Shillong, November 22: The Art of Living claim that “two of our volunteers have been taken into custody by Meghalaya Police in Jaintia Hills on Monday. In this regard, we would like to inform that our senior faculty Samir Jolly, accompanied by Khroo Lamsalanki Pariat, was on a peace mission to establish contact with the misguided youths who are operating in the area and convince them to eschew violence and join the mainstream”.
From the organization the Art of Living said that the two person arrested by the police are on their activities are a part of Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s vision of engaging the misguided youth of the region and facilitating the process of making them come overground. Similar intervention of the Art of Living had led to the recent homecoming of 68 militants in Manipur.
The Art of Living has also trained and rehabilitated hundreds of cadres from United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) and Manipur-based outfits who have laid down their arms. Over the years, Gurudev has been guiding leaders from the region to addressing their grievances in non-violent and democratic ways.
The Art of Living has been working in the region to heal the trauma of militancy, facilitate dialogue, reform those who are lodged in prisons, and channelise misguided youth towards constructive pursuits.As recently as September 2017, Gurudev had acted as a rallying point for a conference that brought together leaders of 67 different organisations, including those who have formerly taken up arms.
The move has been hailed as a real breakthrough in getting all the sides to discussing the problems of the region in terms of fairness,love,equality,human values and compassion said Mr Mansi Dharmraj, Art of Living Bureau of Communication, The Art of Living International Center, in the press statement sent to the media.
