Tag: tsunami
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WHERE IS GOD?
Those watching TV on 27th August evening would have been jolted by two tragic events. The first was of hundreds of pilgrims washed away in flash floods/ landslides in the Jammu region. The second instant was of two young girls shot dead while praying in a Catholic school in Minneapolis, USA. Both incidents were when…
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TILLY WASN’T SILLY
By the time you get to read this article the tidal waves of sympathy and tchk-tchking over the tsunami disaster will have subsided; and life, for the vast majority of us, would have returned to “normal”. Therein lies the real and hidden danger, which this piece seeks to expose. There are many things beyond our…
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TOUCH ME NOT
There are certain flowers and shrubs that immediately clam up when touched, which is why they are called “Touch Me Nots”. It is a natural self-defence mechanism that is also seen in tortoises. They withdraw into their shells. Post the Corona Virus (CV) pandemic a lot of people have stopped touching, or don’t allow others…