India, June 13 -- In today's digital world of misinformation and fleeting outrage, Gandhi's model of principled media - anchored in trust, restraint and purpose - offers a timeless blueprint for using technology to serve truth, not trends

On June 4, 1903, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi launched The Indian Opinion in South Africa, a publication that became a vital tool in his struggle against racial injustice. As detailed by Ela Gandhi in her book, "Mahatma Gandhi and the Media - The Indian Opinion" a publication of the National Gandhi Museum, New Delhi, the seeds of this resistance were sown on June 7, 1893, when Gandhi, despite holding a valid first-class ticket, was forcibly ejected from a train at Pietermaritzburg due to his race.

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