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The Power That Needs Witnesses: Is Non-violence a Moral Ideal or a Political Technology?

On October 2, 2026, Gandhi Jayanti, The Hindu published an essay by M. Kalyanaraman arguing that Gandhi's global work was unfinished at his death. It recalled his plans for a world movement for non-violence, the World Pacifist Meeting held in India in December 1949, his influence on the American civil rights movement and the record of non-violent campaigns in places such as East Timor and Palestine.