When god gets angry, can anyone do anything. Not at all, having seen the debacle god has created in last two week has set me into deep pain and also left me speechless. I had heard and read and seen news about devastation caused due to natural calamities at a lot of places. Sometimes it was Katrina in US or Earthquake in Japan or even riots or bomb blasts at places. Those news disturbed but then life went on normal. BUT when it happened at a place close to heart and almost HOME, I could not believe my ears and seems that eyes are still seeing some bad nightmare which would end sometime but it was not a nightmare but a truth that had hit hard. The devastation has really taken the state years back, All the development and progress that was made in years has been washed in a flash by the flash floods. We human beings weave so many things and in our progress we start considering ourselves the masters of our destiny and the creators of the fate. But that is not true. When we go ahead and start disrespecting nature, environment and even the humanity, what follows is disruption and destruction. A small state, beautiful, pious and with divinity galore has turned into a sprawling graveyard where there are just countless dead bodies and millions of tears, pains and destruction. Sitting here I have just dreadful emotions and whenever there is something to be happy about, I find myself feeling guilty of being happy because back in my state things are not very happy. Though nothing has happened to anyone whom I know, my home is safe and my city is fine however it is the pain that is penetrating the mind and makes strangely sad. Sitting away here, it is very less one can do because you need to be at ground Zero to help in actual help. Its overwhelming to see how the complete nation has come together to help people in distress. Donations, volunteering, messages, information sharing everything is an attempt to save the situation. On one hand there are people who are ready to save the situation and help people, there are many giving philosophies, and their logics. Some even have misconceptions that there People are poor, backward and well informed. Sometimes I felt like slapping such idiots but then I remember "We just dont live on height, we even have some height of ethics and do not stoop to their levels. " And then I just inform them that people in the state are affluent, educated and very hard working. But true they are untouched by the shrewdness of the BIG towns. Its true that the time and destiny has been tough on the people in Uttarakhand. It’s true they are in grave need of help and support but it is also true that once they are back on their feet they would start reciprocating the help they have received. No one should ever think it cannot happen to them. Nature, God, Life and Death are most unpredictable. And if today its Uttarakhand tomorrow it can be any other place. The spirit of humanity should not dispel from our hearts. Its true there is going to be lot of corruption and misuse of funds that are being collected in name of relief, BUT remember help is the first thing we can do. Imagine apathy of the people who are stranded in the destructed land. may be, they are rescued but their homes, schools, offices everything has been damaged and what left is just barren sloth of debris. They do not need pity, they do not need reconciliation, they need immediate action which can help them rehabilitate and earn back the life of dignity they had. Also there are few immediate lessons to be learnt. 1) Always make sure you have informed and confided your assets, bank balance, policies and savings to people in your family. So many people in the debacle must have died and with them their finances and assets may have been washed off because no one apart from themselves was aware of the funds they have. Imagine the case of a bread earner of a family, if he dies and no one is aware of his assets the people left behind are in vain. So bottom-line is share with your families the financials details, what’s the use of the money which cannot be used for your own family's benefits. 2) Invest and try to have property, money beyond the place you stay. People in the hills who might have invested in some property or business out of their destructed areas still have some hope in life. 3) In the world of online life be tech savvy to have your important documents intact on web in a secured account. A simple and smart thing is to have scanned copy of all your important things like Mark sheets, passport, address proofs, identity cards etc in safe email. Why? you must be thinking. I personally know few friends whose houses have been washed of in flood. Now if they go ahead and seek a job elsewhere they would need something to prove their education etc. However they have lost everything and now even trying to get all those certificates is going to take million follow-ups. So a scanned copy can help you deal with the situation prudently. You might not have original but soft copy helps. It’s too small but can be a life saver. 4) Be good and considerate to people in your life and never look down upon anyone. You never know who might be of help. The millionaires and billionaires on the Yatra, had to ask for two chapattis from localities. We might differentiate people on basis of color, money and class but to god everyone is same. 5) Never leave any meeting or moment unfinished and on negative note. be kind to people, who knows what can be your last meeting with a person. At last be good, genuine and helpful. Do not mess with god’s creation and do not dare to question nature. I am not a philosopher, neither a pro but these words have come straight from the heart because after spending sleepless nights with the nightmare of the destruction only thing that encourages me is the adage- LIFE MUST GO ON!!!! The best trait of humanity is that no matter how hard life hits, we smile back at it and start living it. So I am just looking forward to the day when the heaven of divinity and the land of gods, starts to flourish again. Again the hymns of Ramayana and shiv chalisa are versed in Kedarnath and Badrinath. Again Ganges flows pious and again Uttarakhand smiles. Hope that happens soon till then we all are praying and working together. Jai Uttarakhand Amen. When god gets angry, can anyone