Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Death and all his friends - part 1

I am feeling really alone and frustrated right now. The exams are upon me again and I do not feel like studying, again. I have to appear for a dead-end interview day after. People who were once very close find me irritating now. I mean I haven't felt so down in the dumps since I nearly flunked that geography paper in third grade.
But then something is wrong with the whole world. Nargis has devastated Myanmar beyond imagination. More people are dying due to hunger and disease than those directly killed by the cyclone. The junta is not allowing foreign aid workers into the country. The foreign aid thats reaching Myanmar is not being delivered to the affected people. Whats worse is that a second cyclone, albeit weaker, is approaching Myanmar.
The massive earthquake thats hit Sichuan and neighboring regions of China is another catastrophic natural blow. The 7.8 monster has reduced skyscrapers to rubble mingled with human flesh. 20000 human lives is a huge loss and yet china is trying to oppose foreign aid, which it calls intervention, I really wonder why! No doubt that this would derail the Beijing games a bit but China's resilience is well known and it should be able to get things on track very soon.
Twelve serial blasts rocked Jaipur yesterday evening killing scores and injuring close to 200 people. The attack bore stark resemblance to the Mumbai, Malegaon and other blasts that rocked the nation. A Bangladeshi outfit is reportedly responsible for the blasts.
So everything is not fine after all. Its not just me who is feeling alone and frustrated. Guess I am not alone after all..