Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Juneteenth Comments

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Light at the end of the tunnel?
Not yet, we knew.
Never, claimed them.
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Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon
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The Juneteenth was an occasion to ponder over true human nature

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This poem may be read as a sequel to my old poem "Mother of Emmet Till"

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An indelible mark in black….

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M. Asim Nehal 19 June 2024

SO long these politicians will remain we cannot expect hatred, divide and rule policy

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Thank you, Asimji. But, my feeling is that every human being is greedy to the extent that he/she does not hesitate to use violence to achieve his/her greed

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Politicians revel in the power and assume that greed and are their right… the wrestling federation and Karnataka stand in evidence

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M. Asim Nehal 19 June 2024

Excellent poem to remind nothing has changed, just the people are gone and new gen with same old thoughts are present. Change will not happen from outside, it has to come from within.

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I tend to believe that violence and hatred are the true nature of man. As Aacharya Vinoba Bhave had remarked once.

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It is our culture and civilisation man has achieved over many millions of years that have polished us to some extent. But, when greed overtakes the Cultural heritage, he tends to revert to violence

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And, this greed and consequent hatred and violence are the root causes for the wars. Glaring example is West Asia

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The Nineteenth Day of June is celebrated as The National Independence Day in the US to celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States.

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Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon

Unnikrishnan Sivasankara Menon

PUTHENCHIRA, KERALA, INDIA
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