WALKING THE WAY OF PEACE
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Keywords:
Walking, PeaceAbstract
War against terror!!! 11 September 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon buildings in Washington was an unprecedented and unexpected humiliation to the pride of modem civilization and globalization. The message is loud and clear: no nation is absolutely safe and secure, however fortified with armaments. They are of no use to save the lives of people. On the contrary, they promote the misery and greater destruction of humanity. The aftermath of the air-attack on these two major arteries of American civilization was colossal: thousands of people lost their lives, the huge loss on wealth and business establishments, the unimaginable increase of unemployment, the crackdown of world economy, and so on and so forth. At this tragic moment of helplessness
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