Senseless Destruction, Numbing Despair
I can't believe the tsunami struck less than a week ago. The trail of destruction indicates an event way beyond a week.
The most upsetting and saddening image for me, is that of two boys published in the Hindu for two days- one eight, the other, four years old. The story is typical of any tsunami tragedy- dad asleep at home, mom takes children for a walk. Mom's body recovered in a neighbouring town. Kids missing. That was so disturbing. Still is. Those kids look so much like Arjun & Abhi. It makes me want to catch the next flight to bangalore and run to them, ensure that they are safe. I wonder, if I feel so intensely about my nephews, how would the father of those two children feel? The pain I feel thinking about those two kids missing, and about how their father must be feeling is almost physical. Oh God, its awful.
A wall of water shattered several worlds. And those worlds can never be rebuilt. Unfortunately, I am not a very romantic person. I can not talk about nature wreaking in vengeance, the Kanchi Seer’s arrest, etc. But I can think about the angry waters. The fury of the water. And I think and think and think about those shattered people, who just cant understand what overturned their lives in a matter of a few minutes.
The most upsetting and saddening image for me, is that of two boys published in the Hindu for two days- one eight, the other, four years old. The story is typical of any tsunami tragedy- dad asleep at home, mom takes children for a walk. Mom's body recovered in a neighbouring town. Kids missing. That was so disturbing. Still is. Those kids look so much like Arjun & Abhi. It makes me want to catch the next flight to bangalore and run to them, ensure that they are safe. I wonder, if I feel so intensely about my nephews, how would the father of those two children feel? The pain I feel thinking about those two kids missing, and about how their father must be feeling is almost physical. Oh God, its awful.
A wall of water shattered several worlds. And those worlds can never be rebuilt. Unfortunately, I am not a very romantic person. I can not talk about nature wreaking in vengeance, the Kanchi Seer’s arrest, etc. But I can think about the angry waters. The fury of the water. And I think and think and think about those shattered people, who just cant understand what overturned their lives in a matter of a few minutes.
On that sober note- hope the next year is better. Because After Kumbakonam and a Tsunami and the arrest of one of the most revered leaders of the hindus, I don’t think we will be able to handle anything worse.
posted by Aish @ 1:55 PM
2 Comments:
I am not sure whether I really mean this, but I think we need more of these shake ups...such arrests to direct focus on the seamy side of organized religious organizations in our country...such tragedies that lend the touch of reality to all that we have just seen in only books and movies so far. Clean ups happen only after such tragedies. That unfortunately holds true for both individuals and nations alike.
I really hope you dont mean that! I don't mind an honest judicial investigation that checks out any damn person in the world- But an investigation like this, focussed purely on blackening an institution (whether the institution is good or not), and openly flouting rules and conventions in the process- I am afraid I find this totally unacceptable.
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