A study of the recorded history of the world gives the conclusive evidence that there has constantly been a bitter or a bloody strife over the last two-and-a- half millennia. This strife may have been social, economic, political, religious, militaristic or of any other kind but, often, it was buckled by a claim that it was for a noble goal or a just cause. For instance, the historic class-struggle that was waged by various countries in the past claimed that its goal was to get economic justice for the millions of deprived and exploited workers and to establish a classless society where people will have freedom from basic wants.
As a reaction to this, the capitalist countries or communities waged a relentless struggle, claiming that their goal was to give social, economic and political liberty to all sections of society and freedom to all individuals to own private property and to have a profession or to run a business of their own choice Similarly, those who are now waging a struggle for reservation of government jobs for the scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, etc claim that they are fighting for social and economic justice for the weaker and backward sections of society.
Now, even if we suppose that the struggle waged by the above-mentioned groups or individuals or by others, mentioned in history, has been for a noble goal or a good cause, the question arises about the means used to achieve their professed goal. Have the means, adopted in each one of the above cases, also been worthy? Looking at the historical facts, one would find that some of these struggles or protests indulged in gory acts of bloodshed of hundreds of thousands of people and they created a deep feud against the capitalist world, thus leading to large-scale armament build-up.
Similarly, the strategies and the approach and means adopted by militants also have led to great strife and have led to killings, abduction and fear. So, the analysis of events of history lead us to the conclusion that if we wish peace for ourselves and the world and if we aspire that the bloody strife should end then we must first have a review of our goal and see if it is really correct and noble and then we should double check whether our means also are noble. Let us remember that the means are as important as the goal.
