Forgotten People

The last century was perhaps the most bloody, brutal and war prone century of the human history although 21st century is not devoid of the violence. There is a tendency among historians, Journalists, media houses, agencies etc to distort the facts by omission or by selective magnification or belittlement. We all know about the great Holocaust in which about 5-6 mn Europeans Jews were massacred in worst possible example of a genocide in world history. But i did not know few things before reading Robert Fisk great book "The Great War for civilization", the very first thing that there is an unwritten rule that says only 'Jewish Holocaust' will have Holocaust word starting with capital 'H' and all other Holocaust will have to use smaller 'h'. Is not this utter idiocy or lack of sensitivity on part of the Intellectuals of the world. 

World has mostly forgotten the genocide of Armenian people by the Ottoman Turks in 1915 (also known as leftovers of the sword). In this genocide close to 1.5 mn Armenian Christians were brutally murdered by the Turks and their hangmen, the Kurds. Turkey has the audacity to deny this genocide and calls it as the propaganda of western powers. The survivors of the Holocaust (with capital H ) i.e, the Israeli Jews denied this in order to make friendly relation with the Turkey (the only friend of Israel in middle east until the Mavi Marmara incident of May 2010), western nations are also not vocal mainly to have friendly relationship with Turkey (Turkey is a NATO member and a regional power of West Asia). Why cant the UN create a Holocaust memorial in the memory of all the people killed in these holocaust irrespective of the color of their skin, religion, nationality or language? 

Similar genocide was perpetrated by the Pakistani Army and their hangmen in  Bangladesh (erstwhile East Pakistan) in 1970, 1971. Millions of Bengalis were killed in this genocide and Millions of Women were raped and raped. Read Anthony Mascarenhas works for detailed and vivid description. Among those killed and raped, Hindus were in disproportionately very high numbers.  Pakistan still denies it, India is not vocal and Indian intellectuals don't utter a word and US supported the Pakistan regime of Yahya Khan in that brutal genocide. There were no Nuremberg court after the 1971 war perhaps these lives were not worthy enough for these courts. Some Holocausts start with capital 'H', some with small 'h' and some simply vaporize in history books. This is the irony of human civilization.