Let Justice Come!

Let There
Be Peace!

Tumkur Charter
of Peace
Peace Event in Tumkur
10 – 12 October 2007

REDS, Tumkur

Preamble

In a world where hegemony and dominance are increasingly overpowering human

realities of life Peace is becoming a rare and precious more by its absence and less
by its presence. This has to be reversed to make peace become a human reality by
its active presence in the living reality of the people who have every right to occupy
the space that nature has generously provided. The reality of peace is constantly
being disrupted by the emergence of engineered conflict in different parts of the
world by forces that have a design to hold the reins of governance of nations in their
hands. Such engineered disruptions of peace take place within communities of
people, within nations and among nations. The whole world is put in an alarming
situation of destroying its own peace and soon many communities of the world may
be wiped out existence as a peaceful existence and co-existence may become
impossible. Recognizing the increasing difficulties of peaceful existence 102
delegates from 19 States of India and from 4 countries outside of India assembled
at the Rural Education for Development Society in Tumkur of Karnataka to celebrate
peace and share the inspirational experience of establishing peace in situations
where conflict are wrought by dominant forces of all hue and cry. The Celebrations
and deliberations were part the National Peace Event that was held in Tumkur from
10 to 12 of October 2007. This Charter of Peace is the result of multiple endeavor
not only of those who desire peace but also of all those who have worked
consistently for peace either in their personal situations or in their
community/national and international contexts.

The delegates of the Peace Event note with happiness that the experience of peace
in Tumkur is memorable. The cultural resurgence that is taking place in Tumkur
1
under the innovative concept of Booshakthi touches raw nerves of all those who
come in touch with it and is almost like the heart of India. The participants enjoyed
Dalit hospitality of the village people, the Booshakthi Sevaki/Sevakas (volunteers),
the Dalit Parliament Members, the Dalit Panchayat leaders and the staff of REDS to
the full. Celebrations of peace and life, visits to Peace Zones in Tumkur District,
interactions with village people, dialogues with delegates from all sections of
society, discussions with the students of the Diploma Course in Dalit Studies, the
serenity, peace and calm of Booshakthi Kendra which is the Dalit Ashram, the
vibrancy of the cooks and drivers etc. are all memories of the Peace Event “reserved
in the Ivory Towers of Human Sensitivity”.

“The topography, landscape, coastline appearance, weather and above all the
warmth and hospitality of REDS, who planned and executed the Peace Event in
Tumkur have been rare achievements. The presence of eminent intellectuals,
National and International Human Rights Organizations, reputed NGOs, top level
bureaucrats of governments, Peacemakers from Sri Lanka, North East India,
delegates from Bangladesh etc. encouraged us much. Peace is an experience and
not a concept. There is a need to escalate this experience all over the world.”

The Peace Event in Tumkur also made it clear that the evolution of Peace with which
we are engaged is a peace with freedom. In this context we recognize the existence
of a subjugated or gifted peace all over the world. This Peace Event rejects any
subjugated or gifted peace. It recognizes a peace that is natural and a core value of
the people of the world. In a caste ridden society like India a subjugated peace
prevails. People in general accept caste subjugation as their fate and under this
form of slavery peace is made possible almost in all cities and villages of India.
When Dalit and Adivasi people begin to assert their rights there is a backlash on
them leading to the disruption of subjugated peace. However, after the recognition
of the dignity, equality and rights of the Dalits, another type of peace come. This is
an achieved peace. It is a peace which comes with freedom. The Peace Event in
Tumkur is focused on this type of Peace with freedom. Therefore, the Peace Event in
Tumkur has chosen the symbol of the butterfly for peace.

The delegates are deeply aware that this Peace Event is held in a small town.
However, the Event has global significance as its concerns are relevant for the
entire world. The delegates were drawn from many countries with international
outreach. Moreover, during the entire Peace Event the endeavor of the delegates
was to look into ways and means of making Peace for the world and not to create
islands of peace. The Peace Event acknowledges that there will not be any island of
peace.

