Visitors: 299 Brazil, 16th April 2010, At the invitation of the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, H.E. LuizInácio Lula da Silva, the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, H.E. Dr. Manmohan Singh, visited Brazil on 15 April, 2010. The two Leaders held a bilateral meeting and also met at the 4th Summit […]
Visitors: 179 Maharashtra, 14th April, Spurred by the Food Security Bill’s current draft, which threatens to leave Mumbai’s slum populace high-and-dry in terms of their ration-card entitlements, slum-dwellers are making known their displeasure by sending tens of thousands of post-cards. The people’s verdict is writ large on the postcards: Make 35 kg of guaranteed foodgrain […]
Visitors: 258 New Delhi, Tragedy consumed the lives of so many CRPF Jawans recently in Dantewala in an ambush by Naxals. Media is busy with writings and debates and seminars are being held by concerned citizens – we love to debate issues. There is so much being speculated about how the perpetrators of the massacre […]
Visitors: 194 Governments wage wars. They appropriate state resources to prepare for and to conduct wars. Taxpayers from around the world willingly or unwillingly bear these costs. Peace-building is usually left to the initiative of common citizens.Rarely do peace-builders have resources of their own, to finance their work. Therefore, they usually depend on generosity of […]
Visitors: 288 The Government of West Bengal must drop false charges against Kirity Roy and other human rights defenders and hold the State police accountable for harassment and intimidation, Amnesty International said today. Kirity Roy, Secretary of the Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (Masum) – a human rights organization in West Bengal – was arrested by […]
Visitors: 327 New Delhi, India,Lok Sabha Speaker Smt. Meira Kumar; Leader of the House (Lok Sabha), Shri Pranab Mukherjee; Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha), Smt Sushma Swaraj; Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Shri K. Rahman Khan and Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha), Shri Arun Jaitley led the nation in paying floral tributes to Dr. Bhimrao […]
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.
Visitors: 291 Madhya Pradesh, April 10 and 11, 2010, On the first day of the sixth national conference on Electoral and Political Reforms being organized by Association for Democratic Reforms and National Election Watch, Mr Navin Chawla, Chief Election Commissioner, released a book “Lok Sabha 2009 Election Watch: A compendium of state election watch reports”. […]
Visitors: 272 The ruthless killing of the CRPF jawans by the Maoists in Jharkand have caused great sorrow in the country. While the Union Home Minister says that the Maoists will be wiped out in three years and media is clamouring for strong action to defeat the Maoists, there is also widespread apprehension amongst the […]
Visitors: 253 New Delhi, The Independent People’s Tribunal on Land Acquisition, Resource Grab and Operation Green Hunt, organized by Citizen’s against Forced Displacement and War on People, kicked-off today to a packed hall, consisting of students, academics, activists and the media. The Independent People’s Tribunal is being held in New Delhi, Constitution Club. Dr. Vandana […]
Visitors: 277 West Bengal, Well-known human rights activist Mr. Kirity Roy, Secretary of Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) and National Convenor, Program Against Custodial Torture and Impunity (PACTI) was arrested illegally, harassed and indicted in frivolous charges on 07th April 2010 in connection with holding People’s Tribunal on Torture. BackgroundMASUM organized a People’s Tribunal on […]
Visitors: 185 New Delhi, A delegation lead by Prof. V.N.Pal Along with Dr. S.L Sagar, Mr. Pradeep Verma & Deshraj Vidyarthi met Hon’ble President of India on 01.04.2010 at Rastrapati Bhawan and discuss the issue of termination of students of IIT Kanpur at length Dr.Pal also offered the Socio-Scientific solutions of various problems of the […]
Visitors: 274 I. Freedom of Expression or Owners’ Orders? The Western world thinks that media in Ukraine are relatively free, and that Ukraine is the most democratic country in the CIS space in the information and media sphere. But in reality there is a big difference between the way democratic rules and standards are applied […]
Visitors: 219 New Delhi, 6 April Amid the speculation over his comeback to BJP, KN Govindacharya, Patron of Rashtriya Swabhiman Aandolan (RSA) said, ‘Since 2003, I have never expressed any desire and intention of rejoining the BJP. I want to make it clear once again that I have no intention and desire of rejoining the […]
Visitors: 183 EASTER celebrates the vibrant hope for every individual and for the entire world. It is also a warning to every evil power that preys on humankind – a warning that truth is again coming out of its tomb. Easter, thus, is a ringing reminder that the human spirit cannot be confined. Christianity is […]
Visitors: 203 New Delhi, India, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and Lok Sabha Speaker Smt. Meira Kumar led the nation in paying floral tributes at the statue of Babu Jagjivan Ram in Parliament House on his Birth Anniversary, today. Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources Shri Pawan Kumar Bansal; Union Minister for Social […]
Visitors: 257 An enduring episode in the annals of Christian art and history is the ‘Last Supper’ of Jesus Christ. Hours before his fateful trial for treason, Jesus Christ had hosted his disciples a Passover meal in an upper room in Jerusalem. This was the final meal he had prior to his crucifixion. He knew […]
Visitors: 279 Jeffrey Smith has written two books about the significant danger genetically modified (GM) foods pose to your health, and the health of the entire planet. In addition to his books he has also created two videos:Hidden Dangers in Kids Meals, and Your Milk on Drugs, Just Say No. Genetically Modified Foods = Toxins […]
Visitors: 465 Hindus have always believed that water from India’s Ganges River has extraordinary powers. The Indian emperor Akbar called it the “water of immortality” and always traveled with a supply. The British East India Co. used only Ganges water on its ships during the three-month journey back to England, because it stayed “sweet and […]
Visitors: 256 GRI March-2010-Edition Download PDF File By Ground Report India (GRI)
Visitors: 203 India Since the content of the very few newspaper articles on the Nuclear Liability Bill are full of omissions and contradictions, here are a few suggested questions before taking a stand on this very important issue. Note: The answers are all on public sources on the internet. The list of references given at […]
Visitors: 182 Delhi, India The program “ Travelling with Gandhi” jointly held in collaboration with the Gandhi Peace Foundation ,( GPF) New Delhi, Schumacher Centre, New Delhi and the Peace Studies Dept of the Post Graduate Diploma in Peace Studies ( PGDPS) , Martin Luther Christian University, MLCU, Shillong , from the 20th till the […]
Visitors: 233 Somebody at DoPT goofed up very badly yesterday. While emailing an invitation to Activist Bimal Khemani of Aligad, UP, an official unwittingly attached an entire word file containing many other letters pertaining to RTI. A couple of these letters clearly show the intent of the meeting being convened on 31st March. A draft […]
Visitors: 282 Delhi, India I, Gopi Dutt, want to draw your attention to problem that Delhi has been facing since as long as 10 yrs now. I am talking about the pollution in Yamuna caused by devotional material, Polybags, Flowers etc. Our govt., different NGOs and now Maharaja Sri Sri Ravi Shankar have put their […]
Visitors: 201 West Bengal, India Case Details Name of the Victim :- (1) Abu Hassan, Male, Age – 16 years, (2) Abdus Salam, Male, Age – 15 years; both son of Mr. Abu Bakkar Mondal, Religion – Islam, resident of Village + Post Office – Harekrishnapur, Police Station – Jalangi, District – Murshidabad, West Bengal, […]