Maris Stella College students organise rally for a ‘peaceful tomorrow’ in Vijayawada
The Hindu
Youth urged to take forward Hibakusha's message of nuclear disarmament; Maris Stella College (Autonomous) organised peace rally on World Nagasaki Day; students & faculty held placards & took part in competitions themed around 'Weapons, Wars & Wreckage'; short film screened to raise awareness of atomic bombs' disastrous effects.
Survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, known as ‘Hibakusha’, have been relentlessly calling for nuclear disarmament for decades. Youth should take forward their message and play a role in promoting peace, said Maris Stella College (Autonomous) principal Jasintha Quadras.
Speaking at a peace rally organised around the college on World Nagasaki Day on Wednesday, she said ongoing conflicts among countries and within have created an atmosphere of unrest among people. “It is the youth who can prevent another man-made catastrophe. Humanity should learn the lessons from the past for a better and peaceful tomorrow,” she said.
Holding placards bearing slogans saying ‘Say No to War’ and ‘End Wars or the World Ends’, students and faculty of the college, around 2,000 in number, took part in the peace rally.
College Correspondent Sr. Sleeva said the Department of Physics organised an ‘Inter-Collegiate Physics Inspire Club Meet – 2023’ and conducted essay and drawing competitions and PowerPoint presentation themed around ‘Weapons, Wars and Wreckage’ to raise awareness among students about its disastrous effects.
A short film illustrating the impact of atomic bombs had been screened for students, Ms. Sleeva said.
The principal distributed prizes to winners in these competitions that saw a participation of 110 inter and degree students from the Maris Stella college and 40 from other colleges.
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