There was a war for 30 devastating years in North and East of county with which we were born and grown up so that as kids we felt that time without war is a story that typically began with "once upone a time in a far away land...". Nevertheless it was always scary, worrying and sad.
At our place very near the closest large hospital to Battle Field where most war-casualties were brought by helicopters and then with ambulance our hearts used to stop a second whenever rows of ambulance or a helicopter came.It sux having to sit at home witnessing the agony brought by war everyday, helpless to do anything about it.
Even after war, even today, feeling of despair haunt me when I hear an ambulance. It still remind me how all the dogs in the town start hollowing with the cries of ambulances as if of omen of death and doom. It still remind me how we turn off TV when news goes, unable to bear what it may say and how all the family and neighbours will gather together in silent grief and hope full prayers for dead and wounded whenever news of a blast came while anxiously telephoning to see people we care for are still alive. Even now a cracker will cause a start , a bag without an obvious owner will cause panic.. coz impact of war has sunk to our blood , to our bones to our genome perhaps and it haunt us from within. Let there be no war begun anywhere in the world!
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