Dual Strike

This is all I can say after the occurence of two disasters....one caused by humans and the other caused by nature. Just when we were beginning to dwell over the massive earthquake that struck Central China on Monday....we hear about the seven serial blasts that rocked Jaipur yesterday, turning the Pink city red!! My heart sank when I saw the first file pictures of the blasts on the news channels....my heart goes out to the families of all those people who were shopping or were there to worship at the temple when the blasts occurred. I just went numb at the thought of how it must hav been for the ppl who lost their dear ones in the blast. Memories of the July 11, 2006 train blasts came rushing to my mind and I was left with a strange question in mind! �How do people agree to plant bombs in there own country, in there own area??� Yes, the heartless work of planting bombs is mostly done by local ppl who r hired for this purpose bcoz they know the area very well. I just fail to understand that is money so important that a person is actually willing to go ahead and create mass scale destruction. I dunno what goes on in the mind of the person who sells himself to such a task!

Talking about the earth quake that hit China on Monday, its heart wrenching to know that the toll has already reached 12,000 and is expected to increase further. Whenever such a calamity occurs I am reminded of only one thing�.I dunno how many ppl here believe in god�.but I feel its god�s way of reminding us tht, no matter hw advanced v become but when it comes to nature�s fury v mortals r helpless creatures! Even if v r able to detect something like an earthquake�..its impossible to prevent it from happening�..the least tht can b done is to try n minimize the impact on life and property. I think I am not goin to see the news for a few days now�as there is no point in seeing the aftermath of these disasters�.it will only evoke feelings of unhappiness. In case of China, it will take quite sometime for them to resurrect wht they hav lost. And In case of the blasts at Jaipur, the lesser said the better (the 2006 blasts case has still not been cracked!) what can one expect from a country like India?? The emotional and physical scars left behind by these blasts may never heal! Whatever mental turmoil I was going thru has been overshadowed by these two disasters��I wonder when will this sombre and glum phase subside!?