HOW DARE THEY !!
This month marks the tenth year Anniversary of the dreaded Tsunami that took hundreds of lives and created havoc and mayhem in the lives of thousands of people who lived or had visited the coastal areas during the Christmas break. We , the three of us and seven family members were at Sri Lanka when the dreaded waves crashed into our resort and annihilated the property. We were incredibly lucky and, as my husband stated to a friend... Ten of us went and ten of us returned!! That expressed a wealth of gratitude to call it God or any Force or even Nature for having spared all of us! Though time has blunted , to some extent the 'punch in the solar plexus ' raw wave of sheer terror of the experience, I can never forget the utter fear and dread we felt as we could not immediately locate our daughter, Shruti! It is a feeling that will remain with me all my life and no words can describe the unadulterated relief and joy of finding her safe, with her grandmother, aunts, uncle and cousins !!
It took me months to heal and soothe the trauma of the experience. The sea became my adversary and I internally berated Nature for being so heartless and ruthless.. It took me time to realise that Nature did not have a heart, a soul or any other emotion that singled out a human being from the rest of creation. It was a force, a law ,as it were, into itself... We harm it, it fights back not discriminating between the innocents and the perpetrators! It can be more destructive than an army but it does not discriminate!! Nature can flatten out your life but then it is a external entity we have no control over.
What, however , has been consuming me the last few days was the mindless massacre of innocents in Peshawar... Why?? What did the poor children do to deserve being mowed down by terrorists?? What did the parents of the children do to deserve to feel the sheer grief at the loss of their children?? Many of my friends have written about it, expressed their angst at this inhuman dastardly act of a few who DARED to call it collateral damage and dared to justify their actions and dared to take credit for the slaughter..
I was not able to find words to express the sheer rage that built up inside me.. The empathy I felt with the poor parents of those unfortunate children. I know what I felt ten years ago when for all of fifteen minutes I could not find my daughter after the waves hit. I can only think of how much grief they must be feeling knowing that they sent their children off to school with hope for their future.. Made plans for the rest of the day and the rest of their lives.. Only to have it all taken away by lowlife scum who DARE to presume logic in their actions. And I am also wild at all those who dare to express that because it has happened across the border it was bound to happen and that now they will realise what it is to be victims of terror!! How can humans be so callous and still presume that they have the right to be called human!
My rants may just remain that ! Rants.. But it is time we realise that we are humans with the privileges of heart, mind, intelligence, and soul ! We cannot act as though we are not accountable! No one gives us the mandate to destroy life or property of others!
A tsunami cannot be explained !! Such acts of terror Should Not Be Explained away!!
NONE OF US HAVE THE RIGHT TO PRESUME OUR IDEOLOGY OR BELIEFS OR RELIGION GIVES US THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE THE LIVES OF INNOCENTS,!!
R.I.P. Little ones ... My heart bleeds for you!!
This month marks the tenth year Anniversary of the dreaded Tsunami that took hundreds of lives and created havoc and mayhem in the lives of thousands of people who lived or had visited the coastal areas during the Christmas break. We , the three of us and seven family members were at Sri Lanka when the dreaded waves crashed into our resort and annihilated the property. We were incredibly lucky and, as my husband stated to a friend... Ten of us went and ten of us returned!! That expressed a wealth of gratitude to call it God or any Force or even Nature for having spared all of us! Though time has blunted , to some extent the 'punch in the solar plexus ' raw wave of sheer terror of the experience, I can never forget the utter fear and dread we felt as we could not immediately locate our daughter, Shruti! It is a feeling that will remain with me all my life and no words can describe the unadulterated relief and joy of finding her safe, with her grandmother, aunts, uncle and cousins !!
It took me months to heal and soothe the trauma of the experience. The sea became my adversary and I internally berated Nature for being so heartless and ruthless.. It took me time to realise that Nature did not have a heart, a soul or any other emotion that singled out a human being from the rest of creation. It was a force, a law ,as it were, into itself... We harm it, it fights back not discriminating between the innocents and the perpetrators! It can be more destructive than an army but it does not discriminate!! Nature can flatten out your life but then it is a external entity we have no control over.
What, however , has been consuming me the last few days was the mindless massacre of innocents in Peshawar... Why?? What did the poor children do to deserve being mowed down by terrorists?? What did the parents of the children do to deserve to feel the sheer grief at the loss of their children?? Many of my friends have written about it, expressed their angst at this inhuman dastardly act of a few who DARED to call it collateral damage and dared to justify their actions and dared to take credit for the slaughter..
I was not able to find words to express the sheer rage that built up inside me.. The empathy I felt with the poor parents of those unfortunate children. I know what I felt ten years ago when for all of fifteen minutes I could not find my daughter after the waves hit. I can only think of how much grief they must be feeling knowing that they sent their children off to school with hope for their future.. Made plans for the rest of the day and the rest of their lives.. Only to have it all taken away by lowlife scum who DARE to presume logic in their actions. And I am also wild at all those who dare to express that because it has happened across the border it was bound to happen and that now they will realise what it is to be victims of terror!! How can humans be so callous and still presume that they have the right to be called human!
My rants may just remain that ! Rants.. But it is time we realise that we are humans with the privileges of heart, mind, intelligence, and soul ! We cannot act as though we are not accountable! No one gives us the mandate to destroy life or property of others!
A tsunami cannot be explained !! Such acts of terror Should Not Be Explained away!!
NONE OF US HAVE THE RIGHT TO PRESUME OUR IDEOLOGY OR BELIEFS OR RELIGION GIVES US THE AUTHORITY TO TAKE THE LIVES OF INNOCENTS,!!
R.I.P. Little ones ... My heart bleeds for you!!
Dear Priya i hear you and about the same that you have spoken wish that you can hear me too http://shivanidiwani64.blogspot.in/ but even otherwise now that u have my link would love to see u visit my blog sometimes...I rant too...and mostly on nature...with my own pics now :)
ReplyDeleteTc beautiful and keep ranting...I shall hear...
Till then Wish you a Merry Jolly Christmas and a very rocking New Year. <3