Archive for September, 2007

Peace Warriors and Struggle for Freedom in Burma

September 28, 2007

“Warriors, warriors, Lord, we call ourselves. In what way are we warriors?’‘We wage war, Brethren; therefore are we called warriors.’‘Wherefore, Lord, do we wage war?’For lofty virtue, for high endeavour, for sublime wisdom – for these things do we wage war? Therefore we are called warriors.’                                                    
(Anguttara-Nikaya, Sutta-pitaka)   

The above mentioned golden verses about the role [...]

India can’t afford to be a fence sitter in Burma’s struggle for Democracy

September 12, 2007

By: Nirmala Deshpande  
Few months ago fifty-nine former Heads of State made an appeal to release Aung San Suu Kyi, who is known across the world for her Gandhian values struggling to establish human rights and democracy in Burma. She is unfortunately also world’s only imprisoned Nobel Peace laureate despite many appeals made by United [...]