Peace is Possible

This Peace Event firmly believes that despite the reality of peace becoming a rare
human commodity, peace still has a chance if all lovers of peace and peacemakers
come together and share their energy and commitment to spare the world of
unnecessary conflict, war, systemic and structural destruction of peace. The world
still has a large number of unrecognized ordinary and simple people who love peace
2
and who believe in the possibility of peaceful co-existence despite differences or
because of differences. Therefore, this Peace event makes the first and fundamental
assertion that “Peace is Possible”.

You Can
Inspire
This Peace Event of Tumkur deeply appreciates all the simple and ordinary people of
the world, especially those who have been researched and whose personal stories
of Peace have been published in the book “You Can Inspire”. This appreciation
comes out of a recognition that these ordinary and simple people of Asia have
worked in an extraordinary way for ushering in peace in their micro situation on
their own. This Peace Event of Tumkur recommends that world peace is possible
through such generally unrecognized rural and indigenous people of the world. The
peace Event also appreciates the committed effort of CIDSE of European Union and
Cordaid of the Netherlands who made the research on Peacemakers and publication
of the book “You Can Inspire” possible.

Causes of
Conflict
The Peace Event of Tumkur acknowledges that the situation of extreme poverty is a
major cause of conflict. The world claims to be very powerful with its modernization
and weaponization. Yet it is a matter of great concern that even today there are
many villages in many countries of the world that go without power and are plunged
into darkness without electricity at all. The same can be said of education, health
and many areas of basic needs of human communities. When people are deprived
of their basic needs that have been enshrined in the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights and in the Constitutions of countries and at the same time a few
people are allowed the privilege the enjoying unlimited luxuries peace is disrupted
due to conflict of interests. This Peace Event of Tumkur asserts that such inevitable
conflicts are caused by those who appropriate the right to unlimited wealth and
power and not by the poor themselves as is generally attributed to them.

This Peace Event of Tumkur asserts that such gross neglect of the rights and dignity
of poor, the Dalits, the Tribal people, the indigenous people and women of the world
is the cause of injustice and its consequent untold misery for these sections of
people. In the face of such enormous injustice conflict is not only inevitable but is
often more than necessary in order to rectify the mistakes of misplaced priorities of
ruling oligarchies as well as to establish justice on earth only which can bring about
lasting peace for all people of the world.

This Peace Event in Tumkur realizes that even in resolving conflict it needs to be
done in a just manner. If there is injustice in conflict resolution it will only lead to
3
further escalation of animosity and hatred. In order to resolve conflicts and bring
peace the actors for peace should be peace lovers and not military as is done in
many countries and very predominantly in the North East India, in Sri Lanka and in
Bangladesh. Armed forces are not capacitated for peacemaking but for fighting.
Peace cannot be brought about with violent methods and through bombings. Peace
established by military can only be a subjugated peace and not a peace with
freedom. The owners of peace in such cases can only be the armed forces and not
the people themselves. Therefore, the presence of the army in the lives of people
can and does lead only to disruption of peace and not its enhancement.

This Peace Event in Tumkur highlights the injustice done to the Adivasi people all
over Asia in the name of development and a very high level of unacceptable
industrialization. This has led the depletion of resources from the Tribal region and
to the destruction of tribal culture. Such a dominant development intervention
destroys the peace of the Adivasi people which they have enjoyed with nature from
time immemorial and as a consequence leads to conflict between the indigenous
people and others as well as between them and the government.

This Peace Event in Tumkur recognizes that modernization of the dominant order
has led to fast urbanization because of its total neglect of rural economy. Rural
poverty and deprivation of survival chances of the poor in general, and Dalits and
Adivasis in particular have led to displacement of an unimaginable magnitude. To
this has been added the woes of the consequences of the withdrawal of the welfare
state from its responsibility to its poor citizens. Displacement adds new dimensions
to the lives of people, both the poor and the rich who live completely oblivious of,
indifferent and callous to the sufferings of the poor. In any society such a situation is
bound to cause disruption of peace and the rich and ruling powers must own up the
responsibility for such conflicts in societies.

