Visitors: 284Mr Sanjay Sonawani said that Swarna Bharat Party had explained to Mr Modi on 26 August 2016 about how he can eliminate the causes of corruption. Under the design of India’s governance system, only the Prime Minister has the power to initiate the reforms to eliminate the causes of corruption. However, Mr Modi has […]
Visitors: 396Mumbai, November 1st, 2016: While conversion to GST is generally a good thing, the GST Council’s proposal on October 20th for 26% GST sin rate will be seriously injurious to health! Fixation of sin tax on tobacco at less than 40% would amount to making tobacco products affordable to youth, blunting the edge of India’s tobacco policy. The sin tax is […]
Robert J. Burrowes PhDHonorary Editor, Ground Report India Punishment is a popular pastime for humans. Parents punish children. Teachers punish students. Employers punish workers. Courts punish lawbreakers. People punish each other. Governments punish ‘enemies’. And, according to some, God punishes evildoers. What is ‘punishment’? Punishment is the infliction of violence as revenge on a person who is […]
Visitors: 728Dr. Pritam K. Rohila was recognized for his peace efforts, with Pioneer Award by the Salem, Oregon Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), at their Freedom Fund Banquet. The Banquet was held on October 15, 2016, at Salem’s Convention Center. The audience included several dignitaries including Oregon Governor-candidate […]
Visitors: 590 Robert J. Burrowes has a lifetime commitment to understanding and ending human violence. He has done extensive research since 1966 in an effort to understand why human beings are violent and has been a nonviolent activist since 1981. He is the author of ‘Why Violence?‘ As the evidence mounts that we […]
Visitors: 489In picturesque Vengurla of Sindhudurg, not only does the 6.5-acre municipal site where piles of trash lay until a year ago, is now an orchard, farm and garden. Mango, banana, coconut and cashew trees thrive; marigold and rose have been planted. Their first crop of corn is ready for sale. For further reading click […]
Visitors: 1,085 Antonio Carlos Silva Rosa, born 1946, is the editor of the pioneering Peace Journalism website, TRANSCEND Media Service-TMS, an assistant to Prof. Johan Galtung, and Secretary of the International Board of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment. He completed the required coursework for a Ph.D. in Political Science-Peace Studies (1994), has […]
Visitors: 694 Mairead Corrigan Maguire, co-founder of Peace People, is a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment. She won the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize for her work for peace in Northern Ireland. Her book The Vision of Peace (edited by John Dear, with a foreword by Desmond Tutu and a preface by […]
Visitors: 429All of a sudden country came to know that a ‘surgical strike’ has been made by Indian Army, advancing few kilometers inside the Pakistan territory (POK). Though, we are not sure about the genuineness of the hype created by the media and war monger Indian government with support from other political dispensations of various […]
Visitors: 438 René Wadlow, a member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation and of its Task Force on the Middle East, is president and U.N. representative (Geneva) of the Association of World Citizens and editor of Transnational Perspectives. He is a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment. On 19 September 2016, the UN General Assembly […]
Visitors: 553Anthony J. Marsella, Ph.D. “Call to Conscience” The “Call to Conscience,” advocated by Professor Michael D’Andrea, and now widely accepted by members of Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ) as a requirement for counselor training, is a noble call, sanctified and consecrated by the sacrifices of peacemakers. With uncommon courage and conviction, notable peacemakers, including […]
Visitors: 717 Robert J. Burrowes has a lifetime commitment to understanding and ending human violence. He has done extensive research since 1966 in an effort to understand why human beings are violent and has been a nonviolent activist since 1981. He is the author of ‘Why Violence?’ As most of the world ignores or hypocritically […]
Visitors: 528It’s a simple choice: stop all fossil fuel prospecting, or break the Paris agreement on climate change. Do they understand what they have signed? Plainly they do not. Governments like ours, now ratifying the Paris agreement on climate change, haven’t the faintest idea what it means. Either that, or they have no intention of […]
Visitors: 525Karachi (Sep 27, 2016) Patron-in-chief of Pakistan Hindu Council and Member National Assembly Dr. Ramesh Kumar Vankwani has urged the United Nations to play its due role for the peaceful solution of the Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan, adding that the speech delivered by the Prime Minister Nawaz Shareef at the UN General […]
Visitors: 772 Robert J. Burrowes has a lifetime commitment to understanding and ending human violence. He has done extensive research since 1966 in an effort to understand why human beings are violent and has been a nonviolent activist since 1981. He is the author of ‘Why Violence?‘ As citizens of the USA with a presidential […]
Visitors: 2,194 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, more commonly known as ‘Mahatma’ (meaning ‘Great Soul’) was born in Porbandar, Gujarat, in North West India, on 2nd October 1869, into a Hindu Modh family. His father was the Chief Minister of Porbandar, and his mother’s religious devotion meant that his upbringing was infused with the Jain pacifist teachings […]
Visitors: 927 Robert C Koehler writes for the Huffington Post, Common Dreams, OpEd News and TruthOut. He considers himself a “peace journalist.” He has been an editor at Tribune Media Services and a reporter, columnist and copy desk chief at Lerner Newspapers, Chicago. Koehler launched his column in 1999. Robert Koehler has received numerous writing and […]
Visitors: 384The incidents of violence and shooting, resulting in loss of life and injuries to number of people are now happening too frequently in USA. The latest unrest was in Charlotte in North Carolina, where state of emergency had to be declared after second night of violent protests over the fatal police shooting of a […]
Visitors: 478 Dr Ravi P Bhatia is a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment, an educationist and peace researcher. Retired professor, Delhi University. Why do people fast? People fast for religious reasons — to attain spiritual strength and peace or to cleanse their bodies. They also fast as a means of […]
Visitors: 358 Alok Kumar, Vice-President of India’s national liberal party – Swarna Bharat Party – said today that sugarcane farmers are being looted by governments through corrupt ministers and crony capitalists in the false pretext of protecting the farmers. Governments have choked the market and are using these laws to strangle the livelihood of 60 […]
Visitors: 434Peace Channel in collaboration with North East Institute of Social Science and Research commemorated the International Day of Peace on 21st September, 2016 at the NEISSR’s Auditorium. The commemoration programme also coincides with the 10th founding anniversary of Peace Channel. The programme began with a presentation on the history and background of the International […]
Visitors: 606 Prof Johan Galtung, a professor of peace studies, is founder of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace, Development and Environment and rector of the TRANSCEND Peace University-TPU. He has published over 400 Editorials for TRANSCEND Media Service and over 164 books on peace and related issues, of which 41 have been translated into 35 […]
Visitors: 384A few have been highly critical of Modi government and even army for the Uri attack by the terrorists. This is very unfortunate. This is the time not to be critical , as certainly all people involved are doing their level best. They need understanding and support from the country men. Even senior retired […]
Visitors: 475 Mr Sonawani, president of Swarna Bharat Party, India’s only liberal party, said that India’s small business sector is suffering from the ongoing chronic dysfunction of our governance system. India has a complex (and often irrational) regulatory regime, and insufficient or non-existent infrastructure. The inspector raj is still alive and well, 25 years after […]