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Thanks all for your valuable comments.
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Dear Rajenderji
The Disaster Preparedness was of the highest quality for Sandy. Strict protocols were followed and the government succeeded in limiting the causalities. But Sandy gave pent to its wrath in Haiti and Dominican Republic where there are no preparedness programmes in place. The United Nations did also minimal for this place.
A wonderful poem
Amitabh
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Devastation and re-creation; optimism in most challenging circumstances----Homo Sapiens defined. A gem by Rajenderji...among others.
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short but touchy poem... sir
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Yes, emotive expression, sad still, hopeful it must be!
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3 November 2012
TO: Mr. Rajender Krishan
Again reminds me Tagore's song -
"Je rat-e mor duarguli bhanglo jhare,
Jani-naito tumi ele aamar ghare...."
(= The night when the tempest smashed my doors
I knew not Thou had made way to my abode..."
What causes us terror, the poet see in it the hands of God. I can't help quoting elaborately his interpretation of Upanishads -
“One day gods were terror to man. To please whom for a comfortable life or whose displeasure brings disaster, could not be decided by man. To please the power with which there is no spiritual link, humans gathered to worship it with animal sacrifice and such rituals. That worship out of fright is not a festivity. Just as when we are in the hands of the dacoits, we say, ‘we give you whatever I have, but please spare our life’; similarly, to keep pleased the invisible power, on earth man said that day, ‘We’ll give You everything, please don’t put us in crisis’. But that is not a gift of Joy. Once you perceive the God of Joy, there will be no fear. This God of Joy means ‘More’ – that surpasses all; whatever I had or understood, He is more than that; whatever I had not or had lost, He is more than that too. He is greater than wealth, honour and comfort. So, in the worship of ‘More’ man has joyously said, ‘take my wealth, life and honour’. To know this ‘More’ within one’s heart and outside, is not for mundane comfort. The day man has realized that he is not a beast neither his God is, that he is great and so is his God, he has accepted utmost sorrow. That day man became victorious, a hero and so it was celebrated. Just as a bird on the verge of darkness founts its song of joy at the very touch of the sun rays, so does man when divinity touches him; he declares, ‘I am the son of the Immortal’; says he, ‘I have got it!’, with the strength of which he perceives the Immortal within himself, fears no more, and death cannot daunt him; facing the danger he says, ‘my journey is ahead; stop I won’t; I have no defeat; O Terrible, Your grace is boundless’.”]
Maybe, the poet's views are relevant to 'Sandy' also.
Rajat Das Gupta
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this a very good, worthy and optimistic poem
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Bitter facts!
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Sandy storm shock has shaken and stranded you in winter cold with no power supply and food items rotted in refrigerator and all! It is more than hell in urban areas and challenge to all technological advancements there!
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Rajendra ji,
Sad, but there is a lesson to learn in all this: as we do, so we will reap. Human beings have played too much with nature, wemust see now what natures can do to us. At Chennai too, it was bad!
Julia
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Resilient as ever, the charm of forbearance splashes into the horizon of nature's dance!
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Yes,sir.During testing times steely resolve helps immensely.One has to move on.Sharing your concerns sincerely.
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Most apt and wonderful poem, bhai. This proves that even the superpower is helpless against the Nature.
This is nothing new for our planet-only sad part is that we are comparatively new to all this and yet we think that we are super...
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You capture the aftermath of the hurriance effectively in this write Rajinder! Great write
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hope springs eternal, does it not? and geographical or sociological difference has no meaning there. it is the human spirit that triumphs when tragedy is met, full on.
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though the lingering