Date: 10 Apr 2012
THE BRAVE REMEMBER 1500 BUT THE COWARDS FORGOT THE ONE MILLION. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Compare and contrast with the event when millions of Hindus and Sikhs were chased out of their homes and hearths mercilessly and their MATRA-SHASKTI wass dishonoured with impunity in the name of Islam in 1947. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ That was not a natural diaster, but thrust upon by a cruel ideology.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Shamelessly, till today their exists no MEMORIAL to Commemmorate their sacrifices and the pangs and predicaments of their survivors! \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Let us remember and ponder over: A NATION REVEALS ITSELF BY THE NUMBER IT HONOURS. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Pages from History- 100 years ago today.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Titanic the unsinkable ship. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Royal Marine Ship Titanic.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,514 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. She carried 2,224 people.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ The 710 survivors were taken aboard from the lifeboats by the RMS Carpathia a few hours later. The wreck of the Titanic remains on the seabed, gradually disintegrating at a depth of 12,415 feet (3,784 m). Since its rediscovery in 1985, thousands of artifacts have been recovered from the sea bed and put on display at museums around the world. Titanic has become one of the most famous ships in history, her memory kept alive by numerous books, films, exhibits and memorials. =========================================================== 000000000