Snippets: Ahimsa Conversation # 121 Amarnathbhai
Channel: Ahimsa Conversations
Date: 2023-07-30

It is vital to have steadfast commitment to the ideals of goodness and nonviolence, particularly when these values are being undermined. Veteran Sarvodaya leader Amarnathbhai shares his journey from being drawn first to communism and then to the Bhoodan (land gift) Movement, led by Gandhian veteran Vinoba Bhave. Here Amarnathbhai relives some of the key moments in post-Independence India, such as the day when Jayaprakash Narayan framed the rallying slogan ‘hamla chahe jaisa hoga, haath hamara nahin uthega’ (no matter how we are attacked, we will not retaliate with violence). He also describes how, in early 1990s, Gandhians did a Satyagraha at Ayodhya to call for communal harmony and oppose forcible demolition of the Babri Masjid. Amarnathbhai gives a graphic account of how the Gandhians involved in this satyagraha were attacked and later taken into police custody.  He also explains why he remains hopeful and urges young people to keep faith in nonviolence.
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