This Peace Event in Tumkur takes stock of the following as inevitable causes of the
destruction of peace in the world. There is a constant threat of war boosted by
multinational corporations and weapons industry. Natural resources of indigenous
people and their language, culture and economy are exploited on large scale.
Deployment of Nuclear Warheads continues with complete space dominance along
with simultaneous colonization of Moon and Mars. Islamophobia and intense Dalit
hatred are the main elements of the so called growth and sustainable development
in ‘Shining India’.

Unipolar World

The Peace Event in Tumkur is aware that global governance in contemporary times
is completely conditioned by the emergence of a Unipolar world constricting the
possibility of a world of differences existing together with mutual respect. The world
is moving more and more towards the adherence of the norms put forward by one
unchallenged super power which is the United States of America. The Peace Event
in Tumkur notes with concern that the role of ‘global police’ assumed by the US is a
major cause of world peace. This Peace Event understands clearly that the
4
emergence of a Unipolar world with its dominant strategies is not the atmosphere
conducive to world peace. By its dominant discourses and strategies as well as by
its crude attack on nations of the world the United States of America is constantly
challenging the peace loving people of the world. Such unprovoked challenges will
lead to destruction of peace in the absence of which humanity may be unable to
exist. This Peace Event in Tumkur strongly condemns the dominant strategies of the
United States and recommends that it gave up its role of being a promoter of
military conflicts with weapons of mass destruction.

India
India is emerging as a giant power in Asia. This places India directly in competition
and often in conflict with China. In the lives of the village people in India this is a
common sight that the dominant caste people divide the Dalits and reap maximum
benefit for themselves out of such conflict among the poor. We urge India to
understand its own social dynamics and not become a victim of global dominant
designs by fighting against China. This Peace Event urges India to strike a peace
agreement with China so that all Asian people will be enriched by the combined
strength of these two important countries in this region.

Internally India has followed the same colonial principle of divide and rule between
the Dalits and the caste society. India has officially divided every village in almost
all states as the main village and the colony of the village which is the area where
the Dalit people live. This Peace Event urges the government of India to
immediately get rid of such internal colonization of the Dalit people. That
untouchability has not yet been removed from India in spite of having strong and
just constitution speaks volume about the lack of will of the dominant caste ruling
powers in India. This Peace Event identifies such internal colonization of Dalit people
as a major cause of conflict in society and unending atrocity on the Dalit people.
Since this is a constitutional neglect of the government of India it requires the
immediate strong arm tactics of the government in favor of justice. This will restore
peace in Indian society.

India has also indulged unhesitatingly in a false propaganda war against the Mulsim
community. This Peace Event recognizes Indian Muslims as a peace loving
community of people. The Event also recognizes that such a propaganda war has
been engineered only in order to gain political and economic mileage by the
dominant caste and Hindutva communal forces. This has led to un-resolvable
conflict between citizens of the same country in the name of religion and caste. This
Peace Event in Tumkur condemns all the communal, fundamental and fascist forces
of India for their very shortsighted selfishness which has slowly crept into the
otherwise peaceful ethos of this country. This Peace Event urges the government of
India to deal a death blow according to constitutional provisions to all communal
and caste forces of India.

This Peace Event in Tumkur recognizes that the above said communal and caste
mindset has found an easy way into the very same government forces that are
supposed to protect the victims of Caste and communal violence. The armed forces,
on the other hand, often become perpetrators of violence on innocent masses of
5
people owing loyalty to their caste and religious origin. Therefore, This Peace Event
urges the government of India to give only minimum representation to dominant
caste people and maximum representation to Dalits, Adivasis, Minorities and women
in all representative bodies. All government nominations should provide maximum
space to such communities in India.

