TOWARDS GLOBAL PEACE

TOWARDS GLOBAL PEACE We often talk of peace in the context of war. But this is a very narrow and restricted notion of peace. Peace is deeply linked with the entirety of human life. Peace is a complete ideology in itself. Peace is the only religion for both—man and the universe. It is the master-key that opens the doors to every success. Peace creates a favourable atmosphere for success in every endeavour. Without peace, no positive action—small or big—is possible. TOWARDS A NONVIOLENT WORLD A Lesson from History THOUGH the history of nonviolent movement is a very long one, historians concede that “the most massive and historically effective example of nonviolent activism was that of the movement organized by Mahatma Gandhi”. India can be justly proud that it was in this country, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, where for the first time in human history a nonviolent movement culminated in such resounding success. The first target for Mahatma Gandhi was to usher in peaceful political change throughout the country. This ambition was fulfilled in 1947. Mahatma Gandhi’s second target was to bring about social change on the basis of nonviolence. But before he could achieve his second target, he was tragically removed from the scene of action. Now our greatest need is to fulfil Mahatma Gandhi’s mission. After political change we have to bring about social change in our country through Gandhi Andolan, that is, a nonviolent movement. If India could be successful on this front, it would undoubtedly find itself in a position to give the lead to the entire world. There is only one way of exploiting the nonviolent method for the reform of a society—and that is, to bring about a change in the thinking of the individual, the basic unit of society. It has been rightly observed that all violence is born in the mind, and that it can be terminated in the mind itself. For instance, during the