Today’s Big news: Earthquake of 8.9 magnitude causing a 10 metre tsunami strikes Japan, puts everything in perspective. I was on my way home when I see this news flash on a news channel at tv showroom , through the transparent glass walls. I was shocked… When I reached home I read the whole news report , at first it was just a shock & I didn’t feel any emotion, no sorrow , nothing, almost inhuman, I wondered have we become so stone-hearted, immune to tragedies like the loss of a human life, that we read the number just like any other statistic? But as the number steadily rose to 300 & gory visuals were shown my eyes welled up. As the tragicness of the situation began to sink in, I realized the pettiness of my little troubles I had been whining about earlier.
The images will haunt us for a long time- Innocent people loosing their lives, all the chaos, then the lull, cars & houses floating in brown waters, stranded people signaling for help , a road split right in the middle, an oil refinery engulfed in flames……a scene straight out of those ‘end of world’ movies, I wrote about earlier. Our helplessness in front of mother natures forces….is scary!
Then the speculations begin & a ‘supermoon’ theory (which predicts large-scale geological disturbances as the moon moves to a point closest to the earth) starts to gain popularity. The way we try & theorise everything amuses me. Japan- a nation which has the most advanced equipments to deal with earthquakes devastated. Its in such times of grief we forget our differences & unite to help, is what showed when immediately many nations offered aid.
It saddens my heart to hear that poor father praying for his child under the debris, as I am sitting on my comfortable couch having dinner, the contrasts of the stark reality makes me feel almost guilty.Anyway lets hope there are no more lives lost & the tsunami does’nt strike again. May those departed souls , rest in peace.
2 comments:
lets pray those children are saved
how true, we were lucky it was not us
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