It is said that human civilisation have been evolving over the last thousands of years and the process is still continuing. However, the question is whether the quality of evolution of human civilisation should be judged by material and technological growth or betterment in value systems.
If one were to consider the happenings in the year 2023, then one would inevitably arrive at the conclusion that whatever happened in the year was growth of technology to some extent but not certainly in the betterment of value systems in the minds and hearts of men and women considering the global scenario as a whole.
In short, the year 2023 was marked by war cloud, terrorism, climate deterioration, no better conditions for women in some countries and finally, the year is conspicuous by the fact that the world conscience have largely gone silent or impotent.
The Russia-Ukraine war was originally initiated by Russia on the pretext of Ukraine likely to become a member of NATO which, Russia claimed, would go against the security interest of Russia. Russia mercilessly bombed and destroyed several infrastructure facilities in Ukraine and millions of citizens of Ukraine were forced to leave the country as........