Serendipity : Musings of an Islander

THIS ARTICLE IS A WORK OF FICTION, WRITTEN IN LIGHTER VEIN, NOT TO HURT OR INVOKE ANYBODY’S SENTIMENTS. THE TITLE, STATEMENTS, SITUATIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PURELY HYPOTHETICAL IN NATURE Andaman and Nicobar Islands, separated from mainland India by vast stretches of seas on all its sides are a remote place where the population is devoid of entertainment and amusement facilities unlike their mainland counterparts. Those inhabiting these islanders are therefore left to indulge in various activities such as rash driving, playing mobile ringtones at peak volume, chewing pan/gutka/sukka, spitting, littering, smoking, eve teasing, honking pressure/musical horns, visiting bars, playing cards, board games etc in a bid to quench their thirst for entertainment. The recent effort to grant bar license to 17 enterprising individuals vide Press Note No 7-392/LS/2009-10/6440 dated 04/11/2010 published in the Administrations mouthpiece The Daily Telegrams on the festive day of Dee...

Following the 9.0 magnitude undersea earthquake tsunami that hit J apan on M arch 11 th 2011, wide ranging discussions on safety aspects relating to nuclear power has taken centre stage. The earthquake triggered giant tsunami waves washed away almost anything and everything coming in its way, in some of the places upto 10 km inland. The J apanese   N ational P olice A gency   has confirmed over 13000 deaths and many more injured or missing. The multiple disasters further caused extensive and severe damage to over 125000 buildings,   roads, railways as well as fires in many areas. The worst however was the effect on F ukushima D ai-ichi N uclear P ower P lant (NPP). Though the structure could survive the “strong ground motion” and shut down automatically, failure of ancillary system to cool the reactors (necessary to remove  decay heat  after the reactor has been shut down, and to maintain spent fuel pools) resulted in multiple explosions creating a pa...