This Peace Event in Tumkur views with seriousness the shrinking spaces of different
sections of people in social life as well as in the Instruments and Mechanisms of
national governance. This is being achieved successfully by dominant groups in
society because of their intolerance towards marginalized groups of people and
especially to women. This Peace event is of the strong opinion that any society has
to welcome differences among its citizens as a very significant path of progress and
not aim at uniformity in society. Recognition and acceptance of differences in
different communities of people can become the strength of any nation. However, in
many countries of the world, especially in India because of its dogmatic social
allegiance to the caste system, differences have become the foundation of
discrimination and consequently also of denial of Human Rights. Therefore, this
Peace Event in Tumkur appeals to all governments of all nations to enact legal
measures in order to increase the space of the discriminated people in their
respective countries in the Instruments and Mechanisms of national governance.

North East

The Peace Event in Tumkur views with great concern the conflicting situation in
almost all of the North Eastern States of India. The pace of the disruption of peace
in these States is increasing at an alarming speed. The Peace Event recognizes that
most of the conflicts in the North Eastern States are designed and executed by
external forces that have vested interests. We also recognize that because of these
external interventions for conflict the people of North East are often forced to be in
conflict with the government whose agents are the bureaucracy and the armed
forces. Unfortunately though, such conflicts which are forced upon the people of the
North East are presented to the rest of the world as conflicts of the people of North
East. This Peace Event of Tumkur recognizes that the root cause of conflict all over
the world, as well as in the North East is injustice. This Peace Event asserts that
gross injustice by external forces in the North Eastern region of India be removed
according to the Constitution of India.

Vested
Interests
The Peace Event in Tumkur recognizes the fact that there are intra and inter tribal
conflicts of a much less magnitude among the different tribal communities of the
North Eastern region. However, such conflicts are often engineered by vested
interests that do not belong to any of the tribal communities of the region. While
recommending to the Government of India to put in place appropriate conflict
resolution capacity building for the people of the North East the Peace Event also
6
strongly demands that the Government of India effectively prevent the predominant
role of such engineering groups from outside as well as to remove the over-
imposing presence of the military from the region. That India listens to the sound of
guns is the loud message that one often hears from the military presence in the
North East.

Minority
rights
The Peace Event in Tumkur asserts that the growing majoritarian tendencies in
South Asia are matters of grave concern. Minority rights have been put to question
and have been violated by majority groups in different countries as a consequence
of emerging rightwing fundamentalism. The term minority need not be understood
as religious minority. It also includes ethnic and linguistic minorities including Dalits
and Adivasis in these countries. Peace has become a captive to rightwing
nationalism in the Asian Continent. This Peace Event in Tumkur strongly urges the
governments of Asian Continent to ensure that such rightwing nationalism is
completely uprooted from all Instruments and Mechanisms of governance and that
governance be based on constitutional mechanisms recognized in the United
Nations. State sponsored riots and killings of minorities must be treated as genocide
and the concerned political leadership at the highest level be made fully responsible
and accountable to the UN for the violation of constitutional provisions.

Sri Lanka

This Peace Event in Tumkur recognizes the fact that if the conflict in the North East
of Sri Lanka stops there will be peace in the whole of Sri Lanka. In war torn Sri
Lankan ordinary people are the ones who pay a heavy price for peace. There is also
something called the war of silence. Many lives are being lost without any noise.
The war of silence is not peace. Where human life is not respected it is a war of
silence. We cannot win the war of silence with weapons. We can achieve peace only
through negotiations. There needs to be a spirit of give and take in the negotiations
for peace. Therefore, this Peace Event of Tumkur asserts that international
mechanisms of peace making should be implemented with an unprecedented
vehemence. The Event stresses the need for effective prevention of wars of all kinds
and simultaneous conflict resolution mechanisms.

Andaman and
Nicobar Islands

This is a direct statement of the delegates from Nicobar islands.

