Uttrakhand –the Land of cloudbursts

Uttrakhand has been a beautiful place. Not only for me but also, I am sure, to all those people who have ever stopped by there to witness the gigantic mountains made of magnificence and breath-taking greenery supported by Holy rivers of Gods. It’s my native place. Of course, for me it’s a different feeling being out there. Yes, it is.  In literal meaning Uttrakhand means the Northern Land. Uttrakhand is also referred as (Devobhumi) the Land of Gods. Uttrakhand has also been an ancient Puranic term for the central stretch of Indian Himalayas, a mountain range in the Indian subcontinent. In fact, this is the place where ancient rock paintings, rock shelters, Palaeolithic stone tools (hundreds of thousands of years old), and megaliths provide evidence that the mountains of the region have been inhabited since prehistoric times.

However, today with hundreds of people being maimed and killed due to cloudburst and floods in last a couple of years, the government seems to have learnt little and have done only almost nothing to the security of its people. I don’t want to go into the political stuff and neither I want to blame on anyone for this. Because all I just want to say, not point out, that people living in such cloudburst-prone area should be given security from such horrific events for God’s sake. I know it’s not under my control. (you’re right!). But somebody must take the responsibility for this job. After all, it’s us at the end of the day, affected and afflicted. So, we all need to take this thing a little more seriously. It’s the need of the hour. And how do we do this? Well, next time these goofy politicians come to your area scrounging for votes, you must raise this issue. Of course things won’t change dramatically. However, hope is something they say makes things okay for people down the road. Isn’t it? So, let’s hope that God will bestow his grace on us. If the government doesn’t.