On right, the scene was from the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial in Amritsar, India, dedicated to hundreds of innocent victims of a massacre, perpetrated by a rogue army general of past colonial power. London’s current progressive mayor, born to immigrant parents was bowing his head, murmuring “Our country needs to apologize unconditionally for that historic horrendous crime.”
American John Hurdy was watching CNN International streaming simultaneous live events on a split screen from two continents. On left, a henchman to country’s current strongman was commenting on a militarily crushed peaceful protest in Washington. He praised “We have great Churchill in command.”
On right, the scene was from the Jallianwala Bagh Memorial in Amritsar, India, dedicated to hundreds of innocent victims of a massacre, perpetrated by a rogue army general of past colonial power. London’s current progressive mayor, born to immigrant parents was bowing his head, murmuring “Our country needs to apologize unconditionally for that historic horrendous crime.”
Mary Wallace
24/7/2020 11:20:06 am
Makes you think. Well done.
Ed N. White
24/7/2020 03:21:01 pm
The crimes against humanity will continue everywhere, until humanity speaks up.See Martin Niemoller's famous comments on silence in 1934 as Hitler took over Germany. Thank you for keeping this in the spotlight.
Sue Clayton
25/7/2020 04:08:51 am
All past atrocities need to be remembered; hopefully never to be repeated. Lest we forget.
Teddy Kimathi
27/7/2020 09:57:59 am
It makes us question whether as humans violence is our nature.... Enjoyed your story, Sankar.
Sankar Chatterjee
27/7/2020 06:13:22 pm
Mary, Ed, Sue, and Teddy: Comments are closed.
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