Chennai remembrance on Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day 2012

International Peace Symposium

Organised jointly by the Department of Human Rights & Duties Education of Ethiraj College for Women, and IARF-SACC-RFYN, Chennai.

Mr. Hiroo Iso, an official Hiroshima survivor (Hibakusha), landed in Chennai, India on 10th August 2012…

The program is part of a tour of Mr. Iso in India organised by the Hiroshima Peace Foundation and our South Asia regional office.

Co-ordinators: Mr. Ramachandran, Nithya R., Anbumani Arumugam

 

Chennai remembrance on Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day 2012
Chennai remembrance on Hiroshima-Nagasaki Day 2012

Report (PDF, 2 pages)

Photos (link to Picasa)

Report in The Hindu

Report in New Indian Express

 

See also the related events in Bangalore, Mysore and Tamil Nadu.

 

 

 

 

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