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Wayanad landslides,
How deadly can it be a natural calamity
Striking us dumbfounded and we standing speechless
Before the things happening, taking place
And we feeling outwitted to explain it all,
How did it happen?
Is it a man-made crisis or natural
Or is it a meteorological consequence?
The hamlets decimated,
People missing and killed
In landslides, spills of mud and soiled water
Falling across,
Cascading boulders and all,
How could it be?
Unimaginable, unthinkable it is
To think of history, geography,
Cartography, its topography
In terms of human habitation,
Impact of climate change,
Encroachments made upon,
How can the spill and litter of mass and matter
Change the course of a river?
How helpless is man before the wrath of Nature
Which seems to be so calm and serene sometimes |
