Tsunami

On December 24, 2004 an undersea earthquake occurred in the Indian Ocean killing 225,000 people in 11 countries. Most badly hit were Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and Malaysia.

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He and She

Gomathy Subramanian Jul 22, 2007 interacts: 8

She ran after him and they looked like two small kids playing in the water.

Involuntary Closure

Zehra Rizvi Jun 1, 2005 interacts: 8

I have been scarred and disillusioned by this whole process and I think I will need therapy when I get back home.

A Personal Connection

Harimau Iyer Apr 6, 2005 interacts: 18

“Please save my baby. He is all I have got. I lost my seven-year-old son to the sea and my baby is dying in front of my eyes. Please, sir, save my baby.” Her plea was impassioned. There were no tears in her eyes, just despair and a faint ho

The Monsoons are Coming

Zehra Rizvi Mar 30, 2005 interacts: 11

Bitch sessions consist of relief workers sitting around, exchanging one frustration after another. The average time is that of three cigarettes and one Lion Beer per frustration.

Volunteer Sri Lanka

Zehra Rizvi Mar 21, 2005 interacts: 0

Report on the Tsunami: Cuddalore

Harimau Iyer Mar 13, 2005 interacts: 7

I thought all India needed was ten Anu Georges in each district to modernize it. Right now, altruism, however politically motivated, has met the idealistic civil servant and that had made the relief efforts possible.

EMACE

Zehra Rizvi Feb 19, 2005 interacts: 6

It has been two days since I arrived in Sri Lanka as a volunteer for the post-tsunami rebuilding efforts.

Rantings of an Aid Worker

Zehra Rizvi Feb 17, 2005 interacts: 10

I am of course, in this mindset that once D and I leave and the structures that we will set up will collapse. How the fuck did I get so colonial? What is the middle ground here for me?

Report on the Tsunami: Kanchipuram District

Harimau Iyer Jan 15, 2005 interacts: 28

Part I of a first-hand report on the tsunami in South India

The Tsunami Disaster

Udayakumar Jan 5, 2005 interacts: 95

If the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) officials are unable to protect their own men and machines from a natural disaster, how on the Earth are they going to protect us, evacuate us, rehabilitate us and safeguard our safety and security from possible at

When the Sea Swallowed a City Whole

Soysauce Dec 28, 2004 interacts: 36

Where the river Kaveri drains into the Bay of Bengal, there once was a city that was the setting for two famous ancient Tamil epic poems, Silappadigaram (“The Anklet Story”) and Manimekalai.

Tsunami

Tauheed Ahmed Dec 28, 2004 interacts: 136

Let us then pray for those who are lost, and those who are suffering, and contribute what one can.

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