Ahimsa Conversation # 56 Himanshu Kumar
Channel: Ahimsa Conversations
Date: 2021-03-26

It is when governments and courts fail to deliver justice that nonviolence loses and violence wins. Gandhian social activist Himanshu Kumar,  who did constructive work among the tribal communities of Chhattisgarh for 22 years, says that it is those who give up hope in the system doing justice who take up arms and become Naxalites. Describing how he was uprooted from Chhattisgarh because of his opposition to the vigilante campaign of Salwa Judum, Himanshu urges people to be fearless and speak truth to power. The greater the darkness, he says, the more a lamp shines so “this is the time for us to shine”.
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