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This video is taken from the session at IIT Kanpur on 30 January 2026.

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Transcript
00:00The force, the empire that Gandhi challenged was mightier than the regime of the czar or that of the Chinese
00:10authoritarians or that of the French rulers, the British empire itself.
00:17Right? But the aims were not just political when it comes to Gandhi, nor was the center of challenge just
00:25political.
00:25He was saying, I oppose the British because they are unfair.
00:33It's not just about political power changing hands.
00:37What I am challenging is a principle.
00:42And what is the principle that I am challenging?
00:44That might is right.
00:46That you get the authority to rule because you have the capacity to inflict violence.
00:53Therefore, he said non-violence.
00:55I deny to accept that you get the license to rule just because you have the capacity to inflict violence
01:05on me.
01:06I will not accept this jungle law kind of thing might is right.
01:10One has to go to the fundamentals itself and figure out where the problem is.
01:16Cheers.
01:16Cheers.
01:16In Ρν.
01:17Owl Gotti.
01:18Cheers.
01:18In.
01:18Dare.
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