Non Violence in the Age of Terrorism

Leadership Excellence: Insights from Indian Ethos

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NON VIOLENCE IN THE AGE OF TERRORISM

What is Terrorism?
We are destroying our humanity and becoming inhuman because of the culture of violence that dominates every aspect of our life Arun Gandhi Terrorism: systematic use of violence as a means of coercion for political purposes Terrorism has brought war to our doorsteps; nothing is sacrosanct anymore Just about every part of the world has been hit by some form of terrorist attack since 1930 Few of the well known examples of terrorist attacks are 9/11 attacks on WTC, USA and attacks on Taj Mahal Hotel, India
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9/11 Attacks on WTC, New York

Attacks on Taj Mahal Hotel, Mumbai

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Looking for a Solution

The right question to ask is ourselves is what was it that happened that spawned a series of terrorist act against human race Most of the terrorists coming from poor and illiterate background and are an easy prey for fundamentalists preachers Young Jihadists are whipped into a frenzy and taught to fight, giving rise to terrorism Declaring war on terrorism is not the answer, one needs to do some introspection to find out why they hate us so much One needs to find out why our relations with the rest of the world are so bad that people are motivated to attack us

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Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi

From today you are not going to step out of the house without my permission. I want no arguments about it. This is the law and you will have to obey.
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Channelling Anger

Anger

Conflict

Violence

Destruction

Anger

Non- Violence

Results

It is only through reforming the wrong-doer that transformation will take place

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Mahatma Gandhis Autograph

We need to learn to channel anger as intelligently as we channel electric power and learn to use it for the good of humanity
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Gandhi & Pencil

In an affluent society we can buy all these things in bulk, we over consume the resources of the world and because we over consume them, we are depriving people elsewhere of these resources and they have to live in poverty and that is violence against humanity
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Family Tree of Violence

Violence

Physical Violence

Passive Violence Hurt people consciously and unconsciously, directly or indirectly It is in the form of discrimination, oppression, suppression, economic, political, social, cultural, religious

Physical force is used Wars, Killings, Beatings & Murders

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Sins of the World-Responsible for Violence

Wealth without work, Pleasure without Conscience Knowledge without character Commerce without morality Science without humanity Worship without sacrifice Politics without principles Rights without responsibility (added by Arun Gandhi)
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Culture of Violence
Created a Culture of Violence that permeates every aspect of human life. The first seeds of violence are planted in the minds of children when parents punish them for misbehaviour Punishing people who do criminal acts. Instead of reforming, most of the times they come out hardened criminals. Materialism has become the ambition of every individual and every country. It make us selfish and self-centred

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Culture of Nonviolence
Relationship between people and between nations must be built on four principles of respect, understanding, acceptance and appreciation in a culture of non-violence Gandhis Philosophy of Non-Violence Keep your thoughts positive because your thoughts become your words, keep your words positive because your words become your behaviour, keep your behaviour positive because your behaviour becomes your habit, keep your habits positive because your habits become your values, keep your values positive because your values become your destiny Positive thoughts will lead to positive destiny
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President Eisenhower on Violence

Investment in arms and ammunition is a theft from the poor and downtrodden It is a waste of human labour, scientific brilliance Humanity can never stay alive in the shadows of violence

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The Only Solution!!

Gandhi Legacy Tour
Stress on Nationalism and Patriotism is pushing nations towards selfish behaviour Peace needs to be spread around and not to be kept locked World needs to be a global family

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Thank You!

Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong

Mahatma Gandhi

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