Today's the 9th anniversary of the Muhamma boat tragedy. Muhamma is a sleepy hamlet, about 30 kms south of Kochi. The death toll was 29 that included children, women and men. Not much has happened in terms of improvement in facilities, with emphasis on safety, all these years despite thundering promises by the leaders of the time - typical of the great Indian apathy!
But against this bleak backdrop, the story of a couple who'd lost their only son in the boat mishap, makes interesting news. The boy was on his way to write the examination conducted by the Kerala Public Service Commission that fateful morning never to return, plunging the parents into grief. Three days on, a crow started visiting them and food was provided by the grieving parents and the trend has continued to this day. The bird insists on eating from the mother's hand and she's been indulgent.
The parents are quite sure that the crow is their son in a new 'avatar' and it, in turn, dwells on one of the trees in their compound for the whole of the daytime - probably, savouring every minute of the proximity to his parents!
Another one of those cosmic mysteries and as they say, 'truth is stranger than fiction'. May the unfortunate parents continue to find solace in the friendly crow - nay, their son! God, do please take care of them.
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