Global Issues
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The document discusses many of the conflicts, uncertainties, and environmental issues facing the world today, including global warming, natural disasters, economic crises, civil unrest, and war. It mentions events like the melting of polar ice caps, volcanic eruptions in Iceland, massive floods in China, the 2004 tsunami, climate change protests, farmer suicides in India due to changes in rainfall, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, stock market crashes, unrest in Greece, riots in Kyrgyzstan, fighting in Tibet and Myanmar, wars and violence in many parts of the world like Iraq, Nigeria and Israel/Palestine, and events like the Mumbai attacks and Bhopal gas tragedy. It reflects on the prevalence of fear
Global Issues
- 1. What is happening around us, outwardly?Look at it without any bias, not as an Indian, not as a German, Englishman, American, or Russian. We are human beings facing a very dangerous world, facing a great deal of uncertainty, confusion.Why is there so much conflict between two human beings?Why is the human mind, the human brain, always occupied, never free, never quiet?Is it suppression of Desire?Is it Fear?
- 8. Ozone Layer depletion due to global warming
- 9. Melting of polar ice caps
- 10. Sudden shifts in earth’s crust causing major unpredictable earthquakes
- 12. Volcano eruption at Iceland
- 14. Flights from Europe were cancelled due to Iceland’s volcanic eruption
- 15. Massive floods in China
- 17. 2004 Tsunami
- 19. Climate change activist protest outside Copenhagen climate conference
- 21. Climatic changes due to global warming effects the rainfall patterns hence resulting in famine.
- 22. Mass suicides by farmers in India
- 23. Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico
- 25. Air India plane crash at Mangalore
- 29. Satyam Scam
- 30. Unrest in Greece due to economic crisis
- 32. Riots torn apart Kyrgyzstan
- 36. Fight for free Tibet
- 38. Myanmar’s Freedom from military junta under house arrest for years
- 39. Trump card for pharmacy giants
- 41. This is what happening in east Africa
- 42. There are wars; every nation, every group is preparing for war. The industrialized countries especially are supplying armaments to the rest of the world.
- 44. Who is responsible for their actions?
- 45. Attack on Taj, Mumbai 26/11
- 47. Its not just our country, even our neighbors are not spared. (Lahore Blast)Can we stop the blame game at least now?
- 52. Iraq war
- 53. Suicide bombings in Baghdad
- 55. Civil war in Nigeria, innocents are being killed
- 56. Effects of war
- 57. Japanese protest against proposed US base
- 59. Bhopal gas tragedy: Justice Denied