National Campaign Launch “Give Nonviolence A Chance and make Nonkilling A Mission”
The National Campaign “Give Nonviolence A Chance and make Nonkilling A Mission” was launched on May 3, 2018, at the Gandhi Peace Mission on the eve of the commencement of the 150th birth anniversary of Gandhi, Gandhi Darshan, Rajghat, New Delhi. The campaign was called for by Dipankar Sri Gyan, Director of Gyan Smriti and Darshan Samiti (GSDS); Dr. Anoop Swarup, Chair of the Center for Global Nonkilling; and Prof. N. Radhakrishnan, Chairman of the Gandhi Peace Mission and CGNK Honorary Sponsor. The event was inaugurated by Dr. Kunwar Shekhar Vijendra (Chancellor, Shobhit University) and included a panel discussion with Dr. Y.P. Anand; Shri Laxmi Das; Shri K G Suresh, Director General, Indian Institute of Mass Communication Ministry of I&B; Shri C S Pran; Prof. Vinod Thiagi; Dr. Anil Dutta Mishra; and Dr. Ramesh Kumar.
In continuation of the several programmes and campaigns undertaken in India and elsewhere on the problem of violence and on the basis of our experience in this field, the campaign “Give Nonviolence A Chance and make Nonkilling A Mission” seeks to foster a nonviolent and nonkilling India and to generate a “Nonkilling View” in infinite reverence to life, universal peace, and creativity in the emerging national and international and civilizational crisis leading to widespread violence.
In the inaugural session, Dr. Anoop Swarup stated that “We have to search and foster individual and collective capabilities to strengthen the roots and tradition of nonviolence and promote nonviolent and sustainable alternatives as Gandhi expected us to do in the post-Gandhian period. We do hope you will appreciate this initiative and join us the small get-together and offer your valuable views to streamline the ideas on the campaign.”
