We must guard against the world becoming a more dangerous place

Jan 28, 2020 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

January 27 is the International Holocaust Day. This year it marks the seventy five years since the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops, the largest camp established by Nazis for persecution of Jews, which included a concentration camp, killing center and forced labour camps. About six million Jews including 1.5 million Jewish children were killed during the Holocaust. Especially Jewish children were used for medical experiments.
The Holocaust is an unparalleled cruelty against humanity in the history. The “Seventy five years ago” is not in a distant past, but almost very near to our period. Therefore we should remember this day as a reminder to not split ourselves between “We” and “Them” and be inclusive.
Shortly after the liberation of Auschwitz , there was another genocide in 1947 in newly formed Islamic State of Pakistan , (shortly after partition of India), millions of Hindus and Sikhs were murdered and millions were displaced. More recently, genocides happened in Rwanda, Bosnia, etc. We may remember all the victims of these genocides during the Holocaust Remembrance Day because Holocaust represents all genocides in the written history of humanity. It reminds us about the dangers of hate speech, prejudices and intolerance.
Across all democracies of the world, there is concern about a resurgence of racism and intolerance and attacks directed at groups of peoples, especially religious and racial minorities — hate speech becomes common – that were once considered taboo have become common across the world’s liberal democracies. This is a dangerous trend for the world. It’s our right to disagree with the cause if we want but hate against those who disagree with us or those who are different from us must stop now otherwise the world will become a dangerous place to live.

Yours,
Rooplall Dudhnath

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