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An earlier version of this Blog was published on 5 August 2023
World in Chaos and Despair: Remembering the Lessons of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
‘My God, what have we done?’-The timeless and chilling words of Captain Robert Lewis, the co-pilot of a B-29 bomber – named Enola Gay, who dropped the 4,400kg atomic bomb, called Little Boy, on Hiroshima still echo 80 years on.
Hiroshima photographed in 1946. Heat and shock waves vaporized people and incinerated structures.Photo credit: Warfare History Network
On August 6, 1945, for the first time ever in human history an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. August 6, 2025, marks the 80th year since this sheer wanton act of vandalism against humanity, which was repeated three days later, on Nagasaki.
“Tragedy exerts its hold upon our imaginations because it reminds us that justice is an illusion. Hiroshima is the great tragedy of our age from which we continue to seek understanding and yet can never understand.”- Richard Flanagan, author of Question 7
Marking 80 years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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First published on 03 December 2012
N.B. {This “thought sheet”, harvesting the fruits of contemplation, is offered as a contribution to the public conversation about values and the shaping of the social ethos in which we live: Our moral compass, if you will}. This is how I had begun my speech at the Antalya Forum in 2012. My words, sentiments and offerings ring as true today as they did then. The timeless question remains: Will We Ever Learn?
Antalya Forum, “Rethinking the Global Economic Order”
29 November-2 December 2012, Antalya, Turkey
Beyond the Wasteland: Seven Common Good Steps to Build a Compassionate World
A Presentation by
Prof. Kamran Mofid, Founder, Globalisation for the Common Good Initiative, UK*
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Healing begins with love, remembering, and speaking truth to power and believing that change is possible.
The power of Amazonian spirituality and truth-telling to heal mother nature
Amazon rainforest in Brazil. PhotoSpirit/Alamyvia The Guardian
'To be a person is to have a story to tell.'
‘Stories, because of their imaginative power which engages the brain, have much greater impact than simple facts. Increased brain engagement leads not only to increased thought on the engaging topic, but increased memory as well. When that engagement and memory are controlled and focused in a positive way, the brain’s love for storytelling can be the key to healing and happiness.’-Greater Good Magazine
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