Magsaysay Award for Prakash Amte, wife Aug 1, 2008
NAGPUR: More than three decades after Baba Amte won the Magsaysay Award for public service, his son Prakash Amte was on Thursday chosen along with his wife Mandakini for the prestigious prize, called the Asian Nobel Prize, in the category of community leadership ... Baba Amte had won the award in 1975. (Times of India)
Baba Amte, at 93; dedicated life to helping India's lepers Feb 21, 2008
Baba Amte (right), receiving the annual Gandhi Peace Prize from Indian President K.R. Narayanan ... WASHINGTON - Baba Amte, 93, a widely honored social activist who abandoned a life of privilege in the late 1940s to dedicate himself to lepers and other outcasts, died Feb. 9 at the leprosy shelter he founded at Warora, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. (Boston Globe)
Baba Amte, Champion of Lepers and Outcasts, Dies Feb 21, 2008
Baba Amte, 93, a widely honored social activist who abandoned a life of privilege in the late 1940s to dedicate himself to lepers and other outcasts, died Feb. 9 at the leprosy shelter he founded at Warora, in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. He had leukemia. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
* Baba Amte, patron of lepers, passes on at 93 Feb 18, 2008
Baba Amte, patron of lepers, passes on at 93 ... Baba Amte, a follower of Mohandas Gandhi whose dedication to helping the lepers of India brought him the Templeton Prize and many other international awards, died on Feb. 9 at his shelter for leprosy patients in the western Indian state of Maharashtra ... Baba Amte, who was trained as a lawyer, turned from an early life of hunting, playing sports, driving fancy cars and writing film reviews to working with the poor of his country, but his... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Baba Amte laid to rest in Anandvan Feb 11, 2008
Renowned humanitarian and Magsaysay award winner Baba Amte (94) was laid to rest in the shaded grounds of Anandvan, his primary mission project for leprosy patients, amid state honours on Sunday morning. Amte, who was suffering from leukemia for the last six months, passed away on Saturday. (Hindustan Times)
Chronic pain may disrupt brain function Feb 10, 2008
I have two images of Baba Amte in my mind. The first is a ramrod-straight, weather-beaten Roman It's official now. (Mangalorean.com)
Baba Amte laid to rest with full state honours Feb 10, 2008
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Baba Amte passes away Feb 9, 2008
Baba Amte, 94, passed away on Saturday (TOI Photo). NAGPUR: Noted social activist and Magsaysay award winner Murlidhar Devidas Amte alias Baba Amte died at his 'Anandvan' ashram in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra on Saturday ... Baba Amte passed away at 4:15 am, his son Dr Vikas said. (India Times, India)
Amte, the great social reformer Feb 9, 2008
MUMBAI: 'Charity Destroys, Work Builds' was the mantra of the last of India's great social activists, Baba Amte, revered as a saint in his lifetime and as a god by the thousands of lepers he cared for. Innumerable awards, including Padma Vibhushan and the Magsaysay Award came the way of 94-year-old Murlidhar Devidas alias Baba Amte, who once allowed bacilli from a leprosy patient to be injected into him for further tests, justifying the title 'abhaysadhak' given to him by Mahatma Gandhi ... Baba... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Pay your tributes to Baba Amte Feb 9, 2008
Murlidhar Devidas Amte, lovingly called Baba Amte, passed away at 94 (TOI Photo). Noted social activist and Magsaysay award winner Murlidhar Devidas Amte, lovingly called Baba Amte, passed away at his 'Anandvan' ashram in Maharashtra on Saturday. (India Times, India -- Community News)
President, PM condole Baba Amte's death Feb 9, 2008
President, PM condole Baba Amte's death- Politics/Nation-News-The Economic Times ... President, PM condole Baba Amte's death9 Feb, 2008, 0935 hrs IST, PTI ... "Baba Amte is a great example of a person who committed his life for the welfare of the destitute and needy," the President, who is on a visit to Jalgaon, said in her condolence message. (Economic Times)
Rehabilitate them Feb 4, 2008
Recently I visited Maharogi Sewa Samiti, Warora, the Anandvan project of Baba Amte, spread over at Anandvan, Somnath, Hemalkasa, etc. in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. (India Times)
Statement from the John Templeton Foundation in reply to Le Journal de Montréal - (September 3, 2007, page 6 Straight Talk by Richard Martineau) Sep 5, 2007
---------------------- Winners from diverse religious denominations include Hindu Scholar, Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan; Japanese Buddhist, Nikkyo Niwano; Muslim leader Dr. Inamullah Khan; Hindu activist, Baba Amte; Jewish scholar, Rt. Hon. Lord Jakobovits and Jewish interfaith leader Sir Sigmund Sternberg. (Canada Newswire)
Micro-finance: SBI's rural India agenda Mar 3, 2007
Running the VRC and the village knowledge centre are the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation with the support of SBI. A VKC is functioning at Anandvan, Warora (the leprosy asylum set up by Baba Amte) in Chandrapur district of eastern Vidarbha. RATE THIS ARTICLE. (India Times)
