i had gone for a holiday to Dehradun. It was the 8th of October and after i had served breakfast to everyone, i sat down to eat. it was just a little b4 9:30 am. suddenly i felt my chair moving in a rather odd manner. but i attributed it to my young cousin, who was jumping around my chair. then i noticed that the table was shaking as well and so were the spoons and plates on it. my nest thought was that i was dizzy. But when i put my feet on the floor, i felt the oddest sensation i have ever felt...the ground shaking beneath my feet. I said to my bro, who was standing behind me, "Nikhil, there's something wrong...everything's moving. Let's get out of the house." lifting my sister in my arms, we came out. My grandma was outside, saying it was an earthquake. all the neighbours were outside as well. i would be lying if i say i was scared. i wasn't. because it was really slight..so slight that my bro and dad didn't feel a thing.(actually, i kno it sounds idiotic, but i was rather excited, it being my first quake). but i knew that there had been an earthquake with its epicentre somewhere.
Less than 5 minutes later it was in the news. What i'd like to point out is, the distance between Pakistan and Dehradun is quite big (one only has to see a map to know). and if the tremors made the furniture shake in Dun, i shudder to think of what happened in Pakistan.
Another thing one might consider is: isn't is strange that this quake shud strike a land which 2 countries are fighting over, and bring them and the world together in relief efforts? Perhaps God sent it becoz he, too, is sick of this useless war and strife over what is, after all, only a piece of land...divided on the grounds of the different paths we use to reach Him...religion
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