THE TURBULENT
AND INNOVATIVE
TWENTIETH CENTURY
K. B. Rai
The twentieth century has been turbulent in its march
It has witnessed two bloody world wars
When millions of people lost their lives
People like Pot Pal defiled the century
People like Churchill changed the course of the century
People like Hitler wrought havoc and holocaust
When Jews were gas - chambered mercilessly.
The century witnessed the downfall of the British Empire
Whose sun of progress had never set.
The century saw the sun of India rising
It saw the naked Fakir - Mahatma Gandhi - winning the swaraj
Of India without the use swords and the aid of bombs.
The century witnessed the disintegration of the powerful
Soviet Union
It saw the birth of new nations
The century saw the face of South Asia changed
And saw the ethnic conflicts raging their ugly head
In most part of the world
The century pocketed the conflicts amongst the middle-East
countries
And imposition of UN sanctions against Iraq
Where millions of children died due to lack of basic
necessities of life
The conscience of the rulers in this century
Never rose above the narrowness of the minds.
The century saw sputnicks being sent to space and to explore
The mysteries of Nature and to know the origin of universe
It saw the technology advancement in the shape of aeroplanes
and computers
It saw robots being built and cloning of animals
Thus the century will go down in the annals of history
as the most turbulent as well as innovative one.