Rahul Gandhi | Rahul Gandhi called for new thinking for democratic systems

LondonFormer Congress president Rahul Gandhi focused his speech at the prestigious Cambridge University on the “art of listening” and called for a new way of thinking for democratic systems. In his lecture at the university, Gandhi called for a new thinking to promote a democratic environment in the world which should not be imposed.

Referring to the decline in the manufacturing sector in democracies such as India and the US in recent years, Gandhi said this change has brought out massive inequality and resentment that needed urgent attention and dialogue. Visiting Fellow at the Business School (Cambridge JBS). Delivering a lecture at the university on the topic “Learning to listen in the 21st century”, he said, “We cannot imagine a world without democratic systems.”

“So, we need a new thinking about how you create a democratic environment instead of creating an environment by force,” he said. He said that the “art of listening” is “very powerful”. He said that democratic systems are very important in the world. The lecture was divided into three major parts. It started with the mention of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’. Gandhi did a walk of about 4,000 kilometers from September 2022 to January 2023 and this journey passed through 12 states of India.

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The second part of the lecture focused on the “two different approaches” taken by the US and China since World War II, especially after the 1991 disintegration of the Soviet Union. Gandhi said the US opened its doors less after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, while China “promoted harmony” through organizations around the Chinese Communist Party, apart from eliminating manufacturing-related jobs.

The theme of the final phase of his lecture was “The Inevitability of Global Dialogue”. He tried to weave together different dimensions in calling for new ways of adopting different points of view. He also explained to Cambridge University students that “travel” is a pilgrimage that people “engage themselves in so that they can listen to others.”