Sunday, March 13, 2011

Japan tsunami : A Pandemonium

A massive and destructive Tsunami with magnitude of 8.9 earthquake on march 11, 2011 has shook the world that nature can be so merciless and unforgiving. Almost more than 10000 people dead or missing and destruction of infrastructures and assets worth +100 billion US$ will be another big challenge for Japan. World's third biggest economic power may find it difficult to hold this position for long after recently being pushed from 2nd position by China. Nuclear Reactors leakages and recent blast in Fukushima Reactor has added to the woes and radiations pose another grave danger. All this has made countries like Russia and others with lot of Reactors to rethink safety measures in such extreme kind of natural disasters. To me visuals on TV screen looked like I was watching some upcoming sequel of films like 2012. It was hard for me to believe that it was real until I kept myself glued to the TV for continuous updates. After Tsunami, it's now radiations from nuclear reactors that's worrying the world about Japan's future generations. Disaster on such a large scale after world war II has made future so bleak. Mass evacuations around damaged reactors and fear of radiations from another damaged reactor is making all the recovery more difficult. Radiations will surely have long term damage to the soil, living things and environment around for years. I hope Japanese resurrect themselves with more strength and far better, safer future.

This tragedy speaks of many things that developed nations need to understand. Relying, experimenting and extending alternate sources of energy for their power needs is actually a venture of dangerous kind without understanding impact of its accidental failures in both forms -nature and human initiated . The future is always uncertain and hidden but predictions of dangers on the nature of venture is a must and it was seen in Australia where anti-nuclear demonstrators made noise and then I realised that there are people who actually understand the dangers of such power sources. Its just like living in areas where hydrogen and atom bombs are planted in the form of reactors...Every country is making a statement that their reactors are safe...but how much? They must not forget that Japan is one of the most technologically and scientifically advanced country in the world. If the best can fail, surely others have no chance and no one knows about largeness of natural disasters coming. Our hunger for more advanced future actually adds to our woes which is unseen with the eyes and mind that enjoys technology so much. In 1945, it was US atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki that made life a death for millions for years to come and till today. Fukushima radiations and three nuclear reactor explosions in 2011 is the biggest tragedy after World War II in Japan so who takes the responsibility of this explosion? must be our hunger for more advancements. Radiations are reaching as far as Tokyo and people have been told to stay indoors. People are scared and nervous about the coming days. Radiations reaching as far as Vladivostok in Russia and rest of the countries in the radius are alarmed. Mass evacuations, cancer, internal organ disorders, hair loss, skin diseases and genetic disorders for generations to come. Ordinary people always lose so much and people in power keep giving statements and statements to cover their failures and justify routes of dangerous scientific methods. always same everywhere.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

Muslim world upheaval: Road to bloody revolutions

Headlines and news flashing across all forms of media all over the world announcing arrival of democracy and freedom in the lands of dictatorial "kings" in the Muslim world. Their reign as long as 40 years and that too with cruelty, corruption and severe human rights violations sounds as fearful and disturbing as people would have suffered for years. I myself thought so much on all this because even in my dreams I never had any idea of volcanic situations in the countries like Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon and other countries close to them. World knows prominently about Iraq and its long internal disturbances. Saddam Hussein and George Bush, then US president made all the news and added to the dilemma of Iraqis with brutality of US soldiers which was proven by disturbing images and videos in international media and Internet. I feel blessed being safe and its scary when I imagine innocents and civilians trapped in the middle of such upheaval that's filled with blood, brutality and extinction of clans of many.

On Jan 24, 2011, Tunisia - Thousands rallied and protested against President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali in Tunis. He ruled with callousness for last 23 years making the country suffer with unemployment and corruption of highest rating. he fled the country due to high civil unrest on Jan 14 2011 and his wife carried 1.5 tons of gold. He accumulated wealth and assets and that's obvious in such situations of dictatorship. Next comes Egypt, land of pyramids and my dreams, I took strong notice of happenings in Egypt compared to other countries because its a place that I dreamt of visiting and understand the mystical Pharaohs and pyramids. Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak ruled the country for 30 years and same issues of corruption, wealth accumulation made way for the uprising that made the clash in Cairo a dangerous one on Feb2, 2011.

Libyan uprising began on 15 Feb, 2011 inspired by whatever happened in Egypt and Tunisia but to me it was Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year rule and his Bedouin(nomadic tribe of Arabs)roots so interesting. Gaddafi travels with a tent. He went to Paris in 2007 and pitched his tent in a garden of the Elysee Palace, which is the presidential residence. In Rome of 2008 he pitched it in Villa Doria Pamphili park. he doesn't travel often because he meets with much criticism for his Bedouin ways and about 40 unmarried women security guards. His cruelty surpasses many with his attacks on Libyan protesters with fighter jets,tanks and artillery.
His gigantic accumulation of wealth in many countries and erratic ways had landed the country in a civil war like situation which may go on for long. Its world Powers and United Nations that needs to act and not criticize because it should not become another Iraq which still after years couldn't be in the state of equilibrium.
March 8, 2011-Gaddafi warns NATO if it enters Libya with threats of death of millions and Obama declares invasion to remove Gaddafi. Libya seems to be entangled in a long and uncertain civil war with millions already fled the country and others on the verge of fleeing. Its something that world is looking at in helplessness because war and invasions in its every form always bring sufferings and death to innocent civilians who are children and women.
Yemen tension is making month of March more bloody with killings of 52 people by President's gunmen and creating further chaos and disturbance for Middle East. Syria tension adds more to the woes and all this looks like chain reaction of protests and violence which seems unending.

I pray to god that such crisis end sooner because it will destroy millions of lives in the game of power and money. I know I will never understand war because what we fight for, we never carry it to another world.. a futile effort of being god and supreme on an individual level or country level is like magic that never exists.

Truly long struggles that even modern world and global approach couldn't help and it makes me believe as if we are in the times of ancient barbaric cruelty and archaic power preservation's.
We all criticized so much all this but we forget that modern days nuclear weapons of mass destruction, their accumulation and major powers of world (China,US, France, Russia & many others) in their unending efforts to dominate (China trying to push US out of Asia and making allies with South America to corner United States) each other will pave way for the destruction of mankind on a scale that will wipe off entire human race along with all other life forms in a bipolar world of superpowers. Muslim world crisis is only a trailer and beginning of what future holds.....may be violence of extreme kind that's yet to come.............