Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday emphasised that Sanatana stands for empathy, sympathy, compassion, tolerance, non-violence, virtuosity, sublimity, religiosity and all these converge in one word, inclusivity.
In an era marked by political, social, and environmental challenges, Mahatma Gandhi’s principles of non-violence resonate deeply. Terrorism, conflict, climate change, and growing inequality emphasise the urgent need for peaceful solutions, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting said.
Reading Darrin McMahon’s book Equality, especially on the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the result of the most transformative movement of the 1960s led by Rev.
Buddha Purnima is not only a time for Buddhists to celebrate their faith, but is also an opportunity for people of all faiths to come together and learn about the teachings of the Buddha.
The saffron party’s reaction came in response to the Congress leader’s statement that his religion was based on truth and non-violence. He had made the statement after a Surat court convicted him in a defamation case.
Even in a world torn by many violent conflicts, statistics year after year show that the toll of everyday violence is even higher
The biggest myth about non-violent action is the idea that Gandhi invented it and he is often called 'the father non-violence'. Well, he did raise ahimsa action to a level never achieved before him, but he was not its author or inventor
Gandhi's main arguments against medical science are: (1) it attaches undue importance to the body rather than the soul, which is infinitely more real than the body; (2) it is inconsistent with non-violence, partly on account of vivisection and partly because the modern medicines either contain or involve the taking of animal fat, alcohol, meat and other 'forbidden' food; (3) it is expensive and, therefore, inaccessible to the poor; and (4) it is inseparably linked with machinery, industrialization and modern civilization in general which Gandhi rejects in its entirety.
Mukherjee's statement comes after BJP’s ideological and organisation wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat proclaimed that India will become a Hindu Rashtra and denied cases of mob-lynching calling it a “western” idea.
Among other highlights will be the story-telling session "Dastan-E-Mantoiyat" by Syed Shadab Hussain and Meera Rizvi and the screening of Oscar-nominated director Ashvin Kumar's "No Fathers In Kashmir".
