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Thursday, August 9, 2012

HIROSHIMA DAY OBSERVED IN KOTTARAKARA


HIROSHIMA DAY OBSERVED 
IN KOTTARAKARA
Prof. John Kurakar
August 06, 2012: The 67th Hiroshima Day 2012 was observed at Kottarakara Kurakar Center under the aegis of Kerala Kavyakala Sahithy and Kurakar Cultural Association. The programme was marked by observing of two-minute silence to show respect to the thousands of Hiroshima bombing victims and reading out of Peace Declaration by Prof. John Kurakar, President of Kerala KavyaKala Sahithy .. Speaking at the occasion as the President of the Association said the bombing at Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan during the World War II was so destructive that it takes long time till now to recover the destruction.  The event was also marked by distribution of prizes for Children's Peace Drawing Competition .Hundreds of students from various Schools in Kottarakara march for peace and a nuclear-free world on the occasion of Hiroshima Day. The Marthoma Girls High School Students carried banners, graphically depicting the horror of the atom bomb. They were wearing Gandhi-caps with slogans like” No More Hiroshima’ and save Mother Earth.
Kerala Kavya Kala Sahithy


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