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Like apes we have territoriality built into us and we tend to get violent when our tribe is confronted with another tribe. But in the evolutionary process, cooperation effectively trumped competition. Pervez Hoodboy, nuclear physicist and political activist, has built upon this knowledge to oppose nuclear weapons and to work for peace between India and Pakistan. Though he is not entirely convinced about nonviolence, Pervez says nonviolence is a valid strategy when one party is very weak and cannot afford to start violence. Listen to him on Episode 4 of the Ahimsa Conversations Podcast.

In what ways was nonviolence evident in ancient India and what is the significance of Emperor Ashoka's response to the violence he himself had unleashed? In Episode 3 of Ahimsa Conversations Podcast, historian Nayanjot Lahiri reflects on such questions based on her extensive knowledge on ancient Indian history and archaeology.

Growing up during a period of violence can foster the quest for nonviolence. Social activist and entrepreneur, Vivek Sharma grew up during the times of violent militancy in Punjab. In Episode 2 of Ahimsa Conversations Podcast, he explains how this shaped his quest for ahimsa as an effort in which he has not yet succeeded but which has enriched his life's journey.  Vivek is the founder-director of Gandhi fellowship program and is committed to training young people in compassionate processes.

Standing up for someone who was being hurt was an empowering experience, even when Johnson Yeung Ching Yin was himself a child. As a university student he became one of the leaders of Hong King's pro democracy Umbrella Movement in 2014. In Episode 1 of the Ahimsa Conversations Podcast, he talks about the challenges of practicing a pure non-violence and highlights the importance of not seeing non-violence in absolute terms. He also talks about his friends in Ukraine and Russia who are opposing the war, many putting their life on the front line, in an effort to reduce the combatants' will to fight.

Welcome to season 4! Intro in English.

Welcome to season 4! Intro in HINDI.

मध्यस्थता उन तरीकों से संघर्षों को हल कर सकती है जो दोनों पक्षों को उचित और न्यायपूर्ण लगता है| In the final episode of Ahimsa Conversations Podcast S3, Sriram Panchu, an internationally renowned mediator and lawyer, speaks about how mediation can work in diverse situations – be it a father-son property dispute or a quarrel over a place of worship. As one of the three mediators appointed by the Supreme Court of India, to address the Ayodhya Babri Masjid Ram Janambhumi dispute, Sriram explains how one can seek the ‘harmonizing middle’ even in the most trying circumstances.

Jørgen Johansen was 18 years old when he was sent to prison for refusing to become a soldier. In Episode 9 of Ahimsa Conversations Podcast S3, Jørgen describes a life-long engagement with peace activism. Speaking about the conflict in Ukraine, Jørgen says that instead of boycotts what is now needed are 'girlcotts', a term which he has coined, which in this case means reaching out to the best voices inside Russian society - those who dare to stand up against the war.

In Ep 8 of Ahimsa Conversations Podcast S3, David Swanson, co-founder of the network World Beyond War, draws attention towards attention towards the conflict in Ukraine where people are kneeling or standing before tanks, feeding soldiers and having them call their mothers to say they're coming home. He further unravels the lies that accompany wars.

Knowing and documenting the horrific consequences of violence is one way of honouring its victims and preventing violence in future. In Episode 7 of Ahimsa Conversations Podcast we have Camilla Brunelli, who works on European memory culture and has learnt this first hand from Italian victims of Nazi concentration camps and slave-labour camps.

सामूहिक विनाश के हथियारों को खारिज करना केवल अस्तित्व की वृत्ति की अभिव्यक्ति नहीं है - यह एक नैतिक मुद्दा है Listen to Achin Vanaik, an anti-nuclear weapons activist, talk about why opposition to nuclear weapons is not usually considered a part of non-violence movements in Ep 6 of Ahimsa Conversations Podcast

क्या संघर्ष को पूर्वक्रया करना संभव है? Non-violence trainer Jill Carr Harris believes that this is indeed sometimes possible if you bring your non- reactive self to the fore. In Ep 5, she talks about her work with village women struggling for their land rights in India with a non-violence frame.