Impartial nature
When Nature’s fury was unleashed in Kerala, the state-wide devastation rocked not only a nation but the entire world. Rivers were in full spate, running like one possessed. Bushes, trees, buildings and bridges fell like rows of dominoes. Acres of land came sliding down like mighty waterfalls and craters opened up where there was once firm land.
No, I am not up to some blame game here and this is not yet another article on global warming, a topic that’s been discussed with even greater urgency since the floods.
What I wish to reflect upon is the unpredictability of life’s situations and the impermanence of all that we hold secure and dependable.
In a topsy-turvy of events, the people, be it the ones who struggled to get even a sparse meal or those who treated themselves to delicacies seated around ornate dining tables in air-conditioned spaces were, without distinction, brought to the streets in a matter of time.
Nature, the leveller, did not discriminate when she was on her destructive sprint and neither did the people when they extended or received help. There was no room for hate, envy, prejudice, anger or judgement.
What rose above the gushing tide of unrelenting rain was the sea of humanitarian emotions such as empathy, unity, social responsibility, cooperation and willingness to serve. But sadly, human mind is fickle and it won’t be long before we see the negative emotions surfacing again.
Now that the rains have stopped and rehabilitation is just starting, let there be a building not just of physical structures but also of love. For that is what will save the world from more devastation.
Vidya Shankar
Published in The Gulf Today / Short Take, dt Aug 25, 2018)
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/ca911651-ef93-4314-a8c9-90aabe32e20e.aspx
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No, I am not up to some blame game here and this is not yet another article on global warming, a topic that’s been discussed with even greater urgency since the floods.
What I wish to reflect upon is the unpredictability of life’s situations and the impermanence of all that we hold secure and dependable.
In a topsy-turvy of events, the people, be it the ones who struggled to get even a sparse meal or those who treated themselves to delicacies seated around ornate dining tables in air-conditioned spaces were, without distinction, brought to the streets in a matter of time.
Nature, the leveller, did not discriminate when she was on her destructive sprint and neither did the people when they extended or received help. There was no room for hate, envy, prejudice, anger or judgement.
What rose above the gushing tide of unrelenting rain was the sea of humanitarian emotions such as empathy, unity, social responsibility, cooperation and willingness to serve. But sadly, human mind is fickle and it won’t be long before we see the negative emotions surfacing again.
Now that the rains have stopped and rehabilitation is just starting, let there be a building not just of physical structures but also of love. For that is what will save the world from more devastation.
Vidya Shankar
Published in The Gulf Today / Short Take, dt Aug 25, 2018)
http://gulftoday.ae/portal/ca911651-ef93-4314-a8c9-90aabe32e20e.aspx
Here's my first book! An ensemble of poetry and photographs.
Click the link below to watch a 30-second promo video.
https://youtu.be/5BhbjMaIwpk
You can buy it at this link:
https://notionpress.com/read/the-flautist-of-brindaranyam
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