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NON-VIOLENCE AS A PANACEA FOR PRESENT DAY MALADIES
We find that moral consciousness is being stifled from the top to the bottom of society to-day. This indeed does not augur well for the future of our national life. A decline in moral values has been experienced all the more during the last two decades not only in India but all over the world. The philosophy of non-violence, which once dominated Indian ideology, was used as a successful weapon in the twentieth century by Mahatma Gandhi to fight alien domination. It is firmly believed by all those who have unflinching faith in nonviolence that it will prove a panacea against war. History has taught us that wars have never made permanent conquests or built enduring empires. It is obvious, therefore, that man has to choose between Ahimsā (non-violence) and the atom bomb; and on that choice depends the fate of the civilization built so assiduously by him.
At a time when science and technology have made great strides and scientific and technological research is increasing day by day, it is necessary to ensure that the intelligentsia of the civilized world be made aware of the potential strength of the law of non-violence, so
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