tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684182101139540397.post1952970158324067243..comments2023-07-01T15:57:48.958+05:30Comments on Life rules: Have you heard the sound of earth?Gauri Gharpurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09887888023298949657noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684182101139540397.post-50544033573016898042008-02-04T20:01:00.000+05:302008-02-04T20:01:00.000+05:30When u survive during times like these life become...When u survive during times like these life becomes even more enjoyable.Rajarshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13663983603246030866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684182101139540397.post-958104466569084782008-02-04T10:49:00.000+05:302008-02-04T10:49:00.000+05:30i was in nagapattinam til that fateful day. as fat...i was in nagapattinam til that fateful day. as fate would have it, on the eve of the actual tsunami, i left town...we had a pre planned travel, to host a youth camp in kerala. to this day, i wonder why He had to take me away that particular day.<BR/><BR/>we learnt about the happenings the next day of course...and rushed back...we were in town just about 24 hours after it had happened...and the mayhem was unbelievable...i have not seen so many dead bodies at one time...<BR/><BR/>btw, what do u remember it for, the tsunami i mean?dharmabumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198727554870311298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684182101139540397.post-87149902881766780412008-02-02T10:09:00.000+05:302008-02-02T10:09:00.000+05:30@ Shayandidn't know much abt the 15th august earth...@ Shayan<BR/><BR/>didn't know much abt the 15th august earthquake in Assam.. and abt the republic day, i always seem to like the independence day more genuinely than the R-day.. but tht ws not the essence of this post anyway.. perhaos u can relate it to 'monologue with the government' one, but not this post.. :)<BR/><BR/>@ gaizabonts- people all over the country felt tremors, and remembered the day for reasons diverse and personal.. join the gang!<BR/><BR/>@ phish- indeed, it is.. and so, wht we need to say anyway? <BR/><BR/>thnks for dropping by and as u veconfirmed, for reading from the start to the end of this long post.. :)<BR/><BR/>@ pranay-- the memory of those days kinds of numbs me into a quiet memory, a semblance of realisation and recognition of how inept we really are before nature... and precisely the same point- people got together during the quake, and got brutal the year next.. a very sad antithesis of destruction, one natural, one man made, both more destructive than the other...<BR/><BR/>@ the bum---<BR/>She's a person bubbling with energy and enthusiasm, yes, no one cud be disappointed in meeting her! ur mom was right, infact some people claim to have ignored some small tremors preceding the big quake in ahmedabad too... friend said mom and dad were discussing two-three days earlier how they felt a tremor, but the children said they must be just imagining things...<BR/><BR/>u were in nagapattinum? we saw the news coverage, felt so helpless and sad tht time.. I also remember the tsunami for different reasons though.. <BR/><BR/>'nature has its ways of putting us in place' how true!Gauri Gharpurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887888023298949657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684182101139540397.post-6445125828413123052008-02-01T18:39:00.000+05:302008-02-01T18:39:00.000+05:30yes, life is just as beautiful as it should be - w...yes, life is just as beautiful as it should be - what a wonderful thought, gauri.<BR/><BR/>that friend of yours - i wish i can meet her sometime. you are privilged to know somebosy like that. i remember mom telling me that there was this one ladle that was hanging on the wall - that started oscillating. i told her she was probably hallucinating! and then we saw the news, and i couldn't believe it. we were so far away, in south india!!<BR/><BR/>i went thru much of the aftermath of the tsunami - 26 december it was, i think. i was in nagapattinam. the resilience of people was absolutely unbelievable. to me, the relief work was a lesson in life...<BR/><BR/>nature has its ways of putting us in place - of making us feel small and insignificant.<BR/><BR/>thanks for this post!dharmabumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198727554870311298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684182101139540397.post-45331890335724271502008-01-31T10:11:00.000+05:302008-01-31T10:11:00.000+05:30man! that spent a chill down my spine!waise isnt i...man! that spent a chill down my spine!<BR/>waise isnt it incredible, how such mishappenings bring people together... its actually heart-warming to see people united at such times of misery...Pranayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17686822304855637875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684182101139540397.post-17101518584768224392008-01-28T13:32:00.000+05:302008-01-28T13:32:00.000+05:30life's just as beautiful as it should be :) and i ...life's just as beautiful as it should be :) <BR/><BR/>and i have no more to say.phishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17139546767495039372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684182101139540397.post-72989217849866524422008-01-27T00:51:00.000+05:302008-01-27T00:51:00.000+05:30i remember that day. i was far away in Mumbai, but...i remember that day. i was far away in Mumbai, but we trembled there too. i remember it for more reasons than one...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684182101139540397.post-23379573091222408962008-01-26T22:10:00.000+05:302008-01-26T22:10:00.000+05:30happy republic day :)happy republic day :)Wynteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11982230065194600067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2684182101139540397.post-292876945008521842008-01-26T21:03:00.000+05:302008-01-26T21:03:00.000+05:30wonder why earthquakes always choose the wrong day...wonder why earthquakes always choose the wrong days....i remember 1 that had happened in Assam loooong back on the 15th of August!!!<BR/><BR/><BR/>But frankly speaking R-Day has been made just another pearl to our so-called glorious democracy & whom do our govts invite as chief guests....haeds of monarchy??<BR/><BR/>remember last year or the year b4 that....the head of Bhutan was made the chief guest....so much for being the world's greatest DAMNOCRACYShayanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18178296351517395144noreply@blogger.com