76 Years of The Hiroshima Bombing: An Untold Tale of Trauma of Three Generations
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76 Years of The Hiroshima Bombing: An Untold Tale of Trauma of Three Generations

News 18  

Today is August 6, the 76th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing in 1945. At a time when the second World War was nearing its end, the United States dropped a nuclear bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on August 6 and 9. On this day, let us hear of an account from a 35-year-old man whose grandmother was unfortunate enough to have lived through the nuclear carnage. This man, whose name has not been revealed by the author of this two-year-old story, said that his grandmother used to live in a small town which was adjacent to Hiroshima, only a half hour’s distance by bus. Listening to the man’s story, the author was reminded of the old woman from “Innocent Erendira and her Grandmother: by Garcia Marquez, where Erendira’s grandmother used to blabber about her past days of glory in her sleep.

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11 years, 7 months ago

Japan marks 68th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing

India TV News  

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19 years, 7 months ago

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The Hindu  

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19 years, 7 months ago

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NPR  

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