Jeff’s continuing Walk for Peace which will begin again after conclusion of the conference. [...]

SEVENTY THIRD DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel on the 133rd day of his sojourner stateless freedom
30 October 2009
“I have not the slightest doubt that, but for the pair, truth and non-violence, mankind will be doomed.  We can have the vision of that truth and non-violence only in the simplicity of the villages”  ~ Mahatma [...]

SEVENTY SECOND DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner stateless freedom
29 October 2009
“I have not the slightest doubt that, but for the pair, truth and non-violence, mankind will be doomed.  We can have the vision of that truth and non-violence only in the simplicity of the villages”  ~ Mahatma Gandhi
MAHATMA GANDHI ON INDUSTRIALIZATION
Compiled by Sri [...]

SEVENTY FIRST DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner stateless freedom
28 October 2009
“I have not the slightest doubt that, but for the pair, truth and non-violence, mankind will be doomed.  We can have the vision of that truth and non-violence only in the simplicity of the villages”  ~ Mahatma Gandhi
***
Gandhi’s internationalism was a sociological and [...]

SEVENTYTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner stateless freedom
27 October 2009
“I have not the slightest doubt that, but for the pair, truth and non-violence, mankind will be doomed.  We can have the vision of that truth and non-violence only in the simplicity of the villages”  ~ Mahatma Gandhi
MAHATMA GANDHI ON PEACE AND NON-VIOLENCE
By Ashu [...]

SIXTY NINTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner stateless freedom
26 October 2009
“I have not the slightest doubt that, but for the pair, truth and non-violence, mankind will be doomed.  We can have the vision of that truth and non-violence only in the simplicity of the villages”  ~ Mahatma Gandhi
MAHATMA GANDHI ON PEACE AND NON-VIOLENCE
By [...]

SIXTY EIGTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner stateless freedom
25 October 2009
“I have not the slightest doubt that, but for the pair, truth and non-violence, mankind will be doomed.  We can have the vision of that truth and non-violence only in the simplicity of the villages”
LETTER TO H.S.L.POLAK, [LONDON], October 14, 1909
•    They saw [...]

SIXTY SEVENTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel on the 127th day of his stateless freedom
24 October 2009
“I have not the slightest doubt that, but for the pair, truth and non-violence, mankind will be doomed.  We can have the vision of that truth and non-violence only in the simplicity of the villages”
LETTER TO H.S.L.POLAK, [LONDON], [...]

SIXTY SIXTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel on the 126th day of his paperless homeless stateless freedom
23 October 2009
“I have not the slightest doubt that, but for the pair, truth and non-violence, mankind will be doomed.  We can have the vision of that truth and non-violence only in the simplicity of the villages”
•    EXCERPTS [...]

SIXTY FIFTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel on the 125th day of his statelessness
22 October 2009
“I have not the slightest doubt that, but for the pair, truth and non-violence, mankind will be doomed.  We can have the vision of that truth and non-violence only in the simplicity of the villages”
•    EXCERPTS FROM HIND SWARAJ
by [...]

REPORTS FIFTY EIGHTH DAY THROUGH SIXTY FOURTH DAY
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel from the 118th day through the 124th day of his stateless freedom
15 October 2009 – 21 October 2009
EXCERPTS FROM HIND SWARAJ
by Mahatma Gandhi, November 1909
•    “Good travels at a snail’s pace – it can, therefore, have little to do with the railways.  Those [...]

FIFTY SEVENTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel on the 117th day of his statelessness
14 October 2009
•    EXCERPTS FROM HIND SWARAJ
by Mahatma Gandhi, November 1909
•    “A man who has realized his manhood, who fears only God, will fear no one else.  Man-made laws are not necessarily binding on him.  Even the Government does not expect [...]

FIFTY SIXTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, stateless, paperless sojourner free
13 October 2009
EXCERPTS FROM HIND SWARAJ
by Mahatma Gandhi, November 1909
•    “There is no end to the victims destroyed in the fire of civilization.  Its deadly effect is that people come under its scorching flames believing it to be all good.  They become utterly irreligious [...]

