All the people were all united under the banner of the 'joint-action committee.' We walked and we shouted slogans of peace and love. Alot of people had made their respective banners, all promoting peace. But, we weren't the only ones who were rallying yesterday. There were about 5-6 groups of people from other committees who had come together at the press club. Some of them more radical than others.

some of them burning dummies of bush in effigy, some screaming 'bush murdaabad' (die bush) but we managed to drown them out with our peace slogans, and of course, our wonderful peace song! 'we who believe in peace shall not rest until it comes' it was a wonderful feeling, being there with sooo many people who believed in the same cause as us. There was a sense of security, a sense of unity. Ithink we managed to make an impact yesterday.

Ragni Kidvai came on television, we were in a lot of newspapers, there was a ton of media coverage which worked totally for us. So on the whole we managed to make an impact. Some one told me, that when theres a torrential river, and people just stand in front of it, they get washed away. Only a dam can stop it.

So i said, you need people to build that dam. Thats what all of us are doing. Rallies in differents part of the world, may seem useless to some of you, it may seem like a waste of time to the others because there is no way that we will stop this war, if bush wants it, he'll get it. All i have to say is that take pride in the fact that at least we're trying. We're trying, each of us on an individual level to stop millions of homes from being destroyed. We're trying to let the world know that this hurts us, it affects us.. and there a billion people with you all across the world feeling the same way. So when this cause and all the effort you put into it seems worthless some times... just know that youre not alone. All of us are with you, and there is someone in every corner of the world who feels the same way as you.

'aman chahiye, abhi chahiye'kdkdkdkdkdkdkkK (we want peace, we want it now)

'aman ko haan, jung ko naa' kkkiiiiiikkkkkkkkkk (yes to peace no to war)

'iss jang ko roko, har jang ko roko' iiiiiiiiikkkkk (stop this war, stop all wars)

The rallies were amazing, a total of about 1000 people from all walks of life united for one common cause. The YIP rally was a positive one, because it concentrated more on the fact that we wanted peace.