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Rama Singh is a Professor in the Department of Biology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, and teaches courses in the area of Human Diversity and Human Nature. He is the founder of the Gandhi Lectures on Nonviolence at McMaster University and Gandhi Peace Festival in the City of Hamilton, and with the late Acharya Rammurti,…

On 16 June 1976, 40 years ago youth mobilized and demonstrated, initially in Soweto but it spread through out the country. Youth boycotted apartheid education and marched against tyranny in education. Afrikaans was being forced into schools not just as a subject but also as a medium of education. The quality of education was poor.…

Dr Hersheela Narsee presented a paper in Pietermaritizburg on 30 August 2016 as part of the Department of Arts and Culture event in celebration of Women’s month. She spoke about the resurgence of women’s activism and cited examples of the recent University students’ call for # Patriarchy Must fall. She said that this was an…

We celebrated heritage month in September and we celebrate nonviolence in October. The two are interlinked because many situations of violence begin because of a lack of understanding, respect or tolerance of diversity. We reproduce here a little piece prepared by the Rt Rev. Kenneth Fernando born in Moratuwa and educated at Prince of Wales…

Issued by the government of Kazakhstan Manifesto “Peace. XXI Century” by Nursultan Nazarbayev has gained the status of an official document of the General Assembly and the UN Security Council in the IV Nuclear Security Summit, held in the period of March 31 – April 1, 2016 in Washington, DC. According to the qualitatively new…

People around the world observed Mahatma Gandhi’s 147th birth anniversary declared Day of Nonviolence since 2007, in many different ways. Let’s take a look at what they did: Japan Nuclear disarmament campaign to mark Day of Nonviolence A campaign was launched by the Hibakushas (literal meaning “explosion-affected people” and is used to refer to people…

Translated by Dr Nobu Masuda Rev Norio Sakai President emeritus – Religions for Peace international Rev. Sakai served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rissho Kosei-Kai from 1996 to 2001 and has been a member of the headquarters staff since 1965. During Rev. Sakai’s chairmanship, he encouraged the growth and active involvement of…