World Compassion Day

It is a day for global icons to share their ideologies, values and principles on how to make the Gandhian ideals of Ahimsa and Compassion relevant to our times.

India is the first nation to drive this initiative, given the fact that it has been the crucible of religions like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism - all committed to the ideals of compassion and ahimsa.

WCD 2012 had a special focus on animal welfare and the growing importance of vegetarianism for reasons of both healthcare and to discourage killing of other species.

It brought to India, Humane Society International, an organisation that works in the area of animal welfare.

[2] Additional speakers included Anil Kapoor (actor), Chetan Bhagat (writer), Wayne Pacelle (President, Humane Society of the United States), Andrew Rowan (CEO, Humane Society International) and Founder Pritish Nandy.