Dear Motherland,

May you never see a war again!

May India and Pakistan live in peace. May sanity prevail on both sides. May we not have to devise or analyze any more war strategies. May this be the last chapter in the book of armed conflicts in the region's history. May no village, city or airbase ever experience the anguish similar to that of Agra, Amritsar, Ambala, Bikaner, Halwara, Jodhpur, Jaisalmer, Pathankot, Bhuj, Srinagar, Kargil or Pathankot. May Kutch, Kashmir, Chaklala, Sargodha, Jacobabad, Bahawalnagar and Rahim Yar Khan never be under attack again.

May the children never witness dogfights between J-10, F-16 and Mig-21 or Rafale. May there be no distressing visuals and traumatic memories to haunt them. May there be no mother, wife, daughter or sister who has to say farewell to her son, husband, brother or father to save his land and bomb the other's. May no soldier have to sign a last will before entering the field.

May your artists not have to replicate the pain and distress depicted in "Guernica". The enormous (11.5 × 25.5........

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