(2005 Kashmir earthquake reminds me of 2001 Gujarat earthquake!)

When everyone was rejoicing in the Republic Day, suddenly
Earth tremor occurred in the town for a few seconds!
The panic stricken people talked more only
About the tremor in the town and nothing else!
From Bhuj to Pondicherry the earthquake devastation
Is unprecedented in the History of India!

Many a thousand died and buried under the debris
At the epicentre of the quake in the Gujarat State!
Multi-storeyed buildings reduced to rubbles in the
Towns and cities rendering millions of men homeless!
The destruction of School Buildings with Children and Teachers
And Hospitals with Patients, Doctors and Nurses
Is indeed a horrible human tragedy in that State
Never to be forgotten in the History of India!

Many Countries of the World sent words of sympathy to India
And many a country came forward to help the Indian Govt.
To rescue and rehabilitate the people rendered homeless!
But the ill-motivated and inefficient Indian Govt.
Doesn’t know how to cooperate with them!

Suffering hardships of hunger, cold and nightmares,
Men have migrated to safer homes somewhere;
And the antisocial elements are looting whatever they can
In the debris and dilapidated buildings abandoned there!

The stench of the decaying dead bodies under the debris,
The spread of epidemic diseases due to pollution
And the vultures flying all over the places there
Are horrible scenes for human mind to forget!

In the towns and villages of Sub-Himalayas and South India
Hearing the tragic news people have become patients of paranoia!
And they are spending the days imagining about the ensuing
Tremors and turmoil in their towns too soon!

Man is helpless and powerless before Nature’s Fury!
Many narrow minded men due to selfishness and isolation
Never think broad and do anything in consolation!
Especially for such men and broadly for all men
This tragic time is the apt moment to think
What to stick to and what to lose in the world!

We can lose anything but not the heart in the life of the world!
We can lose everything but not love and sympathy in the society!
So, what comes to rescue at the tragic hour is not caste, creed or money
But purely, only human love based on human concern or sympathy!

Rebuilding the houses for the people to settle there once again
Would be a long time process for the Govt. to implement
By way of collection of taxes and contributions from the people!

Now irrespective of class, colour, creed and what not
People stay together in the outside camps;
They cook and eat food together in the community kitchen;
And they stay and sleep together in the plastic tents!

Indeed the quake devastation has taught the lesson-
The value of unity to all men in the society in a hard way!
Now as to the need of the hour humanitarian support
From all round the globe reach the place of tragedy
For relief and rehabilitation of the people at last!