To revive the message of inclusive and sustainable living of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, the Gandhi Mandela Peace Initiative was organised by Kartikeya Sharma, Founder, Sunday Guardian Foundation; Dr Anurag Batra, Founder, Believe Foundation, and Chairman, Businessworld; and Tarina Patel, Founder, RBP Foundation, at Hotel Imperial here on Thursday.

The event, which was attended by a number of political dignitaries and social activists, among others, was aimed to look back at the philosophy of Gandhi and Mandela accepting change for a better future.

In his keynote address, Justice A.K. Sikri, Chairman of National Broadcasting Authority and former Supreme Court judge, drew parallels between the lives of the two leaders, how both were lawyers and both took to the streets to protest against the injustice done to them and their people.

This was followed by a panel discussion on environment and sustainability, the panelists for which were Kartikeya Sharma, Founder, Sunday Guardian Foundation; Walter Lindner, German Ambassador to India; Ricky Kej, Grammy Award winner and environmentalist; Dr Devendra Kumar Agrawal, expert member of National Green Tribunal, and Mahendra Modi, DGP, advisor to the government on the issue. The panel was moderated by Sudhir Mishra, environmental lawyer and committee member of the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India.