....The Deluge....

.....as the festivity week is coming to an  end  , with  visuals  both frm India  , Bangladesh , Pakistan , Maldives pouring  in warming  every  home  &  Hearth.....I  take  this opportunity to  wish all  frnds & fmly .....fabulous week this has  been...&equally heartbreaking , as  we see our  brethren , battered mercilessly  by  floods  ...visuals , tales  pouring  in now  ....the  aftermath grim  ....as  kerala  struggles....Onam  is  round  the  corner....I am  speechless....paralysed...even wishing Happy Onam  will  be  hard to be  made to my  dear colleagues...as near total damage to the spirit  of our lovely  ,  homely ,  beautiful State of kerala  is  inflicted  by Nature's fury....Help is being rendered....both indigenous  &  Foreign .....huge  homework is  to be  done   to avoid  such  a scale  of  calamity  to be inflicted  ....Co ordination between  states   & Central water commission ....learning  lessons frm past  calamities  need  of the  hr.....If  India  is to  be recognized as a progressive  , democratic , modern society with state of  the  art   governance....we need  to pull  our socks ....actually  Kerala  was  sitting dangerously for  this  tragedy to occur....Visionary planning to  handle  huge  population  settlements  in  river basins need  robust  initiatives ....We  the People hv  our task  cut out frm now  .....!!!!