Today, we are on the threshold of what has been called the atomic age. Great advances in Physics and the other sciences have changed our conceptions of the physical world we live in and given us some glimpses of the vastness of time and space and their inter relation to each other. This progress of science has brought new visions and new ideas and is gradually changing the way men think of the world and even of themselves. Science has also released atomic energy. A mighty force which may bring untold happiness to humanity or unimaginable misery and destruction. Thus, we stand not only on the threshold of great happiness but are also faced by a tremendous choice. Which way do we go, what choice do we make at this critical junction in the history of man?

While science has done all this and may do much more, it is extra ordinary that men’s thinking has not kept pace with it and men’s eyes are still blind to the visions that are being unfolded. Most of us function in the old ruts and think along old grooves, which have little relation to the facts of life today. Some even think of the possibility of war in this atomic age, a war which will certainly bring ruin to all and destroy civilization and its values, which have been built through the struggle of ages. If that is to be the ultimate fate of humanity, then surely it matters little what ideologies are pursued, what objectives we may have, for the end will be the same and it will be a common ruin.

Therefore, the first thing to be clear is that in the modern age, war is out of the question. It is the relic of a barbaric past which has no meaning today for intelligent human beings. If war and the way of violence are ruled out, then the only way is that of peaceful co-existence between nations and an attempt to solve our problems peacefully and by negotiation.