Ahimsa Conversation # 80 Sriram Panchu
Channel: Ahimsa Conversations
Date: 10/09/2021

Mediation can resolve conflicts in ways that feels fair and just to both sides. Such resolution of conflicts dissolves both emotional or physical violence. Sriram Panchu, an internationally renowned mediator and lawyer, speaks about how mediation can work in diverse situations – be it a father-son property dispute or a quarrel over a place of worship. As one of the three mediators appointed by the Supreme Court of India, to address the Ayodhya Babri Masjid Ram Janambhumi dispute, Sriram explains how one can seek the ‘harmonizing middle’ even in the most trying circumstances. Within the constraints of the confidentiality he must maintain on the Ayodhya matter, Sriram reflects on the larger lessons which emerged from that experience. Even people with very hardened positions on a dispute can respond in a conciliatory manner if the appropriate space is created. By resolving conflicts and thus preventing violence mediation can become a form of nonviolence. 
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