Shielding the Real Enemy

Shielding the Real Enemy Sudheendra Kulkarni TO mark the conclusion of the UN International Peace Year, the International Peace Year Committee (IPYC) recently conducted a four-month-long mass peace campaign. Besides organising an artists' workshop on peace, a students-youth cultural festival for peace and a 'human chain' for peace between Bombay VT and Hutatma Chowk (in which nearly 1,500 people participated), the IPYC conducted a signature campaign on an appeal addressed to president Reagan, general secretary Gorbachev and the heads of states of the Indian sub-continent. The appeal, which was signed by over 1,600 people was subsequently published as a fully paid advertisement, along with the names of all the signatories (Indian Express, January 31, 1987, Bombay edition).