04/10/2026
This Gandhi Jayanti, we crossed borders to honour Bapu. 🇮🇳🇧🇪
Our journey continued to Brussels, Belgium. Bapu’s message of truth and nonviolence travelled far beyond India and found admirers across Europe, where thinkers like Romain Rolland helped carry his ideals to the world. In the heart of Europe, a city that has long stood for dialogue between nations, those ideals feel right at home.
At the Embassy of India in Brussels, Belgium, our delegates came together for a Youth Dialogue on a question that feels more relevant than ever: how can India and the Belgium do better, as two nations, by following the principles Gandhi lived by?
The setting made it even more meaningful. Belgium was among the first European nations to establish ties with India, in 1947, five months before India’s independence, and India opened its Embassy in Brussels in 1948, with Ambassador Badruddin Tyabji as its founding head. Today the Embassy also serves as India’s window to Luxembourg and the European Union, and the partnership between India and Belgium spans trade, science, technology, and culture. To hold a conversation on peace and partnership in a place with such a rich legacy felt truly special.
We are deeply grateful to have had this dialogue within the walls of the Indian Embassy in Brussels, Belgium. Over thoughtful conversation, our delegates explored how truth, non-violence, mutual respect, and cooperation can shape a stronger partnership between the two countries.
It was a powerful reminder that diplomacy is not only built in negotiation halls. It begins with young people willing to listen, understand, and act together. 🤝
This Gandhi Jayanti, we hope that young leaders everywhere choose understanding over division, and carry Bapu’s ideals into the rooms where the future is decided. 🕊️
“Truth never damages a cause that is just.”
Embassy of India, Brussels
(Gandhi, Birthday, India, Brussels, Belgium, Europe)
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