Fellowship Program on Nonviolence and Peace - IFPNP

 Logic of Truth and Nonviolence RECAP: Truth : That which exists; All-encompassing-Reality, Absolute; The Universe exists and its all-encompassing-reality. Hence the Universe is the manifest form of the Truth. This truth is not static, sedate; but dynamic and vibrant. There is an order in the manifestation; If there is order, there must be a law that governs the orderly function of the universe. The law is not external to the Universe , the Law and the Law provider and Law practitioner are one and the same. Order in the Universe is -Self-governed; for, the universe is its own law. The universe follows its laws non-violatively. Nonviolence: nonviolative conduct of life is called nonviolence. For humans, life is to live. We are born to live. Nonviolence means conducting life in a pro-life manner. Every action or conduct that is pro-life, pro-living , is considered nonviolent action or conduct. Any action, any conduct that is towards protecting life, promoting life and preserving life is

  Gandhian Humanism  A Comparison of Gandhian Humanism and Capitalism / Socialism Dimension Gandhian-humanism (Actor-oriented) Capitalism and socialism (Structure-oriented) Basic unit Actors (individuals, states, others) Structures (positions and relations between them) Basic dimension Intention ( good vs. evil ) Capability( weak vs. strong ) Presence ( passive vs. active ) Repression vs. freedom Exploitation vs. equality Penetration vs. autonomy Problems and locations of evil Actors that are evil, strong, active Structures that are exploitative, penetrating How to cope Make actors good Make structures free and equitable Basic approach Focus on evil actors; building institutions to contain actors Focus on wrong structures; transforming structures through revolutions

                    Gandhi in Digital Society Gandhi is physically no more, his ideas are still interpreted and debated among us as they intervene in our existing reality. How does he intervene in the contemporary digital society? The digital society offers both 'promises ' and 'problems' to us. On the one hand, it promises us a convenient, comfortable and speedy lifestyle through the digitalization of data that affects all areas of human activities including economy, politics, communication, and healthcare. On the other hand, it has generated complex and unprecedented questions concerning human relations.   In digital society human beings are reduced to a set of digits. At the macro level, our relationship with other institutions is guided and regulated by certain unique fixed digits. For example, for economic relations we have Bank account number, PAN number, ATM, Credit Card, Debit Card no. and so on.  For other governmental work, we have Aadhar no., Mobile no. Vehic

Tributes to Shri Pradeep Khelurkar Second International Online Fellowship Program on Nonviolence & Peace (IFPNP-II ) paid  rich tributes  to Shri Pradeep Khelurkar on October 26, 2023. Shri Pradeep Khelurkar was serving as the Secretary of  Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan Wardha, MS, India. He passed away on October 23, 2023 in an accident. Dr. Siby K. Joseph,  Director IFPNP informed about the sad demise of Shri Pradeep Khelurkar   and gave a brief introduction about the departed soul who was  one of the finest persons engaged in dissemination of Gandhian Thought and action. He informed about his  the close involvement and active of support  for IFPNP-II  organized by Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan Wardha, MS, India; in association with  Gandhi International,  France ;Academic University College  for Non-violence and Human Rights- AUNOHR, Lebanon and MGM University, Chh. Sambhajinagar,Aurangabad, MS, India.  All the fellows observed silence for a minute and offered prayer for the departe

    Understanding the Concept of Development: From Economic Growth to  Sustainable Development  Introduction Any discourse on nonviolent economics is impossible without understanding the concept of development in the mainstream economics. The term development is used in different academic disciplines from management to health sciences. The very meaning of the concept of development differs according to the academic discipline. Here the focus is mainstream economics. Though the term development economics originated became a popular term in later times it was of concern   of   economists   starting with Adam Smith   who was   the Father of Modern Economics . Adam Smith was an 18th-century Scottish economist, philosopher, and   popularised   the concept  economic policy of laissez-faire   economy French term laissez-faire   means   "leave alone" /   "let you do") – It advocates non interference   of government in business affairs - Lesser the involvement of governm

 "God  Is"   M. K. Gandhi  Mahatma  Gandhi at   Columbia Broadcasting Company, London for recording his speech on God  on  October 20, 1931 There is an indefinable mysterious Power that pervades everything. I feel It, though I do not see It. It is this unseen Power which makes Itself felt and yet defies all proof, because It is so unlike all that I perceive through my senses. It transcends the senses. But it is possible to reason out the existence of God to a limited extent. Even in ordinary affairs we know that people do not know, who rules or why and how he rules. And yet they know that there is a power that certainly rules. In my tour last year in Mysore I met many poor villagers and I found upon inquiry that they did not know who ruled Mysore. They simply said some god ruled it. If the knowledge of these poor people was so limited about their ruler, I, who am infinitely lesser than God than they than their ruler, need not be surprised if I do not realize the presence of