Voicing concern on Hiroshima Day

CHANDIGARH, Aug 6: This day, way back in 1945, a Big Boy fell on the small town of Hiroshima and a portion of humanity vanished in the mu...

CHANDIGARH, Aug 6: This day, way back in 1945, a Big Boy fell on the small town of Hiroshima and a portion of humanity vanished in the mushroom cloud. Of course it did not affect us but now as we bulldoze our way into the Nuclear Club, we heard a valid statement from G.S. Channi this morning. "Don’t think it has nothing to do with us. Let us raise our voice against the nuclear test, if not for us, for our children at least."

The street play, `Desh di surakhaya ton saanu khatra hai’, staged by Channi’s Centre for Education and Voluntary Action (CEVA) at the piazza in Sector 17 made one think deeply.

The outburst against the nuclear test, the mood for which had been set by Arundhati Roy, got a sensible depiction in Channi’s play. The actors led by Channi, Harleen and Munna Diman, asked the gathering, "Did anybody ask you about the giant step that the nation took?"

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The show, which is interspersed with appeals, will be repeated in front of the Neelam movie hall tomorrow at 6 p.m.

Kids hold rallies
Over 100 children today marched through various sectors as the Indian chapter of the Children’s Alliance for Protection of the Environment (CAPE) observed Hiroshima Day here today.

Besides, 250-odd saplings were planted at Sector 24’s S.D. High School and public places in Sector 11.

Children of CAPE’s units from Sector 8 DAV Higher Secondary School, Sector 26 S.D. High school and others carried placards and banners demanding ban on nuclear weapons. They held a rally after they assembled in Sector 17.

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The placards underlining the dangers of nuclear weapons, carried messages like "Ban nuclear weapons", "August 6 makes us sad", "remember Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims still suffer", and "India and Pakistan: no use ever".

In his brief address, Environment Society of India’s president S.K. Sharma stressed the need to mobilise public opinion to demand total ban on the use of nuclear weapons by all countries.

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