The world is such a small place, we keep on being reminded and we keep on forgetting!
The latest reminder comes in form of Israel-Lebanon conflict which has claimed hundreds of lives, the majority being on the Lebanese side. The rights and wrongs are being discussed, will be discussed and after sometime (hopefully) this war will end. But by then how much would be lost!
And the reason I have been jolted out of my blissful ignorance of the grimness of war, is that somewhere my country is being affected. According to a BBC report, about 12000 Indians live in Lebanon thus making us one of the largest communities in the country. Only 700 are being evacuated. I don't know the complications of this matter. I don't know who has decided this number. What I know (courtesy a report on IBNLive.com) that many families are being torn apart due to this. Some members have to be left behind in the war torn country, being promised further distruction, while others have to leave however unwillingly!
Till today I never cared a damn about this issue. The feed headlines gave enough news for me to bother. But now I understand. Lives are lives. Pain is pain. Sufferring is sufferring.
Thursday, July 27, 2006
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yes abhishek i also happen to see some gory pictures of the war( got it in a mail), perhaps you might have seen them. I could not see them all, it was morning time. Why do people like publicising the other side of the war.
BTW do tell me how you have given link to subscribe to your blog thru RSS.
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