Tag Archives : Peace

Aung San Suu Kyi is a living legend not only because she is fighting against oppressed regime which had put her under house arrest for 15 years but also because she kept her personal life on hold for almost a decade. She made a tough brave decision not to be with her family when it needed her the most as she felt call of her country was more important.  [...]

Tibet is touted to be a land of peace and quiet. Its reputation is that of timeless tranquility. Its people are of heightened consciousness, at peace with the world. Amid blue skies and cinematic vistas, its image is bliss. Tibet conjures up the exact concept of ethereal purity. It may not necessarily be this dreamscape, though. In Foreign Policy, Christina [...]

There have been great people who deserved the Nobel Peace Prize more than Henry Kissinger or Yasir Arafat but, then again, the award-giving Norwegian Nobel Committee reserves the right to choose. Here are some of those who missed the rightful glory. Gandhi should have been an obvious winner. Who to better embody the spirit of peace than the most famous [...]

There are quite a few conflict zones in the world today where everyday civilians are being caught in the crossfire, their villages are devastated due to bombing and homes are reduced to rubble. There is no normalcy and hence no regular source of livelihood and income. People live in rehabilitation and refugee camps. More than adults it’s the children [...]

There has been much controversy about Barack Obama being awarded Nobel peace Prize for 2009. It is indeed intriguing that President of United States of America who is sending more troops and is engaging in a war in Afghanistan should be declared as an ambassador of global peace. Interestingly Obama even maintained a tactical silence when Israel was [...]

Pakistan’s military operation in Swat Valley has been a success and Taliban have been reduced to few hundreds. But peace and normal life is still elusive in this picturesque valley. There is strong presence of military on the streets. And this is not enough, now even civilians are joining local village militias to protect themselves. In fact civilians [...]

Many people were killed and hundreds injured in various deadly bomb explosions which rocked Baghdad today. The coordinated mortar fire and car bomb attacks were mainly targeted at all official government buildings including the most deadly one near Foreign Ministry. Sunni extremists are suspected to be responsible for these attacks. The attacks have [...]

Israel has forcefully claimed two houses in East Jerusalem by evicting nine Palestinian families in the middle of the night. Jewish settlers have moved after Israeli police force carried out operation in the dark and evicted some 53 residents. UK government and UN have condemned the incident. Police it seems arrived in black riot gear and carried out [...]

The battle and battle ground has finally shifted officially but the war seems to be far from over. As American troops began withdrawing from cities of Iraq one cannot stop wondering whether this is indeed the beginning of the end of a war that America had declared against terrorism. The end however is nowhere in sight as more troops are heading to Afghanistan [...]

Global Coalition for Peace’s anti Iraq war campaign too was a winner in Cannes Lion 2009. The public interest campaigns do deserve this kind of recognition and publicity. Most of social campaigns are done on non-profit basis by organizations that believe in the cause and need support for their good work. The three ads of Global Coalition for Peace [...]