Snippets: Ahimsa Conversation # 105 Manisha Gupte
Channel: Ahimsa Conversations
Date: 2022-03-04

Being brought up by parents committed to socialist and Gandhian values introduced Manisha Gupte to nonviolence as a foundational value, rather than just a tactic. Growing up to become a feminist social activist Manisha joined the movement for social and cultural transformation led by Jayaprakash Narayan in the 1970s, in India. Here she describes the gifts of an idealistic up-bringing and how this enabled her to grapple with complex social and political conflicts in ways that are based on creativity and compassion rather than standing in judgement of the ‘other’. Drawing on her work for civil liberties and gender justice in rural Maharashtra, Manisha explains the importance of listening to the silences of those who have been at the receiving end of injustice and violence.
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