Srilanka, May 9 -- The world cannot remain silent when two nuclear powers-India and Pakistan-are gearing up for war. Such a conflict is in the interest of neither the two countries nor the rest of the world. A nuclear war, in which there are no winners but only losers, will precipitate a disaster of apocalyptic proportions with devastating consequences for decades to come, not only for the two countries but for the surrounding region and even the entire world.

The atomic bombs the United States dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki pale into insignificance when compared to the destructive power of the modern nuclear weapons. The atomic bomb attacks on the two Japanese cities in August 1945 instantly killed nearly 300,000 people. The blasts ...