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Nabin ji, I respect your personal views regarding ...

2009-08-22T09:42:50.259+09:00

Nabin ji, I respect your personal views regarding the official ceremony that is held in the morning of the A-bomb day. yet in my opinion, it's important that the representatives from around the world gather in Hiroshima to pay respect to the victims. At least, it has a symbolic meaning that we should move toward a war-free world and a lot of things should be done in order to achieve it.

I agree with the comment by 'anonymous' regarding the issue of invitation to the US president Obama that we should refrain from politicizing the issue of Hiroshima- Nagasaki bombings. Surely, end of the war is not the key to ever lasting peace and as you have rightly pointed out, the spirit of those people who rebuilt the city should be respected.

I appreciate every one who stopped by to read this post. Particularly, I would like to thank all who liked the post and commented. Lets pray and hope that this World will not have to face another 'Hiroshima and Nagasaki'.

thanx for sharing such a nice inrfomative post dep...

2009-08-12T18:46:57.196+09:00

thanx for sharing such a nice inrfomative post dependra jee .we hope and pray never repeat that day for japanese people in their entire life again.

Very interesting and informative post. Those snaps...

2009-08-10T14:36:05.337+09:00

Very interesting and informative post. Those snaps you have uploaded has made it more realistic and can give your readers the feeling you want to share.

Thanks !

Nice post Deepndrajee! Lets pray and hope that thi...

2009-08-10T14:19:35.590+09:00

Nice post Deepndrajee! Lets pray and hope that this World will not have to endure another 'Hiroshima and Nagasaki'.

Thanks for providing wonderful pictures and insigh...

2009-08-10T13:35:03.559+09:00

Thanks for providing wonderful pictures and insight to Hiroshima bombing and the function held there. The comment by Nabin is interesting n informative though opinionated a bit. I liked his view that for peace and humanity, there should be a neutral ground for agreement. Equally good is the opinion of anonymous for his bottom-line comment- we should not look this all through political spectacles.

Thanks for visiting my blog and for your lovely co...

2009-08-10T13:05:00.931+09:00

Thanks for visiting my blog and for your lovely comment.You are welcome in my other blogs too.
I liked your blog very much. Its very nice and interesting as well as informative.Good post.

Very sad history. You have a very interesting blo...

2009-08-10T12:14:45.964+09:00

Very sad history. You have a very interesting blog. Thanks for visiting mine and for the nice compliment.

Thanks Deependra for sharing wonderful pictures of...

2009-08-10T09:12:18.326+09:00

Thanks Deependra for sharing wonderful pictures of Hiroshima and the peace memorial ceremony.

We should refrain from politicizing the issue of Hiroshima- Nagasaki bombings. Barack Obama has been invited to the peace ceremony in Hiroshima probably after hearing Obama make his speech on nuclear weapons in Prague last April. America is the only country who ever used the A-bomb. we can't justify the act for it was a very inhuman in nature, but many argue that US made the right decision given the state of the war and huge human sufferings. There was no sign of surrendering by Japan before the bombings. However, after sixty-fours, I think a statement from the President of America that 'we never again wish to witness the horrors of nuclear destruction' seems to be the need of the hour. For this, the bottom line is, we should not look this all through a political spectacles.

Today was the day of Nagasaki bombing - another su...

2009-08-09T19:10:55.540+09:00

Today was the day of Nagasaki bombing - another supposedly bad day in history of mankind.

I have gone to this event every year for last 3 days. I personally don't want to go to the morning events because the whole ceremony attended by diplomats is more of a diplomatic ceremony than paying respect to the dead. The whole afternoon, 1000s of people from different places in Japan and around the world come to the Peace Park to pay their respect for real. This is more important than the ceremony in the morning.

The peace museum is full of visitors and U may see many weeping looking at the pictures put there.

What I do not like is that though the whole function and the place is supposed to be an icon of peace, it also creates some tension in many ways. Inviting Obama as the president of US to Hiroshima to recognize Hiroshima bombing as a horrible event is one of them. If he does come, is it an apology for something that US thought was right thing to do at that time? If he does not accept the invitation, does it mean that he does not respect those who lost lives that day? I may want Obama to come apologise but another 10 people might not want that to happen. Isn't putting Hiroshima in this fight a crime itself and disrespect to the dead itself?

Putting Hiroshima as an icon of peace is looking at the story from one side and there are half of the world who will not agree. For peace and humanity, should there not be a neutral ground for agreement?

The Hiroshima-Nagasaki memorial is not held just in Hiroshima and Nagasaki but also in different places around the world. This blog has visitors from around the world and it would be interesting to know how this day is remembered at different places.

We hope to see how Hiroshima looks now in your blog.

War in itself is not bad but why the war was fought is more important. So, I believe end of war is not the answer for ever lasting peace.

The bombing destroyed the city and killed many but I respect the spirit of those people who rebuilt the city. The story that started after the bombing is what should be remembered - those people who ran the street car within hours of the bombing gave hope to the grieving hopeless survivors telling that the city was not dead yet. That is story that should be told. Every single person contributed to make the city what it is now. Birth of Hiroshima Carp (the baseball team of Hiroshima) and building the old stadium are other stories of unity in rebuilding the city to put it where other cities of Japan already was.