Lesley Docksey, uruknet.info, November 5, 2011 |
The Triumph of Death by Peter Brueghel the Elder (courtessy of museumsyndicate.com) At this time of year, as red poppies sprout on British coat and jacket lapels, people remember all the service men and women who have lost their lives fighting our wars, whether those wars were justified or not. We are asked to remember that they died ‘for our country’, that they ‘sacrificed’ themselves. And they are still dying today; each year there are yet more names to remember. But little is said about those others who did not fight yet still died because of war; whose lives have been ruined by war; whose names are not on war memorials or even recorded. |
I was born in Poonch (Kashmir) and now I live in Norway. I oppose war and violence and am a firm believer in the peaceful co-existence of all nations and peoples. In my academic work I have tried to espouse the cause of the weak and the oppressed in a world dominated by power politics, misleading propaganda and violations of basic human rights. I also believe that all conscious members of society have a moral duty to stand for and further the cause of peace and human rights throughout the world.
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