New Delhi, April 10 -- More things change, the more they remain the same. Change is the only permanence; it is inevitable. As humans evolve, the outside world evolves, heralding changes in the environment and in how things are done. What we see, touch, smell, taste, and hear is constantly changing. We see new shades, touch new textures, smell new fragrances, taste new dishes, and hear new sounds; yet how we feel within has not changed since the beginning of time. The feelings of hunger, fear, pain, joy, and pleasure remain the same. Only the catalysts have changed.

Conflicts and wars have always existed in some part of the world for millennia. It is impossible to pick a time in the known past when man was not fighting man. It would be in...