Essays

War is a horrible thing by all means. Even the very word is a hat able one. Earlier wars were fought with bows, arrows, spears, sticks and swords. But modern wars are very destructive Ones.

Even some of the earlier wars were quite destructive. For example, the war between Lord Rama and Ravana, the Mahabharata, The War of Troy, The Wars of Roses, The Hundred Years War, etc.

However, the destruction caused in the First World War and then in the Second World War, particularly in the second, was on an unprecedented scale.

Since the World War II, the war machinery has greatly gained teeth all over the world. Almost all the countries of the world are laced with most destructive weapons like bombs, guns, cannon, warships, war planes, torpedoes, missiles, etc.

Even countries like India and Pakistan which Previously did not have such importance from the military point of view, have become mighty Powers militarily,' particularly because they have got nuclear weapons.

There are thousands of nuclear weapons all over the world. Unless they are destroyed through some well-chalked out strategy, the danger of elimination of the whole of mankind from the face of the world cannot be ruled out.

War causes destruction of life and property on a very large scale. The atom bombs thrown by America over Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 leveled the two populous cities.

Radiation is extremely painful to those who remain alive after a nuclear holocaust. Let us all join hands to get rid of the world of the monster of war.