Bengaluru, Oct. 3 -- At a time when technology and artificial intelligence are rapidly transforming society, a senior physical education lecturer in Bengaluru is working to ensure that Mahatma Gandhi's principles of truth, non-violence, self-reliance and honesty remain relevant to the younger generation.

Abida Begum, senior lecturer in the Physical Education Department at Government First Grade College in T. Dasarahalli, has been conducting free workshops on Gandhi's life and philosophy for the past decade. Without charging any fee, she has travelled across all 31 districts of Karnataka and conducted programmes at more than 400 government and private colleges.

Begum said her interest in Gandhi's philosophy was inspired by her father, Af...