Eastern India state of Odisha received very heavy rainfall under the
impact of an ugly weather system in the Bay of Bengal on second half of
September. It was, in fact, still raining cat and dog in many parts of the
state including capital Bhubaneswar at the time of writing this piece. The
downpour came as a big surprise to many as this type of weather conditions are
rarely seen in the month of September.
Not only Odisha, several parts of India
received unprecedented rainfall this monsoon killing people, destroying
properties, both government as well as private, besides making life miserable
for those who survived. These are signatures of not bad but super bad times.
Now the question is why and how this super
bad time arrived? To examine this query one feels like to recount a story appeared
in a section of the media sometime back. There was an island in Caribbean
region(cricket buffs must be accustomed with the term West Indies which
consists of different island nations in the region which is close to USA).
The
small island was discovered by sailors and merchants of some developed nations
while passing through the sea for maritime trade centuries back. Gradually people
started settling in the empty island which progressed and prospered as a major
trading centre. This brought in huge financial benefits to the people residing
in the island.
Unfortunately, the island’s glory did not last for long. If not all but
majority of the people(in the island) started indulging in all kinds of
unlawful and criminal activities. So much so that even pirates and smugglers
became elected rulers of the prosperous island. Merchants and sailors feared to
pass through and step into it. There was nobody to control the situation.
One
perfect stormy night, huge waves marched in from the nearby sea and engulfed
the entire island including its people and properties. The island still remains
under water.
The morale of the story is when the number of sins and sinners goes up
beyond the red line at a particular place, the nature steps in to take control
of the situation. And that exactly perhaps what is happening in India, the
entire south Asia region for that matter. Every single day one hears and reads
in newspaper and TV channels about brutal rape(many a time gang rape and
murder) of innocent girls and ladies including minors in some parts of India.
Rarely one would find a zero corruption office, both in private and public
sector, in any corner of the country. Seldom one comes across a politician(read
ruler) with absolute honesty and integrity.
One
would not find a single city or rural and urban centre in India where common
people are not breaking traffic rules so brazenly, blatantly and
shamelessly(those who break the traffic laws are people with same criminal mind
set that of crooks, thieves, murderers, rapists and perpetrators of other
crimes like corruption).
So,
now it remains to be seen which part of India, or south Asia, gets consumed by
the sea(or rain water) first.
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