Ahimsa Conversations

Ahimsa Conversations

Ahimsa Conversations

Episodes 43
Avg. Duration 27m
Activity Dormant
Since Jun 2021
Latest Episode Jan 2025

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Weekly
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Episodic
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About This Podcast

Ahimsa Conversations is a platform for reflections on the possibility of nonviolence and the nature of violence. Our candid discussions include voices of those whose experience in varied fields throws light on how nonviolence is actionable and effective, by ordinary people, firstly as a way of life and as a method of political action. Executed by PAIGAM. Podcast series supported by Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies.

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Recent Episodes

S4E6 Socially Responsible Investing As A Way To Counter Structural Economic Violence.

Jan 28, 2025 16m

Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) has been one of the creative and constructive attempts to counter the structural violence of the economic system, over the last three decades. In Episode 6, Amy…

S4E4 Episode 5: Jojo Mehta- Making Ecocide A Recognised Crime

Jan 20, 2025 31m

Making ecocide, the murder of nature, a recognised crime would be one step towards a less violent economic system. Jojo Mehta is an environmental campaigner and the co-founder of Stop Ecocide - a…

Episode 4: Pervez Hoodboy - Reasoning our way to Peace

Mar 17, 2023 23m

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…

Episode 3: Nayanjot Lahiri - Ashoka and Ahimsa in Rulership

Mar 10, 2023 29m

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…

S4E2 Vivek Sharma - Compassion - The Ultimate Essence of Ahimsa

Mar 03, 2023 29m

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…

S4E1 Episode 1: Johnson Yeung Ching Yin - Non Violence - Challenges as a form of Protest

Feb 18, 2023 25m

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…

S4 Introduction - Season 4

Feb 18, 2023 0m Trailer

Welcome to season 4! Intro in English.

S4 Introduction - Season 4

Feb 18, 2023 0m Trailer

Welcome to season 4! Intro in HINDI.

S3E10 Episode 10: Sriram Panchu - The Harmonizing Middle

Apr 18, 2022 2h 24m

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…

S3E9 Episode 9 : Jørgen Johansen - Why is Reaching Out To Russian Voices Important Now More Than

Mar 27, 2022 15m

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…

S3E8 Episode 8 - David Swanson : Is War Normal and The Struggle for Peace Real?

Mar 19, 2022 16m

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…

S3E7 Episode 7 - Camilla Brunelli : Why Remembering History is Important

Mar 12, 2022 26m

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…

S3E6 Episode 6 - Achin Vanaik : Is an Anti-Nuclear Weapon World Possible?

Mar 05, 2022 26m

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…

S5E5 Episode 5 : Is Pre-empting A Conflict Possible?

Feb 26, 2022 17m

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…

S3E4 Episode 4 : Jyotirmaya Sharma - Is Gandhi's Non-Violence Elusive?

Feb 19, 2022 31m

क्या गांधी ने अहिंसा को धर्म में बदलकर इस आदर्श को मायावी बना दिया? In Ep 4 of Ahimsa Conversations Podcast S3, Jyotirmaya Sharma reflects on this question based on his extensive study of…

S3E3 Episode 3 : Sagar Dhara - Is non-violence limited to only humans?

Feb 12, 2022 27m

क्या केवल मनुष्यों के संबंध में अहिंसा के बारे में सोचना एक घातक दोष है? In Ep 3 of Ahimsa Conversations Podcast Season 3, Sagar Dhara, an environmental engineer and activist explains how carbon…

Episode 2 : Razia Patel - Your Fatwa Doesn't Apply Here!

Feb 05, 2022 31m

"अगर सौ लोग सांप्रदायिक दंगों में भाग लेते हैं, तो उन लोगों की तलाश करनी चाहिए जिन्होंने 'दूसरे' समुदाय के लोगों के जीवन को बचाने में मदद की, भले ही वे सिर्फ दो व्यक्ति ही क्यों न हों।" रज़िया पटेल…

S3E1 Episode 1 : Alicia Cabezudo - Do violent toys lead to real-life violence?

Jan 29, 2022 16m

क्या हिंसक खिलौने हमें हिंसा की संस्कृति की ओर ले जाते हैं? Season 3, Ep 1 of Ahimsa Conversations Podcast will see educator and scholar of peace studies, Alicia Cabezudo talk about how violent toys…

S3E1 Introduction - Season-3

Jan 29, 2022 1m

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S2E10 Episode 20: Sachin Rao - What attracts political party workers to a retreat on Paths of Nonviolence?

Sep 17, 2021 44m

Sachin Rao says it’s a wide spread curiosity about the linkages between Swaraj, Truth and Nonviolence. A former engineer and business consultant, Sachin is now a full-time worker of a major political…

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