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Tragedy triggers an avalanche of care, concern and chatter
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Photo: P.V. Sivakumar
Before the tragedy The section of Panjagutta flyover before the scaffolding gave way on Sunday night
“Where are you?”
You cannot spot love in this question. But when the question is asked by someone from Australia, Dubai or U.S. or Warangal or Vijayawada after a Saturday night boom or a Sunday night crash in Hyderabad, then it has meaning beyond the three words. It
shows a world that cares and is concerned.
If the August 25 bomb blast triggered a flurry of SMSes, call and burning chat lines, the 9/9 flyover crash in Panjagutta was a replay of the same emotions. If Prabalika received loads of SMSes and calls about her well being. She triggered an avalanche of calls to discover that her cousin was on the other side and heard the crash and boom of the scaffolding giving way.
The generation iPod may live with the motto: ‘life is random’ but in Hyderabad, struck by two quick blows of terror, it seems to be ‘death is random’. Or how else does one explain the death of Ankit Arora who flew down from Chandigarh and was being chauffeured to his office or the finger of death chasing and touching the family from Toli Chowki area as they drove from Lumbini Park to Gokul Chat on August 25.
But not everyone was serious about the tragedy, after his colleague called him about his well being, Warren Pereira wanted to know the way to TDS from Mehdipatnam without touching the Panjagutta area.
And when his father called him from Mumbai after some time he was in TDS.
“He asked me beta where are you, I said I’m all right. He asked me do you know what happened - and I said yes I know, and I’m all right. See, civilians are not scared,” he says.
To each his own but the twin tragedies showed that in the din and tumult of life, there is a breathing heart in Hyderabad.
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