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.

 

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