Cost Of Peace

COST OF PEACE

“An eye for eye and the world goes blind” perhaps this statement by our country’s most influential advocate of peace, Mahatma Gandhi, is sufficient to describe the effects of war without the gruesome details. We as humans have come a long way since the world wars of the 20th century. Though there have been wars and insurgencies, many of us are advocates of peace and rise up in unity against war and war crime. However, this does not mean that people across the world are pacifists. Many people condemn diplomacy and see it as a cowardly attempt to avoid war. There are many countries worldwide that have unstable relations with other countries due to their past as warring powers. Whenever any one of the two countries makes an armed

However, war in the 21st century may result into terrible situation for the people of all the countries involved. Promoting and spreading peace is almost always a better option. But what is the cost of peace?

Let us look at the case of India and her relations with her neighbouring country Pakistan. Despite their long history of brutal wars, they have managed to maintain diplomatic relations with Pakistan. However, this has resulted into the division of the Indian

We don’t need to look far in history to see how expensive wars are and how they adversely affect nations. People lose their fundamental rights during war. War is supposed to be fought between soldiers and yet in most places common people are involved in the war even if their territory is beyond the warzone. With biochemical and nuclear weapons, war in the 21st century could have terrible consequences. War is also a setback on environmental development as many forests and other important natural features are destroyed during war. Compared to this the cost of peace seems quite small. Yet it is not my place to say this as the consequences of a full-scale war between major world powers in the 21st century can never be accurately predicted right now. We are capable of destroying ourselves within a matter of minutes. So, we need to be careful as a society and take our decisions on war wisely as they will affect all of human