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the relative justification of law, legal institutions and Government and the maintenance of law and order by a police force and of national defence by military forces cannot be ignored. Keeping the ideal of Ahimsa before us and always striving towards it, I have tried to explain the meaning of Ahimsa in relation to a mundane life or the every day world.
It is a fact that we live in a tormented world rampant with violence. Moreover violence is on the increase. The world is at a cross-road facing a grave crisis, the like of which we have not seen before. That crisis centers around the use of violence. Violence is found not only within particular countries but has assumed the dimensions of a world wide phenomenon. It is used by nations to solve not only internal problems but international conflicts as well. Violence is not divisible. We cannot eliminate it in one sector or part of a society and applaud and retain it in another. The constant increase in the incidents of violence has made a thorough study of the problem more necessary than ever before.
The hijacker, gunman and terrorist are a familiar part of the contemporary world's landscape. The nations of the world to-day are seized by the lust for power and possessions. Warped by self-interest, petty ideologies and distorted racial and religious views they are engaged in a mad race to build up their military power without limit. Our so-called progressive, modern, scientific and technological civilization with its spectacular conquest of nature seems to be taken over by a refined barbarism leading to a moral
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