Bound together to be torn apart

There was a time when wars were distant spectacles – names in newspapers, maps in atlases, and stories carried by travellers.

There was a time when wars were distant spectacles – names in newspapers, maps in atlases, and stories carried by travellers. Today, wars have no such boundaries. They do not remain confined to deserts, seas, or skies where they begin. Instead, they travel – through oil tankers, stock markets, shipping routes, digital screens, and human anxieties – until they quietly enter kitchens, workplaces, and daily conversations in countries far removed from the battlefield.