Environment | Ila Asthana

[caption id="attachment_739" align="alignleft" width="300"] Cyclone Vardah – Revives the Colossal Impact of those Dreadful Days[/caption] Cyclone Vardah – Revives the Colossal Impact of those Dreadful Days Off late, I refrain from early morning social media chats, whether it is Facebook, WhatsApp, etc., so that I do not ruin the first few fresh hours of the day. Today, it was different though. With the obligation to attend a call, I grasped that my mobile was overflowing with mammoth of messages. Most of the messages were about the Cyclone Vardah hitting the coastal areas of TamilNadu, the precautionary steps in case of flooding and a warning to stay safe and secured. In just a split of seconds, those messages recapped the colossal impact of the dreadful and devastating December month of 2015,…

Since June 16 2013, every newspaper, television channel, radio station or online news agency had their headlines set regarding the Uttarakand Himalayan Tsunami tragedy. It is to be appreciated and rewarded that the journalists meticulously covered every aspect of the disaster; yet as expected, the story culminated to a political fiasco and drama of Congress vs. BJP vote bank politics. The percentage of stories written or broadcasted in environmental angle was very small to even mention. Every time such a natural disaster happens, my sympathies not only goes to the affected people, but also the nature and mother earth. This time it was even more. It is said that Beauty is hard to define, but easy to recognize. In nature, we see beauty in every small thing and aspect of…

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