A child writes a letter on a One World Government

[The text of the letters that I sent to then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, President R. Venkataraman and Vice President S.D. Sharma of India when I was fourteen years old in May 1987. I will post their replies shortly]

Dear Sir, 

I am a fourteen‐year‐old boy living in New Delhi. I am quite concerned about the future of not just India, but the whole world. As you know, in the olden days people were recognized as the members of a certain tribe, eventually of a village, then towns, cities, states and now countries. I think it is time to take one step further so that mankind will be known simply as ‘Citizens of the Planet Earth’.

I have heard many of your speeches on TV and I am impressed that you want peace in India, you say we live in India, you say we are all Indians. I agree, but sir, don’t you think it is right to say that we live on the Planet Earth and that above being Indians, or Asians, we are (all of us) ‘Humans’.

Wouldn’t it be correct to say that we are citizens of the Planet Earth. In a book, I read that the late Albert Einstein was in his later life a crusader for a World Government. Don’t you feel that we should establish a World Government based on the principles of Equality, Democracy, Secularism and Socialism?

I know that perhaps it will take time to make an effective World Government, but let us begin.

Perhaps if you agree on this topic you could make a few speeches about it. It would indeed be a bold step towards a better tomorrow. A step towards peace and a step closer to a world where one can sleep without the fear that he may never see tomorrow due to a nuclear bomb bursting over the home where he was born, raised and now due to this explosion, would die.

Indeed if we could try to establish a World Government, it would be a step closer towards a world without fear.

Thanking you,
Sincerely,

Prashant Solomon

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New Delhi Nirbhaya gang rape juvenile should be punished

The recent gang rape and subsequent death of 'Nirbhaya' in New Delhi is another shocking reminder of the importance of changing certain laws related to juveniles.

The fact that someone can commit a heinous crime like rape and murder and be let off simply because they are a juvenile goes against the very nature of justice. According to reports in the media, the unnamed juvenile who was involved in this case was the most brutal of the lot. So, why should he be free to roam the streets of New Delhi in a few months or year simply because he is a juvenile?

The fact that he cannot even be identified is something that is even worse. How can women feel safe in Delhi knowing that this brutal juvenile is on the loose and they do not even know his name or what he looks like?

There should be an amendment in the law in which juveniles who are involved in heinous crimes must be sentenced by a court of law as soon as they become a major and then punished accordingly.

Identification restrictions should be imposed on victims but not on culprits - juvenile or adult. Sex offenders names, photographs, fingerprints should be on record and their names and photos should be published in newspapers and websites so that people are at least warned.

The juvenile involved in the 'Nirbhaya' case needs to be severely punished for his deed.