“We value life, non-violence, justice and peace. We note with concern the injustice
meted out to the indigenous people. We condemn vested interest groups who are
7
attempting to break down age old traditions of the people by State and State actors
under the pretext of national integration, development, religious and cultural
assimilation. We express our solidarity with the oppressed people of Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh and the rest of India.”

Local
Peacemakers
The Peace Event in Tumkur recognizes that external interference in conflict
situations can lead to further disruption of peace among people of the region. We
also recognize the tremendous wisdom and capacities of local and indigenous
people to establish and negotiate peace as a way of life. For them peace is a core
value drawn from their culture and it is not a discourse of the intellectual order.
Peace is not something that the local people have learned from universities but is
something that very natural to them. They live in peace in as much as peace lives in
them. Therefore, this Peace Event in Tumkur asserts the need for integrating the
capacities of local peacemakers in conflict regions for the realization peace all over
the world.

Peace
Dialogue

Peace is a public issue. Concerns of peace need to be discussed in open space and
not in closed doors. The State in different countries of Asia need to recognize the
cultural diversity of their respective nations. In many countries the spaces of
common people are blocked or grabbed by a small number of powerful people
belonging to dominant sections of society. Where the common people seem to have
some space is not their own space but the space that is gifted to them with vested
interest. If there has to be peace in society spaces of people have to be created and
owned by them. This Peace Event in Tumkur therefore, strongly recommends a
dialogical evolution of space and peace.

Peace with
Dignity
This Peace Event of Tumkur is of the opinion that it is ordinary and simple people of
the world who are the torch bearers of peace as they have a natural inclination to
live in peace. The type of peace they sustain is based on mutual respect and theirs
is peace with dignity. This Event asserts that in order to achieve peace with dignity
there is a need to overcome the subjugated peace that is now prevailing in many
parts of the world. Therefore, this Peace Event asserts the need for adequately
8
integrating the peace culture of ordinary and simple people in many parts of the
world and also equipping them with capacities for negotiating peace at the level of
communities and governments.

Women Centered
Peace
In this assuming of the responsibility for the restoration of world peace the Peace
Event in Tumkur appeals to all women of the world to take up leadership positions.
This Peace Event recognizes that women are naturally peace loving and are best
equipped with capacities to spread peace and make peace possible. This Event
acknowledges that often it is women and children who are the direct victims of
violence that destroys peace and therefore the type of peace that they desire and
establish will be the most appropriate one for the world. This Peace Event
recognizes that there is a strong gender imbalance in all social, economic and
political institutions of the world. This, added to the female feticide can become
seeds of future violence unless they are eliminated with all the necessary
commitment and firmness. Therefore, The Peace Event in Tumkur to all male biased
people of the world as well as to governments to ensure gender equality and
complete elimination of female feticide as a sure path to the realization of world
peace.

Distributive
Justice

This Peace Event in Tumkur realizes the need for reconstructing the development
process to ensure distributive justice as peace is being disrupted in many countries
of the world in the name of development. Dominant countries have evolved
development discourses that suit their greed and camouflage subjugated peace as
real peace. Through their brute power they develop impunity for all their acts of
peace destruction. Many countries of the world speak about freedom but practice
slavery. Therefore, this Peace Event asserts the need for developing new language
for social discourse, positive and assertive discourse and for reconstructing
development priorities and processes in order to ensure distributive justice.

Land
Distribution

9
Land is a bone of contention, a locale of conflict. There is enough land but the Dalits
do not have land. This is injustice. There cannot be peace under these
circumstances of injustice. Five acres of land for each Dalit family will go a long way
in bringing about economic equality in the rural areas. Therefore, this Peace Event
of Tumkur urges the Government of India to make a policy decision to give five
acres of land to each Dalit family in India. This Peace Event also urges the
government of India to effectively redistribute land by implementing not only Land
Ceiling Act but also hand over the village community land to the Dalits, Adivasis and
other landless people.

