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Battles 2.0 - new ways to fight

Try remembering the last time you fought with someone; and then try to recall the reason why the quarrel began. Recently, I had a tiff with my elder brother over some stationery item that he took without asking me. At that moment it seemed like a very important matter to fight about but now that I come to think of it, I feel the reason was so stupid. Wherever you see you will surely find arguments, fights, and even big misunderstandings that can lead to killings and deaths. From young children fighting over toys to even big emperors, everyone fought for just one mere reason – that is satisfaction of one’s greed. Not just greed of money or objects but the greed to defeat someone. When I first read about the Battle of Plassey, World War 1, Samrat Ashoka and many other history battle, I was unable to point out the exact reason for these fights to take place, for all this bloodshed. Even now I am in search for the answer. So, I asked this question to my dad. Being a 9-10-year-old child,