Tragedy does not respect the scale. It does not matter if it occurs in a grand scale or a much smaller level. It always brings immense pain and suffering. Familiarity does not mitigate the misery either. Humans have either heard or seen or read about death for millions of years. Death due to natural causes. Death due to calamities. Death due to age. Due to violence. Due to illness. Due to other's faults. Due to ideologies. Still it haunts our psyche. Still our body shivers when we hear about it. When a tragedy happens at a massive level, its impact on our consciousness is so huge that we fail to think about anything else other than the ephemeral nature of our lives.
Tsunami has struck.
Water. It is considered to be sacred and it is. Which is not sacred in this universe? When water becomes the reason for so much grief, one sees a different shade of its nature. The shade which we are afraid of. The shade which we do not want to see again. Earth shrugged. Water gushed forth. Hearts broke. Ocean of Tears all around. And humans cried. Many lost their loved ones. Many died without even knowing that none has been spared in their family. Many lost their life-long earnings and became homeless and moneyless in few minutes. How many fathers, mothers, daughters, sons, and their pet animals, would have died? How many future plans would have been submerged? How many desires and ambitions would have been sunk? Statistics will never gauge the emotions. Let the survivors have enough strength to face this tragedy and to get on with the thing called Life. Let's pray for them.
Tsunami Warning System is not installed in the Indian Ocean as this region is not prone to tsunamis. Let us now hope governments will initiate steps to install them.
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