Dr Anthony Monteiro in Kolkata on Thursday
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“We can’t become who we are fighting,” says Anthony Monteiro, on a trip to Kolkata and Santiniketan. “But can the moral imperative win?” he asks. Speaking on the sidelines of his ‘Peace Pilgrimage’ talk hosted by All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation at Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Golpark, on Thursday, Monteiro expressed a deep regard for Tagore and spoke about how African American jazz musicians have long been enthralled with India, drawing a parallel between Tagore’s concept of the “world soul” and the spiritual movements of icons like John Coltrane. Monteiro said modern society produces “an alienated human being, a reduced human being, a human being that does not recognise his or her humanity, and thus doesn’t see it in other people” While discussing peace initiatives in today’s fractured world. Opining that the US was the “most violent country in the world”, Monteiro said, “There are more African-Americans imprisoned in the United States than there are Indians imprisoned in India. On what he has to say to youngsters, Monteiro said, “It’s not what I have to say to them, it’s what example I could set for them”.
Kolkata: In a world governed by ego, what would a Black rights activist advise to avoid peace being a casualty? Monteiro, an expert on the works of WEB Du Bois, also carries the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi and Luther King Jr. “Indian civilisation, at its foundation, is a peaceful civilization, not a warfare state. That doesn’t mean that India has not been in wars in the modern period, since independence, but I think Gandhi’s non-violent revolution is the true reflection of Indian civilisation,” he added. “The 20th century has been the most violent century in human history. And people have learned the wrong lessons. Of course, there’s anger about many things… young people are young, they don’t always know… Download the TOI App.
On Friday, Monteiro will speak at Jadavpur University.
This one is 10 times more consequential. Speaking on the Iran-US war, Monteiro stated, “The only time that US has lost a war like this was in Vietnam. Vietnam did not change the world situation, but this one will. We have never seen so many Americans opposing a war from its outset.”