{"id":2903,"date":"2015-09-10T05:12:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T05:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fnp.com\/blog\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2024-12-19T18:35:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T13:05:47","slug":"flower-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fnp.com\/blog\/flower-power","title":{"rendered":"Flower Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FLOWER POWER<br \/>\nWhenever we hear the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hippies\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the first image that comes to our minds is Woodstock and those ubiquitous bell bottoms, while for most of us Indians it is an almost annoyingly pretentious Zeenat Aman swaying to the rhythms of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dum Maro Dum\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Granted \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hare Rama Hare Krishna\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was a poignant movie but the song depicting the hippie scene was so cliche and artificial to the core. Anyway I am digressing here, and what was most remarkable about the hippie scene was the flower power movement and how it brought the war obsessed American government back to its senses.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The cry of &#8216;Flower Power&#8217; echoes through the land. We shall not wilt. Let a thousand flowers bloom.&#8221;\u00e2\u20ac\u201d Abbie Hoffman, Workshop in Nonviolence, May 1967 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fnp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tumblr_mma15evFt81so5ik5o1_1280.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2907\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fnp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/tumblr_mma15evFt81so5ik5o1_1280-300x192.png\" alt=\"tumblr_mma15evFt81so5ik5o1_1280\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Flowers are universal symbols of peace, love and non violence, and a whole generation of young people rallied under this iconic symbol to protest against a war that was taking a toll of thousand young lives. They used \u00e2\u20ac\u0153masses of flowers\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and hand them to policemen, press, politicians and spectators to civilly fight violence with peace. It was the most ideal way of delivering their antiwar message to mainstream America.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2904\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fnp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/fp1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2904\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2904\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fnp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/fp1-300x193.png\" alt=\"This picture of a young, long-haired Vietnam protestor in a turtleneck sweater, placing carnations into the barrel of a rifle of a National Guardsman taken on October 21, 1967 is a poignant image of the movement. \" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This picture of a young, long-haired Vietnam protester in a turtleneck sweater, placing carnations into the barrel of a rifle of a National Guardsman taken on October 21, 1967 is an iconic image of the movement.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Flower Power movement reached its climax at the Woodstock Festival held in upstate New York in 1969, when an estimated 500,000 people lived in peace and harmony for three unforgettable days. People might still debate the success of flower power but the ultimate goal of the movement to end the combat and recall the troops back home happened ultimately.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fnp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Woodstock-WATN-movie-poster-jpg.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2908\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fnp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Woodstock-WATN-movie-poster-jpg-300x168.png\" alt=\"Woodstock-WATN---movie-poster-jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We could all take a leaf from this glorious chapter of history and apply it to the conflicts of the modern world today. If only people presented each other with more flowers, and leaders of the nations would take them to heart instead of wearing flowers on their lapels, then there might be peace on earth.<br \/>\nThe hopes of our future lies on these divine gifts from Mother Nature. Less power and more flowers for our leaders and generals!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fnp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/saca.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2906\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.fnp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/saca-300x300.png\" alt=\"saca\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FLOWER POWER Whenever we hear the word \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hippies\u00e2\u20ac\u009d the first image that comes to our minds is Woodstock and those ubiquitous bell bottoms, while for most of us Indians it is an almost annoyingly pretentious Zeenat Aman swaying to the rhythms of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Dum Maro Dum\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. Granted \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hare Rama Hare Krishna\u00e2\u20ac\u009d was a poignant movie but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[626],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bunches"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Flower Power | FNP<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the timeless appeal of flowers with FNP. 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