Dear Signatories
The First World War formally ended 'at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month' of 1918. So 11 November is observed as Remembrance Day. It is also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy) in memory of a soldier who died in the line of duty.
As the story goes, during World War I, after a particularly bloody battle in the fields of Flanders in Belgium, thousands of bright red flowers mysteriously appeared. Poet John McCrae, a lieutenant colonel in the Canadian Expeditionary Forces, who had just lost a friend to the war, was so moved by this spontaneous bloom that he wrote a poem about the flowers' resilience, titled, 'In Flanders Fields':
In Flanders' fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders' fields.
I’m sure you can sense the pain and anguish of losing a loved one in this poem. Today, when we are so connected through the World Wide Web & Social Media, let’s use the latter to ensure no human being is ever again killed in war. Let’s have the courage to introduce Nonviolent Defence in our Defence Systems globally, so we learn the skills of NonviolentConflict Resolution! Join our Initiative for a WORLD BEYOND WAR.
Dear Signatories, LET’S GIVE NON-VIOLENCE A CHANCE!
For more details, contact
Dr. Suman Khanna Aggarwal,
Former Prof. of Philosophy, Delhi University. President & Founder Shanti Sahyog- a Gandhian NGO & Shanti Sahyog Centre for Nonviolence (CFN)
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