Visitors: 193 Robert J. Burrowes For those of us committed to systematically reducing and, one day, ending human violence, it is vital to understand what is causing and driving it so that effective strategies can be developed for dealing with violence in its myriad contexts. For an understanding of the fundamental cause of violence, see […]
Chaitanya Davé Majority of Americans want “Single Payer Healthcare System” or free healthcare but our elected representatives won’t go for it. Most Americans want stricter gun control laws. But our politicians controlled by The National Rifle Association and other die-hard gun lovers, won’t allow it to happen. Fair minded and decent, most Americans prefer minimum wages raised to […]
Visitors: 382 Robert J Burrowes Racism is not a new phenomenon and while it is an ongoing daily reality for vast numbers of people, it also often bursts from the shadows to remind us that just because we can keep ignoring the endless sequence of ‘minor’ racist incidents, racism has not gone away despite supposedly […]
Visitors: 282 Robert J Burrowes, PhD 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?‘ [themify_hr color=’red’] It is already clearly apparent, […]
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: 223 John Szemerey FCIJ Former Chairman, International Committee, The Chartered Institute of Journalists London Chairman, International Advisory Board, Ground Report India Group Chairman, Honourary Editors Board, Ground Report India Group John is a political journalist, retired in summer 2005 after working over 30 years in the information services of the European Commission, Brussels. Most […]
Visitors: 254 It is at this historical juncture that this special edition of Ground Report India explores PES (Proportionate Electoral System) and CERI’s efforts before you. CERI is very grateful to Mr. Vivek Umrao Glendenning for this gesture towards Indian democracy. CERI is also thankful to all the writers who have contributed to bring out […]
Visitors: 294 Thank you very much for reading the current edition of The Ground Report India quarterly journal titled “Ground Efforts for Empowerment and Self-Sustainability of Tribal People”. I prefer to see things at the actual ground level. I try my best to keep my eyes and mind open to see things as they are, without […]
Visitors: 409 There is a breeze of NGOs sponsored tribal heroes in the media, on the internet and also social networking platforms for the Bastar region. Most of these sponsored heroes were or are paid employees of the NGOs working in this region. But Nandlal Baba is a young tribal person, who does not […]
Visitors: 229 For the past 20 years, more or less, I have been working, or have been associated with various known social personalities and media celebrities of social activism in India. These personalities include international awardees, mainstream political persons, RTI/RTF/RTE/ NREGA activists, activists who follow Gandhi’s ideology, organizations who pursue Gandhi’s ideology and others in […]
Visitors: 331 Prof Surendra Pathak Director, Research IASE Deemed University Head, Department of value Education, IASE Deemed University Mother earth is considered one of the most beautiful and harmonious planets in the Universe. Earth may be the only planet in our galaxy that has enough water and environment for the further evolution […]
Freedom of Religion Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha on December 22, 1978, seeks "to forbid conversions from one religion to another by the use of force or inducement or deceit or by any fraudulent means."
This Bill is in no way "against genuine conversions done with free consent and will." It Is meant to curb abuses, especially prevalent in the conversions of Adivasis and Harijans.
The Bill has provoked strong protests among some Christian leaders who are accusing it of being against the freedom of conscience guaranteed by the Constitution. Representatives of the Karnataka Christians Combined Action Committee recently called on the Governor and submitted a memorandum protesting against the Bill. They also "urged the Government to extend the privileges given to Scheduled Castes to Christians of Scheduled Caste origin." (D.H. March 21).
Visitors: 197 There has been much excitement in the Ground Report India team as we move from a monthly eJournal (which will still continue) and bring to you this detailed quarterly journal. This print magazine has arisen out of our concerns and awareness for a balanced media representation of the ground realities of present day […]
Visitors: 294 It has now been confirmed that the Anna Hazare’s-led so-called ‘second freedom struggle’—as some sections of the media have mistakenly chosen to call it—has close links with the RSS. From conceptualizing this media-propelled movement to successfully organizing it, the RSS, it appears, played a key role in it. This being the case, it […]
Visitors: 166 For the past 20 years more or less, I have been in touch (active or passive), have been working or have worked with various known Social Personalities, Media Celebrities of Social Activism in India, known/ unknown Ground Activists, International Awardees, Mainstream Political Persons, RTI/RTF/RTE/ NREGA Activists, Activists of Gandhi’s Ideology, Organizations of Gandhi’s […]
Visitors: 148 Dear Friends, Thank you for appreciation and contributions to establish and empower the Ground Report India (GRI) as a ground voice for the common people. The Ground Report India is planning a Special Edition in the month of September 2010 on Water Issues and ground works on Water Issues in India. Please send […]
DEVELOPMENT OF NON-VIOLENCE
The smallest unit of human society is a family, which is based on love and compassion. But what an anomaly that the coordinating agency or federating authority of families, which is known as the state, is based on repression and violence! So as it is to change an unjust system or destroy an oppressive state violent methods are needed. Gandhi experienced and realised the cruelty inherent in the anomaly. He felt the depressiveness of the situation. He visualised human society as a family, where love and compassion should be the way to resolve various conflicts. Gandhi introduced non-violent methods based on a threefold action: Satyagrah (insistence to truth), Asagayoga (non-cooperation) and Atmanigrah-atmabalidan (self-abnegation, self-sacrifice). The combination of all of these is crystallized in Savinaya Avajnya Andolan (civil disobedience movement) by individuals and communities against the oppressor and oppressive authority. Gandhi successfully fought the British imperial authority with his non-violent methods and led the Indian subcontinent towards Independence.