War vs Peace - Smriti Tiwari

Let me ask you a question—if you had a choice, would you choose war or peace? It sounds like an easy choice, right? We all want peace. But if we look at history, the world has seen more wars than lasting peace. So why does war still exist? And why is peace so difficult to achieve?

The Reality of War

War is often fought in the name of power, land, and ideologies. But what does it really bring?

• Lives lost – Families are shattered, innocent people suffer, and soldiers never return home.

• Destruction of nations – Cities turn to rubble, economies collapse, and generations are left struggling.

• Hatred and division – Even after wars end, wounds remain—both physical and emotional.

Think about the World Wars, the countless battles in history, and even conflicts happening today. Have they ever truly solved problems? Or have they only created more suffering?

The Strength of Peace

Some people believe peace is a sign of weakness. But true strength lies in choosing peace over war.

• Nations grow when they invest in education, healthcare, and innovation instead of weapons.

• People thrive when they focus on cooperation instead of conflict.

• The world moves forward when we unite to fight real issues like poverty, climate change, and disease.

Great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and Martin Luther King Jr. proved that peaceful resistance can bring real change. They didn’t pick up weapons, yet they changed the world.

What Can We Do?

Now, you might wonder—I’m just a student. What can I do? But peace starts with small actions.

• Choosing understanding over anger in our daily lives.

• Spreading kindness instead of conflict in our communities.

• Believing that even one person can make a difference.

Conclusion

So, war or peace—which one should define our future? The answer is clear. War destroys, but peace builds. War divides, but peace unites.

It’s up to us to choose a world of progress, unity, and harmony. Because only through peace can we create a future worth living for.

Smriti Tiwari
Sunbeam Bhagwanpur

A Spark of Anger - Punita Chouhan

Anger is a completely natural and usually healthy emotion. Anger is triggered when we face obstacles or individuals that block our needs. It prepares us to deal with the problems in our path by mobilizing resources, increasing vigilance, and facilitating the removal of obstacles to get where we want to be.

Anger provides us insight into our faults and shortcomings and aids self-improvement. The problem, however, arises when anger grows out of proportion. It is then that it impedes our decision-making ability and leads to serious problems in our family, relationships and workplace and at times leads to violence and destruction.

How to deal with anger?  

Basically, there are three ways to channelize your anger.

The first one is by suppressing it. This happens when you hold your anger and stop thinking about it. But this unexpressed anger can create other problems like hypertension, high blood pressure, and even depression. It may turn you into a cynical and sarcastic person. Sarcasm is the most common expression of unexpressed emotions.

The second way is by calming yourself, not just by controlling your outward behaviour but also by controlling your inward responses and letting the feeling subside. But at times, this leads to inaction out of the fear of getting you angry or others getting angry at you.

The final way is expressing your anger appropriately. It means you may assertively express your feelings but not in an aggressive manner. This allows you to be respectful of yourself and others. It is the healthiest way to express anger. In the name of managing anger, we end up holding it in or avoiding associated feelings. This way, we create apathy and indifference among common people and produce mere followers. But as a progressive society, we need angry but thoughtful citizens who are leaders in the true sense and can lead society and bring positive changes and not just deaf and dumb followers. Since expressing anger appropriately is a learned behaviour, we can make each and every member of our young generation assume the true leader of tomorrow.

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Punita Chouhan

The Fabindia School

pch@fabindiaschools.in