Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Tsunami - A year on


A year has passed since the day the killer waves struck. Life.........oh yes.......it has moved on. 26th Dec 2005, when I am walking on the beach......the sea is calm...just another beautiful evening in Chennai...amidst the playful shrieks of kids playing in the water...it is hard to imagine the events that had happened a year ago.

The only thing that diffrentiates the day is the massive outpouring of public sympathy towards those who lost their dear ones. I see silent marches being carried out.

Fisherfolks have decide to stay away from the sea fearing another Tsunami,It seems science has little role to play in matters like these.........

An old fisherman who stands beside, tells me that for more than 50 yrs, fishing has been his source of livelihood. For him the sea was his best friend and just one look at it would tell him how it would be the entire day.But on that ominous day his friend deserted him,it offered him no clue on the impending danger. The sea took away his grandaughter.

"I lost my grandaughter in front of my eyes", he says tearfully

It has been an year since he has ventured out into the sea and I am doubtful if he would ever.............

It seems that the sea too lost an old dear friend on that fateful day.............