Elocution contest Mahatma Gandhi's Non Violence

Young Kashmiris in SRINAGAR with strength of about fifty thousands of students have been debating the values of the non-violence Mahatma Gandhi at picturesque Dal lake Lawns an event a brain child of the CM of J$K.

The Live debate in which students delivered speeches , a government-organised elocution contest that culminated with prizes on Tuesday — the modern architect of India's freedom icon’s birthday, which the UN decided on 15 June to declare the International Day of Non-Violence.

The winner, Indian leader’s non-violent credo explained as,“If Gandhi’s philosophy is not followed, we may soon have law of jungle prevailing everywhere,” said 19-year-old college student Taufeeq Yusuf, stood for the top cash award of 100,000 rupees (2,500 dollars).

“We in Kashmir will not get anything out of violence,” Yusuf added as applause rang out from the audience of thousand of students in Srinagar.
A great way to celebrate Mahatama's birthday as Gandhi a campaigner of non-violent civil disobedience that ended in independence of the India and neighboring countries from Britain.
On his birthday the other speakers said,“We in Kashmir will not get anything out of violence,” Yusuf added as applause rang.Another student said,“Gandhi was a man of peace, who urged people to shun violence. He didn’t advocate war but peace,” said another student, 23-year-old Tasleema Jan.“The question is not whether Gandhi’s philosophy is relevant or irrelevant — the question is do we have the courage to follow in his footsteps?”

All is not well,not all the contestants were so complimentary about Gandhi, the “father of the nation,” during the run-up to the prize-giving which took place on a lawn bordering scenic Lake Dal, Srinagar’s tourist showpiece where this debate was the brainchild of Kashmir’s Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad.
An intellectual efforts well organized and helped the students to ponder over independently the growing violence in this part of Indiafrom last two decades.