Nature's Fury

It's yet another timeless, classic test of God to measure the tenacity of citizens of Japan during extreme tribulations. Even after many human-endeavoured (read war-mongered) devastating wars and natural calamities like shattering earthquakes, and that too in the aftermath of the recent earthquake of 8.9 followed by a gigantic sweep of tsunami, its people stand in poise and complete sangfroid. Unbelievable their courage and power to challenge every odd of life, be it America's revenge by dropping atom bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, or the frequented volcanic eruptions, tremors, earthquakes, tsunamis, in every disaster they have proved to be the heroes in human evolution, from complete devastation to super colossal economic development, the Japan is altogether a different saga that no nation can dare to live.

When electronic media was not developed and people naturally depended on newspaper stories, the reality of the ground was reaching people at least after 24 hours the incident occurred. Now the situation is completely different. Electronic media and social media have changed the perspectives of 24x7 news service, which is quite evident from the videos available on YouTube in the immediate aftermath of a 8.9 scale earthquake followed by a roaring tsunami hitting Japan today. It was a deja vu of experience transporting your imagination to the locales where thousands of people stranded, engulfed in the rage of nature's worst calamity, but one thing was remarkable – people's composure even during this darkest moment was unprecedented, an attribute that other nationals would take generations to learn.

Bad times come and go, but the people with great determination and courage to resurrect from the loss, however large, only define the future. I wish at the moment the Japanese who are facing misfortune would come out from the smashup and march ahead with indomitable courage and great conviction to send a message to the entire world: “Look, we are invincible at the face of dire calamities, be it natural or man-made, we are the tribe that has shown the valor repeatedly in the history of human adversity.”