As two opposing bulls (with armies behind them) stumble around a china shop in Geneva I found the following extract from a lecture by Tagore to Andhra University in 1933..... very little it seems has changed - The earth revolves round its own axis and yet it circles round the sun along its vast orbit. whatever happens in human society also exhibits these two tendencies. On the one hand, the paraphernalia of wealth and power are accumulated through the urge of the individual ego, and yet on the other, under the inspiration of the Universal Man, men unite with one another in their activity and their joy and make sacrifices for one anothers sake. Some years ago there was a report published in the London Times, which I came to know through the Nation of America. The British Air Force was destroying from the air a Mahsud village in Afghanistan. One of the bombing planes was damaged and came down. An Afghan girl led the airmen into a neighbouring cave, and to protect them, a Malik remained on guard at the entrance of the cave. Forty men with brandished knives rushed forward to attack them, but the Malik dissuaded them. All this time, bombs were dropping from above and people were crowding in to take shelter in the cave. Some Maliks of the neighbourhood and a Mollah proposed to help the Britishers and some of the women offered to feed them. After some time they at last disguised the airmen as Mahsuds and brought them out to a safe place.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 07:19:18 +0000
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