do anything. Not at all, having seen the debacle god has created in last two week has set me into deep pain and also left me speechless. I had heard and read and seen news about devastation caused due to natural calamities at a lot of places. Sometimes it was Katrina in US or Earthquake in Japan or even riots or bomb blasts at places. Those news disturbed but then life went on normal. BUT when it happened at a place close to heart and almost HOME, I could not believe my ears and seems that eyes are still seeing some bad nightmare which would end sometime but it was not a nightmare but a truth that had hit hard. The devastation has really taken the state years back, All the development and progress that was made in years has been washed in a flash by the flash floods. We human beings weave so many things and in our progress we start considering ourselves the masters of our destiny and the creators of the fate. But that is not true. When we go ahead and start disrespecting nature, environment and even the humanity, what follows is disruption and destruction. A small state, beautiful, pious and with divinity galore has turned into a sprawling graveyard where there are just countless dead bodies and millions of tears, pains and destruction. Sitting here I have just dreadful emotions and whenever there is something to be happy about, I find myself feeling guilty of being happy because back in my state things are not very happy. Though nothing has happened to anyone whom I know, my home is safe and my city is fine however it is the pain that is penetrating the mind and makes strangely sad. Sitting away here, it is very less one can do because you need to be at ground Zero to help in actual help. Its overwhelming to see how the complete nation has come together to help people in distress. Donations, volunteering, messages, information sharing everything is an attempt to save the situation. On one hand there are people who are ready to save the situation and help people, there are many giving philosophies, and their logics. Some even have misconceptions that there People are poor, backward and well informed. Sometimes I felt like slapping such idiots but then I remember "We just dont live on height, we even have some height of ethics and do not stoop to their levels. " And then I just inform them that people in the state are affluent, educated and very hard working. But true they are untouched by the shrewdness of the BIG towns. Its true that the time and destiny has been tough on the people in Uttarakhand. It’s true they are in grave need of help and support but it is also true that once they are back on their feet they would start reciprocating the help they have received. No one should ever think it cannot happen to them. Nature, God, Life and Death are most unpredictable. And if today its Uttarakhand tomorrow it can be any other place. The spirit of humanity should not dispel from our hearts. Its true there is going to be lot of corruption and misuse of funds that are being collected in name of relief, BUT remember help is the first thing we can do. Imagine apathy of the people who are stranded in the destructed land. may be, they are rescued but their homes, schools, offices everything has been damaged and what left is just barren sloth of debris. They do not need pity, they do not need reconciliation, they need immediate action which can help them rehabilitate and earn back the life of dignity they had. Also there are few immediate lessons to be learnt. 1) Always make sure you have informed and confided your assets, bank balance, policies and savings to people in your family. So many people in the debacle must have died and with them their finances and assets may have been washed off because no one apart from themselves was aware of the funds they have. Imagine the case of a bread earner of a family, if he dies and no one is aware of his assets the people left behind are in vain. So bottom-line is share with your families the financials details, what’s the use of the money which cannot be used for your own family's benefits. 2) Invest and try to have property, money beyond the place you stay. People in the hills who might have invested in some property or business out of their destructed areas still have some hope in life. 3) In the world of online life be tech savvy to have your important documents intact on web in a secured account. A simple and smart thing is to have scanned copy of all your important things like Mark sheets, passport, address proofs, identity cards etc in safe email. Why? you must be thinking. I personally know few friends whose houses have been washed of in flood. Now if they go ahead and seek a job elsewhere they would need something to prove their education etc. However they have lost everything and now even trying to get all those certificates is going to take million follow-ups. So a scanned copy can help you deal with the situation prudently. You might not have original but soft copy helps. It’s too small but can be a life saver. 4) Be good and considerate to people in your life and never look down upon anyone. You never know who might be of help. The millionaires and billionaires on the Yatra, had to ask for two chapattis from localities. We might differentiate people on basis of color, money and class but to god everyone is same. 5) Never leave any meeting or moment unfinished and on negative note. be kind to people, who knows what can be your last meeting with a person. At last be good, genuine and helpful. Do not mess with god’s creation and do not dare to question nature. I am not a philosopher, neither a pro but these words have come straight from the heart because after spending sleepless nights with the nightmare of the destruction only thing that encourages me is the adage- LIFE MUST GO ON!!!! The best trait of humanity is that no matter how hard life hits, we smile back at it and start living it. So I am just looking forward to the day when the heaven of divinity and the land of gods, starts to flourish again. Again the hymns of Ramayana and shiv chalisa are versed in Kedarnath and Badrinath. Again Ganges flows with pious and again Uttarakhand smiles. Hope that happens soon till then we all are praying and working together. Jai Uttarakhand Amen.
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