FIFTY FIFTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, stateless human being
12 October 2009
EXCERPTS FROM HIND SWARAJ
by Mahatma Gandhi, November 1909
The booklet is a severe condemnation of ‘modern civilization’.  It was written in 1909.  My conviction is deeper today than ever.  I feel if India will discard ‘modern civilization’, she can only gain by doing so.  [...]

FIFTY FOURTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, homeless paperless stateless sojourner free
11 October 2009
Gandhi Quotations From Samyojana 2008
(Society For Integrated Development of Himalaya, Mussoorie)
God is an unchanging law.  What I speak of is an eternal principle (shashrat niyam) which does not change with changing circumstance.  This law is the truth and that is why [...]

FIFTY THIRD DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, homeless and stateless sojourner free
10 October 2009
Gandhi Quotations From Samyojana 2008
(Society For Integrated Development of Himalaya, Mussoorie)
The Government’s power is maintained not because of its machine guns, but because of our deluded love for it.  This delusion has three forms: love for the council, which is comparable [...]

FIFTY SECOND DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, homeless stateless sojourner free
9 October 2009
Gandhi Quotations From Samyojana 2008
(Society For Integrated Development of Himalaya, Mussoorie)
India is laying ground down under the heel of modern civilization.  It is groaning under the monster’s terrible weight.  There is yet time to escape it, but every day makes it more [...]

FIFTY FIRST DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free of state
8 October 2009
Excerpts from “Samyojana”
(Society for Integrated Development of Himalaya, Mussoorie, 2008)
Educated India is seized with paralyzing fear.  We speak our opinions secretly.  In public we say things we do not really believe in.  We fear consequences, and therefore we are afraid to tell [...]

FIFTIETH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free and stateless
7 October 2009
Lack of finance is never a real difficulty to a sincere worker.  Finances follow you if you represent a real cause. (Mahatma Gandhi in Tendulkar 1960).
When I see a cow, it is not an animal to eat, it is a poem of pity [...]

FORTY NINTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel on the 108th day of his paperless homeless stateless freedom
6 October 2009
Woman is the incarnation of Ahimsa.  Ahimsa means infinite love, which means infinite capacity for suffering. (Mahatma Gandhi in Tendulkar 1960)…
Woman is more fit than man to explore and take bolder action in Ahimsa. (Tendulkar 1960).
Women [...]

FORTY EIGTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel on the 108th day of his paperless homeless stateless freedom
5 October 2009
We cease to grow when we cease to discriminate between virtues & vice, and slavishly cop the post which we do not fully know. (Mahatma Gandhi in Tendulkar 1960)…
Having flung aside the sword, I can offer [...]

FORTY SEVENTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
4 October 2009
For Swaraj to be built on non-violence, we must give the villages their proper place. (Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi).
What appealed to me most in Tolstoy’s life is that he practiced what he preached, and reckoned no cost too great in his pursuit of [...]

FORTY SIXTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
3 October 2009
Modern civilization has taught us to convert night into day and golden silence into brazen noise & din. (Mahatma Gandhi in Prabha 1955)…
Simplicity is the essence of universality. (Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi)…
The dignity of man requires obedience to a higher law, to the [...]

FORTY FIFTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, student of Satyagraha, sojourner free
2 October 2009, the 105th day of his paperless stateless freedom
TODAY, 2nd OCTOBER, IS GANDHI JAYENTI
To me Truth is God & there is no way to find Truth except the way of non-violence. (Mahatma Gandhi in Tendulkar 1960)…
If my non-violence is to be [...]

FORTY FOURTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
1 October 2009
Renunciation is everyone’s right. (Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi)…
All research is useless if it is not allied to internal research. (Mahatma Gandhi in Tendulkar 1960)…
I own no property and yet I feel that I am perhaps the richest man in the world. (CW)…
Woman is [...]

FORTY THIRD DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
30 September 2009
For a non-violent person, the whole world is one family.  He will thus fear none, nor will others fear him. (Mahatma Gandhi in Tendulkar 1960)…
Obedience to the law of bread labor will bring about a silent revolution in the structure of society. (Tendular 1960)…
Oppression [...]

