Friday 18 March 2011

Tragedy in Japan and the World Community

Do we realise the impact of a tragedy and natural calamity only when they befall our family or our nation? Then what kind of a society and world community are we?

The President of India is coming to Patna to celebrate the centenary year of the formation of Bihar on the 22nd of March. Shouldn't India outright stop all such State Celebrations in view of the natural calamity in Japan in which lacs of people lost their lives and suffered? Shouldn't India thus set an example of true humanity for other nations to follow?

It seems there is a lot of pain in adopting such a humane approach in life. Nobody seems willing to sacrifice one's small petty moments of so called happiness for the sake of others' misery...

And by the way, what does Marx say in this context?