“I have been hiding. I have called it waiting so far. But waiting is really hiding. Some days I worry that I will die in hiding. That I will go, not even having lived the glorious richness of an ordinary life filled with routines.” WomenLife And LivingWomen S FictionSimple LivingSimple Pleasures Book:What We Know About Her Source: What We Know About Her
“Everyone in the city remembers the day the floodwater drained out, differently. Some were relieved, some were still in shock, some continued to look for loved ones, while others came home to devastation. But for almost all of us it was heartbreak. The city wore its defeat for days and nights on end. For a week after the floods, on the footpaths outside most homes were stinking piles of mattresses, pillows, quilts, cushions, straw mats, bedsheets and swollen rotting wood and food grains, and cars left open, even as the sun came down hard on us, making a mockery of it all.” Climate ChangeClimate CrisisDisastersSouth AsiaDisaster PreparednessFloods Book:Rivers Remember: The Shocking Truth of a Manmade Flood Source: Rivers Remember: The Shocking Truth of a Manmade Flood