Before I moved to India I was worried about terror attacks. Then only days before moving there Norway was hit by a terror attack and suddenly non of the countries I've lived in, or were going to live in were free of terror.
Today, it happened again in India, but this time I am actually in the country and the city where it has happened. A bomb exploded in one of the reception areas of the Indian High Court. This terrorist attack as the Indian Home Minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, called it, killed at least 10 people, wounding more than 60. But it's not about numbers, it's about real people with stories.
Humanizing the issue working towards a world where we view strangers
as our friends, not our enemy.
These victims of terror were the mother of a child, husband to his wife, brothers, sisters, best friends, grandparents, daughter and son. They were people with stories, hopes and dreams. They died today for a cause they perhaps did not even know of, or did not support. Again, as with the victims of terror in Norway, lets their lives not be lost in a terrorattack in vain- let's remember these people as people with dreams and hopes, as a best friend, and let us instead work harder towards a just and peaceful world, where the solution to disagreement is not war, not terror and not killing or violence - but dialogue.
Let their lives not be gone in vain, let this lift your spirits even higher to why you work towards a world were we all can live with tolerance and solidarity of one another. Let this be yet another eye-opener to why you should believe in everyone can make a difference, one step at a time. Work towards a just and peaceful world for all, start today.It can start with something as simple as a smile.
Pass the Peace.
Today, it happened again in India, but this time I am actually in the country and the city where it has happened. A bomb exploded in one of the reception areas of the Indian High Court. This terrorist attack as the Indian Home Minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, called it, killed at least 10 people, wounding more than 60. But it's not about numbers, it's about real people with stories.
Humanizing the issue working towards a world where we view strangers
as our friends, not our enemy.
These victims of terror were the mother of a child, husband to his wife, brothers, sisters, best friends, grandparents, daughter and son. They were people with stories, hopes and dreams. They died today for a cause they perhaps did not even know of, or did not support. Again, as with the victims of terror in Norway, lets their lives not be lost in a terrorattack in vain- let's remember these people as people with dreams and hopes, as a best friend, and let us instead work harder towards a just and peaceful world, where the solution to disagreement is not war, not terror and not killing or violence - but dialogue.
Let their lives not be gone in vain, let this lift your spirits even higher to why you work towards a world were we all can live with tolerance and solidarity of one another. Let this be yet another eye-opener to why you should believe in everyone can make a difference, one step at a time. Work towards a just and peaceful world for all, start today.It can start with something as simple as a smile.
Pass the Peace.
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