Death Of Young Ones
I tried my best not to read about the earthquake that happened in Sichuan Province in China. I still want to act like a pigeon in face of danger, I want to close my eyes to the grim reality that there are large number of parents burying or cremating their young children.
This is the worst fear of all parents. M.F. Hussain had once said that - Picking up his dead child's body from the gutters was the worst thing that ever happened to him. After that nothing much mattered to him.
In China where the one child policy is enforced hundreds of families are wiped out and many couples are too old to try and have children again.
The article in NY Times was heartrending and a grim reminder that we all lead very fragile lives.
Related Article:China Quake Toll To Top 50,000
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Deepti Lamba on May 16, 2008 09:08 AM 
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I am speechless. You write very well.
I did not know about the MF Hussain incident - it made me numb!
Posted by: Abhi | May 16, 2008 11:40 PM