IT IS A DIVIDED WORLD
God created the whole world as one
entity. There was no division into countries.
He did not make religions, faiths, castes, beliefs, isms, philosophies.
He gave to humans and other beings one sun and one moon. His laws about days
and nights have not changed since they were made.
Whatever is there in this world is
ultimately God’s property. No man, no bird, no beast, can carry anything from here to the place where death takes him.
Today the world is divided into 195 countries.
Vatican City has the minimum population of 500 to 800 residents. The most
populated country is India with more than 1.46 billion people. Most of the
countries are poor. Only a handful of them including United States, China,
Germany, Japan, and India belong to the top economies. In military strength
also the topmost countries are very few. They include United States, China and
Russia. The number of nuclear power countries is nine: Russia, United States,
China, France, United Kingdom, India, Pakistan, Israel, and North Korea. All
the countries off and on afraid that they may be attacked by some enemy, so
there is lot of manufacturing and buying
of arms and weapons. Currently, the maximum demand is for deadliest weapons.
Unfortunately, all the countries are
more or less selfish. There is very little caring and sharing attitude. In a
war, a single country has to face a group of temporarily united countries. However, the ill effects of war anywhere affect
a number of countries.
Goodness, beauty and truth are the
summum bonum of life. They are supposed to be everybody’s goal but are not.
Evil, ugliness and falsehood are dominant today.
Nearly all the countries of the
world are now following the policy of competition, not of co-operation. Even in
the same country there is constant factionalism. Lust for personal power is the
general vogue, not an exception. In many corners of the world, fair is foul,
foul is fair.
To conclude, here is one of the most
poignant quotes on the division of the world:
“Our world is not divided by race,
colour, gender or religion. Our world is divided into wise people and fools.
And fools divide themselves by race, colour, gender, or religion. ----Mohamad
Safa, internationally recognized diplomatic figure.
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G.R.Kanwal
10 March 2026
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