Public
Resources
The Peace Event in Tumkur sadly notes the growing nexus between the
governments of nations and private investors for reaping rich harvest from the
common resources of the poor people. Privatization of public resources , particularly
forest, land and water in the name of development is an agenda that is being
vigorously pushed by Western powers and vested interest groups in Third World
countries. Such mindless execution of the selfish interests of dominant groups of
poor nations has led to displacement of millions of people a majority of whom are
Dalits and Adivasis. They have been literally uprooted from their traditional
occupations and have been forced to render their labor to the needs of modern
industries at a cost fixed by the industrialists. The Peace Event reminds the
dominant forces that this will lead to unnecessary conflicts in society in the long run
and demands that such privatization be stopped forthwith for the sake of world
peace.

Dalits and Adivasis

The discrimination of Dalits, Adivasis and indigenous people by the governments in

different countries is a major cause of the disruption of peace in their respective
regions. Therefore, the Peace Event of Tumkur urges governments of different
nations of the world to constitutionally and practically safeguard the rights and
dignity of these marginalized sections of people and thus ensure lasting peace in
the world. We further remind governments of nations that efforts for peace do not
preclude the right to defend oneself. When discriminated people are pushed against
the wall they will be left with no option but to defend themselves with limited
resources.

People to
People
10
In this context of marginalization of sections of people and the prevalence of
widespread practice of untouchability and atrocity on Dalits in the South Asian
region this Peace Event of Tumkur urges the people and civil society actors of India
to apply unlimited pressure on the government of India to genuinely play a major
role to establish lasting peace in the region based on mutual respect and dignity.
Getting dominant caste dominance out is a precondition for peace. In order to apply
a collective pressure in the region this Peace Event recommends a people to people
exchange for peace.

People’s
Participation
This Peace Event of Tumkur reminds the Government of India and all people of the
world that untouchability is still being practiced predominantly in India but also in
other countries of South Asia. This is bound to cause disruption of peace as it is
already doing in India. While this Peace Event urges the Government of India to
implement the Constitution of India in favor of the Dalit people we also urge the
people of India to participate in all the peace efforts of the civil society in India.
People’s participation is much necessary for peace.

Peace and
Children
In order to bring about lasting peace in any region of the world it is of paramount
importance that peace is inculcated into the mindset of all citizens right from
childhood. If peace has to become natural to society children must grow in an
environment of peace at formative stages of their character. Therefore, this Peace
Event in Tumkur urges the government of Asian countries to integrate peace lessons
in school syllabus and conduct events of peace for students so that peace becomes
a student culture.

Proportionate
Electoral System
The Peace Event of Tumkur recognizes that another locale of conflict is the lack of
adequate representation of communities of people in the Instruments and
Mechanisms of national governance in many countries. Majoritarian Electoral
system that is in practice in many countries of Asia is highly problematic for peace
as it effectively gives representation to minority dominant sections of society.
Therefore, this Peace Event urges the government of India to reform its present
electoral system and bring about a Proportionate Electoral System as is being
implemented in 24 out of 28 Western European nations.

11
 Dalit

Dalit Panchayat is a noble concept and method which has no parallel in many other
States of India. The replicability of the Dalit Panchayat model is very good. Civil,
political and economic rights as visualized by the Dalit Panchayat Movement will
bring lasting peace in many micro situations as it is being witnessed in the District
of Tumkur in Karnataka. One of the most important aspects of Dalit Panchayat is
that it is totally participatory. Dalit Parliament can connect people of the world
because it is a world forum. Therefore, this Peace Event of Tumkur recommends to
all civil society actors and organizations to actively promote the model of Dalit
Panchayat and Dalit Parliament in their respective engagement with the liberation
and development of the poor, Dalits, Adivasis and women. This Peace Event
recognizes the Dalit Panchayat Movement and Dalit Parliament as the harbingers of
hope for future world peace.

