Is the Korean War, 1950 a Forgotten Conflict?...पलीकडे अन् युध्द- नगारे

Today March 20 2014 is 58th Death Anniversary of B S Mardhekar (बा. सी. मर्ढेकर)

Life.com has called 'the Korean War, 1950' a forgotten war.

Is it so?

Not really for  Mardhekar lovers like me.

At least two of my favourite Mardhekar poems refer to the war: "जमीन म्हणते मीच धांवतें" (Jamin Mhanate Mich Dhawate) and "अजून येतो वास फुलांना" (Ajun Yeto Vas Phulanna)

"This," Duncan told LIFE.com of a picture made during the fight for Seoul, "is the best picture I made in Korea of civilians — a family running down stairs, a father holding a baby, tanks firing away. Those tanks are taking fire from North Koreans right down the street!"

Artist: David Douglas Duncan, Life Magazine

"भूकंपाचा इकडे धक्का
पलीकडे अन् युध्द- नगारे;
चहूंकडे अन् एकच गिल्ला,
जुन्या शवांवर नवे निखारे."

(Here a shake of a tremour*
There war-drums;
and all around one hell of a racket,
new embers on old corpses.")

 * This tremour is the one that shook Assam in 1950 ( 8.6 on the Richter scale), 10th largest earthquake of the 20th century.