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LESSONS FROM 'THE DREAM' OF MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr.

 LESSONS FROM 'THE DREAM' OF MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr. -          Dr.N.RADHAKRISHNAN I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia,  sons of former slaves and sons of former slaves owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood…. I have a dream my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today (Martin Luther King Jr., August 28, 1963).       This speech of Martin Luther King Jr electrified virtually not only those who listened and applauded him but those who read this later and even those who heard about it. It had such passion and power that humanity had seldom seen such an out-pouring of emotion. This historic speech and the marching song, 'We shall overcome, We shall overcome, some day' continue to inspire freedom fighters and human rights activists all over the world. Martin Luther King Jr inspires as on
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Children as torch-bearers of Peace and Harmony

Children as torch-bearers of Peace and Harmony (Dialogue of the Peace Gong (Bhopal) with Prof N Radhakrishnan) The team led by Kanupriya Gupta (Class XII) and the National Editor of The Peace Gong put together the following perspectives  and questions to me recently. Other members of the team include: Gurnihal Singh (Class XII), Prachi Lavania (Class XI), Siddharth Jain (Class XII), Kavya Singh (Class XII), Simran Gupta (Class XII) & Saurab Yadav (Class XII). Question: Mahatma Gandhi had said, " If   we are to teach   real peace in this world , and   if   we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children." In today’s world we are witness to conflicts across a large number of societies. Children are worst sufferers in all these conflicts. Right from being victims of violence, they are likely to lose their kith and kin, they could face food shortages and violence could hamper their education. But globally we find very few exampl
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Dialogues to promote peace and harmony - The Leadership of Dr.Daisaku Ikeda

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Dialogues to promote peace and harmony - The Leadership of Dr.Daisaku Ikeda             Dr.Daisaku Ikeda, the president of Soka Gakkai International and a widely respected philosopher, poet, founder of the Soka education system, and a tireless promoter of a world without war has been employing dialogue as a very effective strategy in promoting awareness among people. Engaging in dialogues with the best brains in different fields in different parts of the world in an attempt to share, analyse, focus and critically examine common concerns and issues with are arising out of contemporary developments in various fields of human endeavours has been found to be extremely useful and rewarding in the sense that these dialogues reveal responses of profound significance and offered in an atmosphere of friendliness and ease and there is no trace of laboured intellectualism which very often characterises what comes out of most of the celebrities when called upon to react to specific issues
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Mentor-Disciple Relationship as a Key to Peace

The visible and invisible threads that run through the entire creation further weld the planetary manifestations with the cosmic realities. The roaring waves have never succeeded in tiring the Sun or the Moon from discharging their duty to the fauna and flora. The lightning or the torrential rains have also never hindered the appearance of rainbow. The birds, which wake up the slumbering millions in the morning also never ceased to fly across fearing any consequence. All these things happen and continue to happen from time immemorial. (Ikeda Sensei, The Triumph of Mentor - Disciple Spirit, P. 1).
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