COLUMNIST: RAVINDRA KUMAR
Asian Equations
Dr. Ravindra Kumar is the former vice-chancellor of the University of Meerut in India, and the current editor-in-chief of the Global Peace International Journal. He has been a visiting professor and scholar to a number of countries, has delivered more than 350 lectures around the world and organized many national and international seminars on critical issues of our times. He has written more than 100 works on social, religious, political, historical, educational and cultural issues. These include Morality and Ethics in Public Life, Theory and Practice of Gandhian Non-Violence and Five Thousand Years of Indian Culture. Dr. Kumar has received many awards and honors, including the Padma Shri, awarded by the president of India for his noteworthy services to the nation.
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March 17, 2008Meerut, India — The current imbroglio in Tibet, in which more than 100 lives of sons of the soil have been lost, is a matter of serious concern for all who care about human rights, freedom and justice. It is time for all to support the peaceful and nonviolent struggle of the Tibetans to protect their 1,000-year-old culture.
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January 30, 2008Meerut, India — Mohandas K. Gandhi, both inside and outside his native India, is respectfully referred to as "Mahatma," an honorific used for a spiritually elevated soul. As the world remembers Gandhi on Wednesday, the 60th anniversary of his death, it is instructive to review his life to understand why he merited this title.
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January 14, 2008Meerut, India — In light of ongoing religious conflicts, the question has arisen as to whether or not religion is necessary for a society. Many people are repulsed by inhuman acts perpetrated under cover of a religious community. Yet it is important to understand that such acts are not in keeping with the original goals of the community.
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December 06, 2007Meerut, India — It is an irony that we try to intermingle the caste system with religion. It is also regrettable that we affix the seal of religion on the caste system, thereby intentionally distancing ourselves from true religion.
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September 27, 2007Meerut, India — China is understandably concerned over new developments in India's relations with the United States, characterized by the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal and the recent joint military exercises involving forces from Australia, India, Japan, Singapore and the Unite
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September 06, 2007Meerut, India — Generally I should have no reason to question the integrity and patriotism of the Indian communists. Rather, I should admire them when they talk of the downtrodden and raise issues related to the common man on one hand, and express their confidence in dem
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August 23, 2007Meerut, India — Having just passed the 60th anniversary of India's independence last week, it is a fitting time to reflect on the noteworthy, extraordinary and exemplary role played by Mohandas K. Gandhi in the liberation of India.
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August 09, 2007Meerut, India — The test of the relevance of a great man's works and views lies in their application to the prevailing conditions of time and space. Mohandas K.
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July 27, 2007Meerut, India — "Total rejection" was the response of Burmese exiles in New Delhi to the roadmap to democracy proposed last week by the military regime in Burma. At a meeting July 18th in New Delhi, representatives of some 2,000 Burmese families living in the city just s
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July 16, 2007Meerut, India — Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged on Sunday that the Line of Control, which divides the state of Jammu and Kashmir between India and Pakistan, should become a Line of Peace. This is a welcome step toward a peaceful solution of a problem that is o
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July 13, 2007Meerut, India — On Thursday, for the first time in U.S. history, the United States Senate opened with a Hindu prayer.
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May 28, 2007Meerut, India — India and China have a great deal in common -- both are ancient countries with 5,000-year-old cultures, both are huge countries with major influence in Asia and in the world. Both have long been agricultural societies, and even today a great majority of
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May 21, 2007MEERUT, India — Mahatma Gandhi was an apostle of peace and a votary of truth and non-violence, which for him were inseparable. To Gandhi, truth meant finding God and was the ultimate goal of life, and non-violence was the means.
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May 14, 2007Meerut, India — The law passed by China's National People's Congress in March, 2005, under which its army has been legally empowered to attack Taiwan if it declares independence, has created a very complicated, serious and bewildering situation. On the one hand this law