Chendamangalore: Poet Murugan says that all bullets and swords end up in the wombs of mothers. He was talking about a poem he had written years ago called Baghdad. He added that the destruction of Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilizations, was one of the darkest chapters in world history. Chendamangalore in the evening K. Murugan Kattakkada was speaking at the release of the book “Wailing Wall and Valley of the Dead” written by Mariyam. The Wailing Wall and the Valley of the Dead are travelogues through the historical lands of the Qur’an.
Baghdad is the sentimentality of those who want cultures to survive. He is the one who dreams of visiting Baghdad after reading One Thousand and One Nights. Mesopotamian was the most famous culture that existed four thousand years before the birth of Christ. Its center is Baghdad. Murugan Kattakkada added that the 12-year-old Ali Ismail, a shepherd whose arms were broken by a bomb blast, is a question mark for war mongers of all times. A poem titled Wasiyat by CT Abdul Jabbar was released on the occasion.
PK Abdur Razzaq Sullami received the book. Muhammad Shamim introduced the book. A. Rasheeduddin delivered the introductory speech. Councilor Ramla Ghafoor, KT Najeeb, Velayudhan Master, MA Abdussalam, Banna Chendamangalore etc. spoke.
