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The session Chat with Sohini Jana was held on February 4, 2022 at 7 pm on Zoom.
Greshma Pious Raju, Daniel William and Arya Meher were joined for this
conversation. We were tried to explore on how to promote harmony among different
faith communities and also discussed about the role of women in peacebuilding
process.
Sohini is the acting Chapter President for the India chapter of a non-profit
organization based in the United States called the Euphrates Institute. She identifies
herself as a bridge-builder. In the light of building bridges, she had spearheaded a
successful effort to bring Americans (mostly Christians) in conversation with South
Asian Islamic studies scholars from the Centre of Peace and Spirituality in order to
combat Islamophobia and promote Islam as an ideology of peace for the post-scientific
era. She had hosted a concert in collaboration with the Society for Social Regeneration
and Equity on the occasion of Daniel Pearl Foundation World Music days to promote
interfaith harmony through music and theatre. Recently, she had also delivered a live
session to train the students of the Institute of Management Sciences in Peshawar,
Pakistan on Interfaith Harmony. She has won the Euphrates Institute scholarship for
her service in the field of interfaith harmony targeted towards ―turning the other into a
brother‖. Her motto remains to bring the world one step closer to witnessing the unity
of all existence.