Essays on Nonviolence

Cesar Chavez, a prominent civil rights activist, drew upon the nonviolent tactics of the civil rights movement to strengthen his fight regarding justice for farm workers. On the tenth anniversary of Martin Luther King’s death, Chavez published an article in a religious magazine, urging for…

What is Peace?Peace this is simply a state of calmness of mind, free from any sort of violenceimageSourceCan you establish the relationship between peace and living ?Good! Peace being a state of calmness of mind and also being free form any sort of violence is…

Lao Tzu’s way of living consists of people having a more peaceful life if the country is governed wisely. With this being said his philosophy would be a great asset to have in our current situation with gun violence. Gun violence has been rising in…

The world is struggling a lot with many socio-economic problems like poverty, illiteracy, unemployment, women empowerment, women exploitation and to tackles these problems the only solution is to adapt Gandhiji’s principles. He successfully carried on the Satyagraha movement to curb and eradicate all the hurdles…

This is such a right time to contemplate on this topic. How many times do we read in the newspapers, hear on radio and see on our TV screens, news about violence perpetrated on our fellow citizens on the basis of some religous views, on…

The world is facing the adverse effects of violence nowadays. So it is urgent need to recall and implement Mahatma Gandhi’s techniques and philosophy, based on the foundation of Peace and Non-violence. Mahatma Gandhi’s spiritual and moral approach to us and world political problem is…

In Gandhi’s text called Ahimsa or the way of non-violence, he talks about the idea of non-violence, by saying “non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind, It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man”(Gandhi pg…

When Martin Luther King, Jr. was named President of the Montgomery Improvement Association, marking the beginning of his leadership role in the fight to end segregation, he had minimal experience in community organizing. As a preacher, however, he did possess plenty of expertise in the…

“Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong.” This was said by Mahatma Gandhi. This quote means that is if you are strong, then you won’t fight, unlike those who fight, say that they’re weak. Gandhi was a great man that not only helped improve himself…

Since the dawn of man, human beings have slain beasts in order to survive. Our ancient ancestors cooperated well, and solely focused on survival. As Time went by, humans began to turn on each other and created an act of violence known as war. Even…

Mahatma Gandhi’s speech is about Ahmedabad trial which he had faced a trial on a charge of sedition. He had faced 2 years simple imprisonment. Mahatma Gandhi was the leader of India’s independence movement and also the architect of a form of non-violent civil disobedience…