FORTY  SECOND DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
29 September 2009
Dear Brother,
The following is the translation of my Gujarati article just for information-VELJIBHAI
MOST DANGEROUS POWERS OF THE GOVERNMENT
Gandhiji has asserted that “Swaraj means constant effort to get rid of control of government.” But government has assumed most dangerous powers and exercises strict controls on [...]

FORTY FIRST DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
28 September 2009
To me Truth is God & there is no way to find Truth except the way of non-violence. (Mahatma Gandhi in Tendulkar 1960)…
For a non-violent person, the whole world is one family.  He will thus fear none, nor will others fear him. (Tendulkar 1960)…
Obedience [...]

FORTIETH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel on the 100th day of his paperless stateless freedom
27 September 2009
The science of war leads one to dictatorship absolutely. (Mahatma Gandhi in Tendulkar 1960)…
Civil disobedience is the only nonviolent escape from the soul-destroying heat of violence. (Tendulkar 1960)…
Nonviolence is an attribute of the soul to be practiced by [...]

THIRTY NINTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel on the 99th day of his paperless stateless freedom
26 September 2009
To observe morality is to attain mastery over our mind and our passions. (Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi)…
My mother was certainly a scavenger – in as much as she cleaned me when I was a child. (CW)…
Repression [...]

THIRTY EIGTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
25 September 2009
Today, machinery merely helps a few ride on the backs of millions. (Mahatma Gandhi in Tendulkar 1960)…
No man can look upon another as his enemy, unless he first becomes his own enemy…
I believe in the absolute oneness of God, and therefore necessarily of humanity…
Speed [...]

THIRTY SEVENTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
24 September 2009
Woman is the incarnation of Ahimsa.  Ahimsa means infinite love, which means infinite capacity for suffering…
Woman is more fit than man to explore and take bolder action in Ahimsa. (Mahatma Gandhi in Tendulkar 1960)…
Women are special custodians of all that is pure & religious [...]

THIRTY SIXTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
23 September 2009
Unless our hands go hand in hand with our heads, we can do nothing whatsoever…
Useful manual labor, intelligently performed, is the excellent means for developing intellect…
The rich cannot accumulate wealth without cooperation of the poor. (Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi).
Jesus lived & died in [...]

THIRTY FIFTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
22 August 2009
The real India is not military, but peace-loving…
For India to enter the race for armaments is to court suicide (Mahatma Gandhi in Tendulkar,1960).
If India becomes slave of the machine, then I say heaven save the world…
In the true democracy of India, the unit is [...]

THIRTY FOURTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
21September 2009
Buddha declared the eternal & unalterable reality of the moral government of this Universe. He said that moral law is God…
Imperialism is negation of God. It does ungodly acts in the name of God…
It is we who make the goondas. Without our sympathy & passive [...]

THIRTY THIRD DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
20 September 2009
A slave has not the freedom to do the right thing (Mahatma Gandhi in Tendulkar,1960).
God cannot be realized through the intellect…
God never made man that he may consider another man untouchable…
To me, God is truth & love, God is ethics and morality, God is [...]

THIRTY SECOND DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
19 September 2009
No government on earth can make men who have realized freedom in their hearts salute against their will (Mahatma Gandhi inTendulkar, 1960)…
No society can be built on a denial of individual freedom…
When freedom is in jeopardy, non-cooperation is a duty and prison may be [...]

THIRTY FIRST DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel on the 91st day of his paperless stateless freedom
17 September 2009
A living faith cannot be manufactured by the rule of majority…
Legal imposition avoids the necessity of honour of good faith…
Freedom is like a birth. Till we are fully free, we are slaves (Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi).
Today [...]

THIRTIETH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel on the 90th day of his paperless stateless freedom
17 September 2009
Through the deliverance of India, I seek to deliver the races of earth from the crushing heels of Western exploitation (Mahatma Gandhi in Tendulkar, 1960)…
Let us learn from English rulers the fact that the oppressors are blind to [...]

