Create Cricket Craze, Control Conflict

WARS AND CONFLICTS continue to roil the world, making one wonder how much progress "civilisation" has made.

- KIRAN KARNIK

The Ukraine war, fuelled by NATO arms, has Western countries determined to fight till the last Ukrainian. Israel seems insistent on bombing Gaza till it kills the last Palestinian there.

Elsewhere, senseless mass killings continue. While countries talk with forked tongues, many individuals strenuously look for ways to end the many conflicts that cause so much human misery. Some offer the biblical advice: "turn the other cheek"; others suggest Gandhian non-violence and satyagraha. However, in the face of violence, unprincipled enemies, and real-politic, such methods are unlikely to work. Clearly, there is need for different and innovative solutions.

CONTINUOUS CONFLICT