For the magnitude of the earth cake,the death toll is likely to rise amazingly & there is no wonder even if it be in lakhs as case of the worst that China suffered in 1976.With such scientific advancement,how China could not develop a precautionary machinery to get saved from the calamity?With all our progress in technology and science,some times,it looks that we are forced to believe that Malthusian theory of population does operate as is evident from the ruthless cut down of population by the nature.Though may look philosophical,India is luckily free from such major devastations except a couple of earth cakes in Maharashtra owing to our strong belief and implementation of well laid"Karmic principles" of not doing,not thinking bad of others.However,our close proximity to China geographically, leaves no room for complacency;we too need to remain on guard and keep our precautionary machinery in tact and alert.Typical of Indian mentality,we are in the habit of ignoring the warning signals of seismological authorities & crying over the milk spilt after every thing is over.Since the earth cake has also been felt in Thailand Vietnam and Pakistan,the need for India's too being ready with all rescue operations is all the more necessary.It is really pathetic that hundreds of students under one roof should have died tragically-no one- even our worst enemy should meet with such a heart rendering plight.Let us pray God to keep the loss of human loss to the barest minimum.
