This weekend's gonna be a wet one as the cyclone, 'Hudhud' is expected to make landfall on the eastern coast of the country. Orissa and Andhra Pradesh are going to be the most affected states. What has been heartening is that the people have been shifted to safer havens and logistics have been streamlined much before the cyclone has arrived and that's what a responsive administration must do.
The met people have forecast wind speeds of over 195 kmph and one can foresee the destruction and loss to property that it's gonna bring about in its wake. Hope the level of destruction is at a much lower level than what it's been in the previous years.
I'm reminded of my forays as the leader of the Indian Navy's cyclone relief team way back in '89. The appalling living conditions, the tremendous amount of filth and inaccessible areas of the Ganjam district made our tasks difficult, yet interesting. The one thing that I've always cherished of that operation was the spontaneous gladness that the distressed people displayed on sighting us. So overwhelming was their belief in the team that our own discomfort melted into nothing and we could muster energy from within to work almost round the clock.
Since the relief team was fully equipped with food, water, clothing donated by the naval community of INS Chilka from where we all were, transportation vehicles - both terrestrial and amphibious - along with the medical support team, it was fully capable of handling any situation! We're touched by the love and affection that the people showered on us - for a duty that we're supposed to do - and they even wanted us to stay on much after the situation had returned to normalcy!!
Here's wishing the relief teams the very best.
Tailpiece.
This weekend will also see the commencement of the India Super League Football matches. It's a move towards professionalising and popularising football in India. It's my fond hope that we'd soon have a national team that would write its script on world football, within a decade! The teams are:-
(a) Chennaiyin FC
(b) Delhi Dynamos
(c) FC Pune City
(d) FC Goa
(e) Kerala Blasters
(f) Mumbai City FC
(g) Atletico De Kolkata and
(h) Northeast United FC.
The met people have forecast wind speeds of over 195 kmph and one can foresee the destruction and loss to property that it's gonna bring about in its wake. Hope the level of destruction is at a much lower level than what it's been in the previous years.
I'm reminded of my forays as the leader of the Indian Navy's cyclone relief team way back in '89. The appalling living conditions, the tremendous amount of filth and inaccessible areas of the Ganjam district made our tasks difficult, yet interesting. The one thing that I've always cherished of that operation was the spontaneous gladness that the distressed people displayed on sighting us. So overwhelming was their belief in the team that our own discomfort melted into nothing and we could muster energy from within to work almost round the clock.
Since the relief team was fully equipped with food, water, clothing donated by the naval community of INS Chilka from where we all were, transportation vehicles - both terrestrial and amphibious - along with the medical support team, it was fully capable of handling any situation! We're touched by the love and affection that the people showered on us - for a duty that we're supposed to do - and they even wanted us to stay on much after the situation had returned to normalcy!!
Here's wishing the relief teams the very best.
Tailpiece.
This weekend will also see the commencement of the India Super League Football matches. It's a move towards professionalising and popularising football in India. It's my fond hope that we'd soon have a national team that would write its script on world football, within a decade! The teams are:-
(a) Chennaiyin FC
(b) Delhi Dynamos
(c) FC Pune City
(d) FC Goa
(e) Kerala Blasters
(f) Mumbai City FC
(g) Atletico De Kolkata and
(h) Northeast United FC.
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