Gerald D'Cunha

Pic.: Pradeep Nanda A s a human race, we are a strange species… In fact, a very, very funny one! We need calamities – like a war with another county or an earthquake, tsunami or flood or a deadly terrorist attack to unite us together… It takes a war and a tsunami to make us forget for a while that we are Hindus, Muslims, Christians and Sikhs… It takes an earthquake and a terrorist attack to make us forget for a while that we are fighting her on this earth on such silly and petty issues… It takes a nasty whip from God to tame our ‘huge’ egos… to bring us on our knees… That’s why I call us – the human species – a wired and funny species We choose to fight when God is kind to us… We chose to abuse His mercy! “Pray for Chennai”… Yes, I am going back to it, once again. My heart bleeds for Chennai as it bleeds for the hapless victims of any such calamity. We need to really, really do whatever we can to reach out to innocent victims… But, then, what do...

Pic.: Chetna Shetty T here is only one God and we all are His children. So, as our Father, he cares for us. Yes, a Father never forsakes his children. “Pray for Chennai.” I have been receiving this appeal on social media repeatedly since yesterday. It is pouring relentlessly in Chennai… It has wrought havoc everywhere there… Loss of property and lives… breakdown of communication and transport system… People are stranded at the airport and railway stations… Power is off at several places… There is no food to eat or clean water to drink at other places… Times like this are terrible… “God please help these hapless people in Chennai.” That’s my prayer to God. Yes. Here, in Mumbai, the story is exactly opposite. We did not have enough rains this year. The water shortage is already felt by us… The situation would turn grimmer as days pass by. “Please pray for Mumbai.” Yes, this has been an appeal for quite some time. “God, send us some rain… Have mercy on us.” ...