No More Hiroshimas
No More Hiroshimas. James Kirkup. Appreciation by P.S.Remesh Chandran, Editor, Sahyadri Books, Trivandrum.
Mankind hates to destruct, in spite of the destructive traits inherent in man. In his heart, man is a good being who likes to preserve mankind's achievements intact for the posterity. But politics is often not led by men, but by mobs and crowds. Wars when fought by single persons have always turned to be good to this world: Socrates, Tolstoy, Louis Pasteur. When fought by people, they turned hell loose in this world.
292 years free of war in a history of 5500 years.
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US bombers moving to Japan over Mount Fuji.
In the history of mankind, one will find no desire which is older and stronger than the desire for a world without wars. For centuries, peace in this world meant only the interval between two wars. Swiss historian Jean- Jacquess Bebel calculated that out of the 5500 years' history of the world, only 292 years remained free of any kind of wars. Two World Wars emanated from the soil of Germany. But in Europe the guns are silent now. People hope that the clock of history won't be turned back again.
Sumee-Ko, War And Peace and The Flowers Of Hiroshima.
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Had it not been Imperialism!
Arms-Limitation, Anti-War Literature and Detente brought about this favourable situation. Countless novels such as War And Peace, Sumee-ko and The Flowers Of Hiroshima, and dozens of plays including Henrik Ibson's Ghost moulded human minds to remain synchronized with upheavals and outbreaks of political profiteerism and in the midst of chaos, practise the negative virtue of tolerance. Wilfred Owen and James Kirkup were just two of the hundreds of committed poets who added the influence of poetry too to the goodwill of this world-wide movement.
Three-headed fishes and children with no head at all : The balance-sheet of a mega ton blast.
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The pre-war serenity in Japan.
The atom-bomb which blasted in Hiroshima in the Second World War wiped out
Mankind hates to destruct, in spite of the destructive traits inherent in man. In his heart, man is a good being who likes to preserve mankind's achievements intact for the posterity. But politics is often not led by men, but by mobs and crowds. Wars when fought by single persons have always turned to be good to this world: Socrates, Tolstoy, Louis Pasteur. When fought by people, they turned hell loose in this world.
292 years free of war in a history of 5500 years.
[pic]
US bombers moving to Japan over Mount Fuji.
In the history of mankind, one will find no desire which is older and stronger than the desire for a world without wars. For centuries, peace in this world meant only the interval between two wars. Swiss historian Jean- Jacquess Bebel calculated that out of the 5500 years' history of the world, only 292 years remained free of any kind of wars. Two World Wars emanated from the soil of Germany. But in Europe the guns are silent now. People hope that the clock of history won't be turned back again.
Sumee-Ko, War And Peace and The Flowers Of Hiroshima.
[pic]
Had it not been Imperialism!
Arms-Limitation, Anti-War Literature and Detente brought about this favourable situation. Countless novels such as War And Peace, Sumee-ko and The Flowers Of Hiroshima, and dozens of plays including Henrik Ibson's Ghost moulded human minds to remain synchronized with upheavals and outbreaks of political profiteerism and in the midst of chaos, practise the negative virtue of tolerance. Wilfred Owen and James Kirkup were just two of the hundreds of committed poets who added the influence of poetry too to the goodwill of this world-wide movement.
Three-headed fishes and children with no head at all : The balance-sheet of a mega ton blast.
[pic]
The pre-war serenity in Japan.
The atom-bomb which blasted in Hiroshima in the Second World War wiped out