Peace Education : Some Questions
Sparks from a conversation This piece finds place in The Hindu, Edge on 25 th June 2018. The Conference was organized by Vidya Vanam. Warm thanks are due to the team at Vidya Vanam . Thanks are also due to The Hindu and Shalini. On a journey to find peace amongst ourselves, we must first trace the root of the problem. A two-day gathering focusing on peace education explored the subject. Diversity of the panel members and audience ensured that quality questions were raised. The issues Any form of exclusion is violence, stated a panellist. The idea, at school, is to enable a sense of belonging, to blur the line between ‘us’ and ‘them’ said another. To what extent is this possible, one wonders, especially given that there is so much of ‘us’ and ‘them’ the society incessantly bombards a child with. The ‘us’ and ‘them’ of religion, of caste, of status, of nationality and more. A child has no role in any of these and the adults too have little clarity...