TWENTY NINTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
16 September 2009
Democracy that depends on military and police is no democracy…
Civilization is that mode of conduct which points the path of duty (Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi)…
I must declare my Faith that it is better for India to discard violence altogether, even for defending her [...]

TWENTY EIGHTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
15 September 2009
Literacy in itself is no education (Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi)…
Punishment does not purify children. It hardens them. (Mahatma Gandhi in Tendulkar 1960)…
Schools & colleges are really a factory for turning out clerks for Government (Mahatma Gandhi in Tendulkar 1960).
We got underway from Amritpur [...]

TWENTY SEVENTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
14 September 2009
Civilization is that mode of conduct which points the path of duty…
Economics that hurt the moral well being of an individual or a nation are immoral and sinful (Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi).
Today we were awakened at 0330 hrs by a loudspeaker Hindi sermon, [...]

TWENTY SIXTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
13 September 2009
Democracy become mobocracy is autocracy multiplied a million times…
Civil disobedience is the inherent right of a citizen (Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi)).
Today we left Kheri at 0423 hrs for destination Sanolikala.
Our most loyal and dedicated Niraj-ji had worked with our U.S. webmaster until 0200 [...]

TWENTY FIFTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
12 September 2009
Through the deliverance of India, I seek to deliver the races of earth from the crushing heels of Western exploitation (Mahatma Gandhi in Tendulkar, 1960).
To get rid of the infatuation for English is essential for Swaraj (Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi).
Let us learn from [...]

TWENTY FOURTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel on the 84th day of his paperless stateless freedom
11 September 2009
I must declare my Faith that it is better for India to discard violence altogether, even for defending her borders… I know that not only is Swaraj our birth right, but it is our sacred duty to [...]

TWENTY THIRD DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel , sojourner free
10 September 2009
Democracy that depends on military and police is no democracy – democracy is not a state in which people act like sheep (Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi).
Last night we slept in the motorcycle garage of our Rai host. Jeff was next to [...]

TWENTY THIRD DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel , sojourner free
10 September 2009
Democracy that depends on military and police is no democracy – democracy is not a state in which people act like sheep (Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi).
Last night we slept in the motorcycle garage of our Rai host.  Jeff was next to the [...]

TWENTY SECOND DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel on the 82nd day of his paperless stateless freedom
9 September 2009
Corruption & hypocrisy are the inevitable products of modern democracy. (Mahatma Gandhi in Tendulkar, 1960).
Last night at Rohat we went to our charpoys to sleep under the stars in cool temperatures. At 0130 hrs a light [...]

NINETEENTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
6 September 2009
The highest moral law is that we should work unremittingly for the good of mankind.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi, 1930, Madras
Today we got underway from Raiya toward Jondhi at 0406 hrs.
Under a bright moon our flashlights were required only for traffic control to prevent [...]

EIGHTEENTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
5 September 2009
If there was any teacher who insisted on the inexorable Law of Cause & Effect, it was Gautama Buddha – and yet the (modern) Buddhists try to avoid the effects of their own acts. (Mahatma Gandhi in Tendulkar, 1960).
Today we got underway from Dharoli [...]

SEVENTEENTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel on his 77th day of paperless stateless freedom
4 September 2009
We got underway from Lukhi at 0422 hrs, heading for Kosli.
The approach to Kosli was through large ponds and mudholes from a night of rain on a section of road under construction.
Upon our arrival in Kosli [...]

SIXTEENTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
3 September 2009
Today we got underway from Village Koka at 0431 hrs.
The night had been sleepless for Jeff, with his face swollen and seemingly on fire from insect bite.
We start out on a sandy dirt track under a full moon so bright that the stars could not [...]

FIFTEEENTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
2 September 2009
Today we got underway from Sihma at 0420 hrs.
The sky is heavily laden with moisture from rain last night and the stars are obscured.
We arrive Bewal at 0653 hrs. Our host is Sri Bhagwan, son of Sri Banwari Lal.
After introductions by Principal Sri Kirsan [...]

FOURTEENTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
1 September 2009
We departed from the home of our host Bholaram Arya at 0438. With Mahavir Tyagiji’s guidance, we navigated through the dark streets of Narnaul to find the road to Looni.
We stopped at Chhapra-Salimpur for a scheduled address to villagers. First we bathed [...]

THIRTEENTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
31 August 2009
We got underway from Tanhot toward Narnaul at 0455 hrs.
Arriving Narnaul at 0720 hrs, we walked to our host’s home by 0755.
Our host today is Sri Bholaram Arya, manager of Khat Mandi Narnaul, together with his brother professor B.D. Sharma, PhD and their [...]

ELEVENTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff knaebel, sojourner free
29 August 2009
Last night at Patan we slept under the stars in the courtyard of the home of our gracious host Sri Madanlal Diwan. We were awakened at 0400 by loudspeaker blasts of morning prayers.
Today’s planned early morning departure from Patan was delayed by further snags [...]

TENTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel on his 70th day of paperless stateless freedom
28 August 2009
We got underway from Neemkathana at 0435 hrs.
Fourteen walking companions joined us for the first hour on the 14 km walk to Dokan, where we would halt for rest and speaking engagements.
Among these companions were Keshavji Deo Modi, Basantji [...]

NINTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free of state
27 August 2009
This day found us delayed in Neemkathana by logistical problems beyond our control.
We were graciously hosted and superbly supported by Keshav Deo Modi and his wife and magnificent family.
We unpacked, organized, inventoried and repacked our clothing and supplies. We did a pile [...]

EIGTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel on the 68th day of paperless stateless freedom
26 August 2009
This morning we make a late departure at 0610 hrs for the short march to Neemkathana, where we will be delayed due to logistical support problems.
At 0720 we arrive at the home of our Jaipur organizer and influential field [...]

SEVENTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
25 August 2009
We get underway from Chiplata toward Ganshwar at 0444 hrs.
Approaching Ganshwar, we are enthusiastically greeted by Sarpanch Ram Narayan Sharma and teacher Sumant Kumar Sharma.
We move immediately to the Senior Secondary School and address more than 500 students for about an hour. The basic [...]

SIXTH DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free
24 August 2009
From Raipur Jagir we get underway at 0453 hrs in blowing sand.
At 0600 we sit by the roadside for dry breakfast of kakra, akrot (walnut), alsi (flax seed), anjir (dried fig), and apple.
At Sawal Pura we meet and talk with former Sarpanch Kashi Ramji and [...]

GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
FIFTH DAY REPORT, 23 August 2009
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free of state
Today we are bound for Raipur Jaghir via Triveni Dhamm and Barijodri.
After morning meditation, we begin pack-up at 0440. We get underway at 0505.
Reaching Triveni Dhamm at 0645, we have breakfast of dried fruit, banana and kakra while awaiting the darshan [...]

GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
FOURTH DAY REPORT, 22 August 2009
by Jeff Knaebel, sojourner free of state
We got underway from Manoharpur toward Bishangarh at 0540 in blowing sand.
At Bishangarh we spoke with 250 students and staff of the Government Adhas Middle School, whose Principal is Hanuman Yadav. Our man-for-all-seasons Aniruddh Jadeja helped convey our message from the [...]

THIRD DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel on his 63rd day of paperless stateless freedom, 21 August 2009
After meditation and washing clothes, we got underway from Jawan Singh’s farm at Talamaud at 0545. Arriving before 0700 at the farm land of our Jaipur organizer Keshav Deo Agarwal, we hung clothes to dry while [...]

SECOND DAY REPORT
GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA
by Jeff Knaebel (the Satyagrahi who walks), 20 August 2009
Last night in Village Dhand, I lay down to sleep under the stars with the young history teacher’s question in my mind –
“Gandhiji taught Ahimsa, but now everywhere around us is violence. How shall we live? What shall become of [...]

GANDHI SWARAJ PADYATRA DAY 1, 19 AUGUST 2009
By Jeff Knaebel, on his 61st day of paperless stateless freedom
After what was for me a major speech on 18 August before an enthusiastic audience of more than 100 Gandhian scholars and activists at Prakrit Bharti, Jaipur – followed by a long night of packing – we got [...]