1. THE CALM
Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been elevated.
2. THE DIGNITY
Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word or a crude gesture.
3. THE ABILITY
The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but didn’t fall.
4. THE GRACE
People bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get something.
5. THE ORDER
No looting in shops. No honking and no overtaking on the roads. Just understanding.
6. THE SACRIFICE
Fifty workers stayed back to pump sea water in the N-reactors. How will they ever be repaid?
7. THE TENDERNESS
Restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM is left alone. The strong cared for the weak.
8. THE TRAINING
The old and the children, everyone knew exactly what to do. And they did just that.
9. THE MEDIA
They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins. No silly reporters. Only calm reportage.
10. THE CONSCIENCE
When the power went off in a store, people put things back on the shelves and left quietly
THE WHOLE WORLD SHOULD LEARN FROM THEM
— Pooja Tripathi
From a facebook note by Pooja Tripathi.
Yes, that is what I noticed some time ago, very stoic behaviour, no blaming of God, they accepted it as the force of nature.
– Thinking of Home
– Wishes and cranes with love
– How to save people in Eastern Japan
– Thoughts and prayers for Japan
– Suffering
Tags: clamage, destruction, dignity, earhquake, Pooja Tripathi, tsunami
April 5, 2011 at 3:37 pm |
i was touched on reading this so shared it on my facebook wall
everyone of us should take a lesson from this
Its a natural tendency of people to loot,spread chaos even media in name of breaking news to create panic
Commendable on part of these sweet people
Kudos to them
Dr Pooja