Sometimes words cannot describe the
pristine human spirit at work.
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| Photo Courtesy: Internet |
As Chennai goes through a
disastrous phase of dealing with a calamity of apocalyptical proportions, some
of the images and updates that are coming via social media are so
heart-warming. People are helping each other – food, clothing and emergency
medicines are being arranged. Strangers are chatting each other up. There is so
much damage, so much loss, so much gloom with so much water flooding the city –
yet the streets are full of inspiring, touching gestures and stories.
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| Photo Courtesy: Internet |
A young man on a
two-wheeler offered to take me around the block just so that I could see how we
could get some food to an elderly couple. I hear people are sharing their wi-fi
passwords freely so that families can be in touch with their loved ones – the telecom
network has sputtered to a stop. But internet connectivity, particularly
through BSNL, is still on.
My good friends Divya
Srinivasan and Koushik Udayashanker have taken it upon themselves to go around
comforting animals – street dogs and cats in particular, who are startled, frightened and
hungry. And the young team of founders from The Postbox, Nikhil Joseph and Madhuvanthi Senthilkumar, are doing phenomenal networking on social media - connecting people, supplies and relief operations! I can’t find words to describe their compassion.
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| Vishal & Monika |
For our part, last
evening we took in a young couple, Monika and Vishal, whose home got flooded.
We didn’t know them – we were tagged by a friend, whose friend’s friend knows
them! Talk of the power of social media!
A lady with a Karnataka
registration plate on her car was told by a gas station attendant this: “We are
sorry you are having to experience our city like this. We hope you will be back
when our city is on its feet again!”
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