Role of
religion
This Peace event in Tumkur realizes that all major religions of the world and their
institutions have played the twin role of mediating a peaceful co-existence as well
as its opposite of instigating people to violence and even to war. Many religious
institutions in modern times have instigated hatred of other religions by establishing
themselves as the chosen arm of God. Thus many religions are more in need of
redemption than their followers. Such fundamentalist and rightist stand of religious
institutions has disrupted peace among peace loving people of the world. This Peace
Event of Tumkur endorses the widespread view that religion can indeed be a
cementing factor if it is cleaned of its fundamentalist exclusivist positioning.
Therefore, This Peace Event appeals to all religious institutions, their heads, leaders
and followers to internalize the proactive and creative ideas of religion for
establishing all religions as true promoters of peace and peaceful co-existence in
the world.

Nuclear
Weapons
The Peace Event in Tumkur takes serious stock of the situation in India vis-à-vis
world peace. The ruling classes and castes of India announce to the world that India
is non-violent land of peace. While this Peace Event deeply appreciates the possible
desire for peace beneath such global propaganda it recognizes a wide gap between
what is professed and what is being practiced, especially by the dominant forces of
India. Joining hands with the United States of America for nuclear power under the
garb of development has many natural underpinnings that will not augur well for
the realization of peace in the world and within India. Possession of nuclear
weapons by India stands in stark contradiction to its profession of being an
ambassador of peace. This Peace Event proposes to the ruling powers of India and
appeals to all citizens of India to transform this country into a model of genuine non-
violence and peaceful coexistence in Asia. In this context the Peace Event in Tumkur

12
has the strongest possible reservation to the Nuclear Agreement that is being
negotiated between the ruling class of India and hegemonic forces of the United
States of America.

This Peace Event in Tumkur understands with certain alarm that contemporary
rulers of dominant nations in the world are leading the world to self-destruction by
mindless production of nuclear weapons. A world that possesses nuclear weapons of
mass destruction cannot be called peaceful by any stretch of imagination.
Therefore, it is evident that the ruling powers of the world are primarily responsible
for the disruption and destruction of peace in the world today. This should change.
This Peace Event in Tumkur makes the strongest recommendation to all nations of
the world to destroy all nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction. Dalits,
Adivasi and other indigenous people are natural lovers of non-violence and peace.
Therefore, this Peace Event in Tumkur recommends with all the courage that it can
muster, a completely nuclear weapon free world. This Peace Event in Tumkur
understands that a dialogue for peace is possible among living beings, however
dominant they may be. However, a dialogue for peace is not possible with weapons
which can only destroy the world.

Conclusio
n
Peace is a process of sensitivity and it is taking responsibility. Peace is tolerance,
inclusive, open and provides unlimited space. How do we response to the Dalit
reality? The response to this will also be a response to Peace. Environment has to be
free of discrimination and exploitation. Communal forces are dividing people.
Religious fundamentalism and fascism of all kinds are the enemies of peace.
Implementation of Constitution, Conflict resolution mechanism etc. need to be in
place to ensure peace. Peace is holistic. Peace should also start within each one,
within communities of people and within nations of the world. The world is in need
of peaceful persons. The Peace Event in Tumkur appeals to all citizens of India, of
Asia as well as of the world to immediately wake up to the impending danger of the
losing individual, community and international peace in the near future. All citizens
of the nations of the world and members of all communities must take on
themselves the responsibility for restoring and establishing peace on the face of the
earth as each one’s primary task in life. Peace is not a hobby of jobless people nor is
it a part time responsibility of any one. It is the epicenter of the life of common
people in the world.

Contact Details
Rural Education For Development Society Phone: ++91-816-
2277026
REDS Road Fax: ++91-816-2272515
Shanthinagar Emails:
jothiraj12@rediffmail.com
Tumkur 572102
mcraj2000@rediffmail.com
Karnataka, India Website: www.dalitreds.in
13
14