Snippets: Ahimsa Conversation # 102 Jyotibhai Desai
Channel: Ahimsa Conversations
Date: 2022-02-11

To never be cowed down by power, to question and challenge anyone – that is the path of nonviolence. Veteran Gandhian social activist Jyotibhai Desai describes how he has practiced these values through his life’s journey. His mother was deeply committed to the freedom struggle and also encouraged her children to make their own choices. As a teenager Jyotibhai joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and learnt many valuable lessons there  but parted ways because he has always been firmly committed to Hindu-Muslim harmony. Here Jyotibhai talks about working closely with the Sarvodaya leader Jayaprakash Narayan and the influence of Vinoba Bhave’s call that nonviolence means to be moved by love. Jyotibhai also describes his visit to Ireland, at the peak of the conflict there, and how the Quakers were practicing nonviolence in the midst of bitter hatred and violence. 
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