Today's post is a real hotch-potch of thoughts. Certain incidents have this way of numbing your thoughts, for a while, by the sheer speed at which it hits you.
(a) The gruesome tragedy on the Tirupur-Salem Bypass.
The salient points of the accident are:-
(i) Yesterday was the 82nd anniversary of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation
(KSRTC) because it was on this day in 1965 it had shed off its old name of State Motor
Service.
(ii) The 340-km stretch of NH 544 (former NH 47) from Salem to Kochi is slowly turning
out to be a death trap for many.
(iii) A container truck laden with over 25 tons of tiles rammed into the KSRTC's volvo bus
around 0340 hrs, killing 19 people near Avinashi, killing 19 people and injuring 25 others.
(iv) The bus was heading from Bangalore to Ernakulam.
(v) The driver of the container truck, obviously had fallen asleep and in that split second,
jumped the central median and rammed into the ill-fated bus.
The information regarding the seating arrangements shows that death had randomly chosen
people for their onward journey to Valhalla. No wonder it's said that "Life is a comedy of
errors".
RIP, all of you whose promising lives have been cut short and the three pets travelling with
their masters. Two pups and a cat! may their near and dear ones have the strength to tide over
this stressful times. My tears and prayers.
(b) China is up to tricks again.
China had objected to our Home Minister, Amit Shah's visit to Arunachal Pradesh. The
External Affairs ministry has issued a statement that it's but natural that the minister visited
the state as it is an integral and inalienable part of India. What that country should be doing
now is to effectively contain the corona virus epidemic on a war footing instead of pussy
footing with India and coming up with silly arguments.
The fog regarding the epidemic continues with the virus diagnosis criteria being changed by
China.
(c) It's Mahashivaratri today.
Today was marked with hectic activities in all Shiva temples of the country. I'd the occasion to
see the festivities and unprecedented crowds at the Vadakkunnathan kshetram in Thrissur town
and at the Mammiyur Shiva kshetram at Guruvayur. Despite the crowds, there was orderliness
at the places.
Tailpiece.
We set off for Thrissur, by 0900 hrs, in Shelji's cab. Ammu and Mithun were off to Kochi and we
had to see them off appropriately. Got an iPhone after much thought furiously egged on by Lekha; Ammu and Mithun helped me with the initial paces. They left in a KSRTC bus, soon after lunch. Suma kunjamma had fetched up by 1900 hrs. Had driven her to the Mammiyur Shiva kshetram around a half past 8; Lekha had gone there earlier in the evening, around sunset time.
(a) The gruesome tragedy on the Tirupur-Salem Bypass.
The salient points of the accident are:-
(i) Yesterday was the 82nd anniversary of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation
(KSRTC) because it was on this day in 1965 it had shed off its old name of State Motor
Service.
(ii) The 340-km stretch of NH 544 (former NH 47) from Salem to Kochi is slowly turning
out to be a death trap for many.
(iii) A container truck laden with over 25 tons of tiles rammed into the KSRTC's volvo bus
around 0340 hrs, killing 19 people near Avinashi, killing 19 people and injuring 25 others.
(iv) The bus was heading from Bangalore to Ernakulam.
(v) The driver of the container truck, obviously had fallen asleep and in that split second,
jumped the central median and rammed into the ill-fated bus.
The information regarding the seating arrangements shows that death had randomly chosen
people for their onward journey to Valhalla. No wonder it's said that "Life is a comedy of
errors".
RIP, all of you whose promising lives have been cut short and the three pets travelling with
their masters. Two pups and a cat! may their near and dear ones have the strength to tide over
this stressful times. My tears and prayers.
(b) China is up to tricks again.
China had objected to our Home Minister, Amit Shah's visit to Arunachal Pradesh. The
External Affairs ministry has issued a statement that it's but natural that the minister visited
the state as it is an integral and inalienable part of India. What that country should be doing
now is to effectively contain the corona virus epidemic on a war footing instead of pussy
footing with India and coming up with silly arguments.
The fog regarding the epidemic continues with the virus diagnosis criteria being changed by
China.
(c) It's Mahashivaratri today.
Today was marked with hectic activities in all Shiva temples of the country. I'd the occasion to
see the festivities and unprecedented crowds at the Vadakkunnathan kshetram in Thrissur town
and at the Mammiyur Shiva kshetram at Guruvayur. Despite the crowds, there was orderliness
at the places.
Tailpiece.
We set off for Thrissur, by 0900 hrs, in Shelji's cab. Ammu and Mithun were off to Kochi and we
had to see them off appropriately. Got an iPhone after much thought furiously egged on by Lekha; Ammu and Mithun helped me with the initial paces. They left in a KSRTC bus, soon after lunch. Suma kunjamma had fetched up by 1900 hrs. Had driven her to the Mammiyur Shiva kshetram around a half past 8; Lekha had gone there earlier in the evening, around sunset time.
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