AS brutality in Gaza reaches a crescendo, a cry for peace goes out in street protests across the world. Ordinary people are raising their voices against aggression and violence. What brings them out? There seems to be an outpouring of disgust with the war machines that run the world.
Our cover story this month asks the question whether non-violence can be a natural human response as opposed to war and conflict which are planned and staged and are therefore social and political constructs.
Rajni Bakshi, whose Ahimsa Musings column appears in Civil Society every month. . .