The recent killing of 19 children and two teachers in the USA (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-respond-active-shooter-texas-elementary-school-rcna30339) by an 18-year old teenager is a stark reminder of how the intensity of violence and urge to act violently is overwhelming young mind. In the USA alone there have been 27 school shootings in the US in 2022, with over 140 dead. (https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/massshooting-in-27-schools-reported-in-us-in-2022-list-of-us-mass-shootings-this-year-101653451714009.html)

Diagnosing the decay of western civilization due to excessive discrepancy between the material development of the world and man’s moral responsibility, Albert Schweitzer underlined his ethical principles for reverence for life. He had pointed out that material development which ignores moral and spiritual development is “like a ship with defective…

In a sessions with teachers, the issue of handling difficult conversations with students came up. The teachers were discussing the dilemma they face when they have to reprimand a student who is a repeated trouble maker and is faring poorly in exams. The easiest solution is to use retributive practices…

International Day of Living Together in Peace Today, May 16 is International Day of Living Together in Peace. Living together in peace is all about accepting differences and having the ability to listen to, recognize, respect and appreciate others, as well as living in a peaceful and united way. The…

Celebrating International Day of Families Today, May 15 is the International Day of Families. This day provides an opportunity to promote awareness of issues relating to families and to increase the knowledge of the social, economic and demographic processes affecting families. An important challenge in today’s world is the increasing…

Vedabhyas Kundu & Mansi Sharma The Significance of Directive Principles of State Policy from the Gandhian Lens in the Contemporary Times The Constitution of India is not only regarded as one of the longest constitutions of the world but also as a more comprehensive one. It encompasses provisions almost for…

Mansi Sharma & Vedabhyas Kundu Legal theorists have strived to indicate at the definitions of right and its different formulations. There is a considerable disagreement as to what the term right precisely means, yet it is a common acknowledgement that rights are a set of rules which aloe people to…

Conflicts in Schools, approaches of these and why Skills in Conflict Resolution is Important for Students As part of our effort to develop an Orientation Course on Peer Mediation which has been initiated by Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, Vedabhyas Kundu and Mansi Sharma tried to understand different types of…

How Nonviolent Communication Check the collapse of the Community? Prof Robert Putnam's acclaimed book, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community talk about how modern society has suffered from a collapse of community. Prof Putnam presents evidence that increasingly we are connecting with each other less meaningfully more…