CULTURE OF PEACE AND COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE

This paper highlights the existence of collective violence in our society and provides input upon fostering culture of peace for resolving the conflicts. It is common mentality of people and the society that the shortest and easiest solutions to any issue can be by way of violence. This mental framework of people have given rise to various wars which have been fought throughout the world. In the Indian society itself, there is mentioning of Mahabharata which was fought between Kauravas and Pandhyas who were related by blood. The war could have been avoided had the circumstances been otherwise. History has witnessed World War I, World War II. For the first time during the second world war, nuclear bombs commonly known as atom bombs were used. It destructed and affected humanity in a way which has it trace even after decades of the incident. The present ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine which started in February 2022, in October 2023 conflict started between Israel and Palestine. Thousands of people have lost their life due to the ongoing situations around the world. The victims of such violence are always the common innocent people. People lose their loved one, become homeless, get injured, die due to the war started by rich people of the society.  Violence is never the solution to any problem or issue, rather it makes the situation worse. It brings such harm and loss to mankind and society at large which is irreversible. It negatively impacts the society. This is not an era of war. Peace can solve the most complex situation without bringing any harm to anyone. Culture of peace must be adopted in larger interest of the mankind.