Indian New Year

This year started on a sad note, Tsunami having created an unforgettable havoc within a matter of ten minutes, leaving thousands in a trauma, difficult to overcome.

Today I sit at a comfortable position at home typing letters to form words, but I know around the world at some parts there is untold suffering going on. But yes… just like we cope with things and always try to go on with life… the days go by… fast, REAL fast, at least in my life…. so much has already happened.

Unity – World Over

One real happy thing is the whole world getting together TO HELP. Isn’t this what we need… a simple thing… for all to live with peace… the whole world would be happy!!! And We … The People – closer, friendly and happy – without despair.

The Tsunami Minutes

I had a personal story of the Tsunami, I was not at stake… but five of my cousins and my dear uncle were. They had gone to this wonderful beach surrounded by fishermen hamlets near our place, played running and catching with the waves, getting themselves completely drenched.

This was happening for nearly 2 hours, when my uncle called out to them saying that it was getting late for breakfast (he actually thought of his sister, one of my aunts cutting Cauliflower to make breakfast. This had happened before they started out to the beach). 

In order to go home soon and please my aunt, my uncle who was on his morning walk pulled and persuaded my cousins out of the waters and told them to dry themselves. They took this opportunity to play Frisbee. Now they were about 10 feet away from the shore and standing in a circle. Luckily, the youngest of my cousins who was facing the sea found the wave suddenly rising differently. Shouting “Daddy Daddy”, he started running. 

My uncle immediately called out to my cousins and told them to run towards home!!!. When these people were running they turned back once and lo!!… the waters were just touching their feet. A boat on beach was chasing them from behind and they saw huts in the fishermen hamlets being washed away. They just ran, ran and ran till they reached home. 

Puffing and panting my cousin called me. He said that the waters were just rising and coming into land, “something like The Day After Tomorrow movie. We are evacuating and coming to your house”, he said. Initially, we thought it to be something to do with global warming.

Fate – Did I miss something I could have experienced?

On that fateful day actually I was supposed to go to the beach with my cousins… but as usual I had slept late not even bothering about the morning earthquake. Then my other cousin who was also to go along with me to the beach and myself felt it was too late to go ahead with plans and we where ironically discussing about Global Warming and how people don’t bother to sit and care nature. 

Well… this was when I got my cousins call and then followed flash news in TV, which became headlines and world headlines.