Cultivating a culture of Peace - a Gandhan Prospective (my speech in URI, Netherlands webinar)
Cultivating a culture of Peace - a Gandhan Prospective I feel very proud to stand before you to speak on this auspicious occasion and to be a part of this august gathering. I am soaking up every moment of this touching and important event. All of us invited should express our deep gratitude to the United Religions Initiative, Netherlands for giving us such an opportunity. Morgana really deserves congratulations for this. South Africans feel proud that they have an important part in the aura of that great soul known as Mahatma Gandhi, whose philosophy, life and work have deeply influenced them . As you know, in the early twentieth century, within ten days of his arrival in beautiful South Africa, he had to endure the humiliating treatment of being thrown out of the first class compartment of the train in which he was travelling with a valid ticket. This incident took place at a place called Pietermaritzburg. He himself later described this incident as the most for...