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Peace Essay - by Sonal Mashankar
Peace, in the past, was one of the pillars of society- an ideology that made people feel secure, a concept on which the foundations of the world were built. It meant that a poor farmer whose crops had failed could sleep soundly at night, that a nursing woman could soothe her baby without having to even raising her voice.
But today, peace seems to have become a wonder- indeed, if someone refrains from violence, he has done a great deed. It is hard to believe that the same country that produced the Mahatma, also produced a Dawood. We humans have conquered the world, stepped on the moon, done the greatest things imaginable- but we have not conquered the animal within ourselves. We have grown immune to violence, we have given up hope of humanity.
Yesterday morning, when news of suicide bombing in Iraq resonated in all the radio stations, all my friend did was switch off the radio. For us, the modern and evolved people of the 21st century, violence and hatred has become commonplace and (though we do not admit it) even a little boring. My grandparents are shocked to see people dying in encounters and terrorist activities, but all I can feel is that this keeps happening everyday, and it's nothing new.
This has to change. And it can only happen if we all work together to make a world a better place for our successors.
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-- Sonal Mashankar
writer,
The Peace Club.
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