All Quiet On The Western Front by Mohan Lal Gangopadhyay [Hardcover]

Everything comes to an end, including wars, which eventually stop. This cessation is called peace, but it is often a peace of desolation and finality. Despite claims that war proves valor, patriotism, and self-sacrifice, at its core, war is driven by violence, cruelty, and greed for plunder. Consequently, enmity arises in the name of the country, barbarism under the guise of heroism, and self-betrayal in the name of self-sacrifice. When there is no more war in the world, hidden claws of the tiger will also disappear along with the velvet gloves. Love will then find refuge not in nations but in humanity; heroism will be declared not in killing but in embracing; self-sacrifice will not merely be a form of self-rescue. In today's war-torn world, if peace ever comes, it will arrive in the form of silence. Victory will seem futile, defeat irrelevant. This is the harrowing tale of futility and incongruity in "All Quiet on the Western Front." Its universal appeal lies in its profound sense of sorrow, making its significance enduring across all countries.