NEW DELHI—Mahatma Gandhi’s ideology was based on non-violence and truthfulness. One of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureates, Indian-born Kailash Satyarthi, feels it’s time for a mass movement inspired by compassion, similar to Gandhi’s mass movement based on truthfulness and tolerance.
“People used to think truth is something to be professed at temples [and] mosques. But Gandhi converted it into Jan Andolan [public movement]. My appeal is: compassion [should] also be converted into Jan Andolan,” Satyarthi said at the India Constitution Club after his return from Sweden.
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