Ankurbaliyan
March 17th, 2011, 04:42 PM
Hello Everyone,
Most of us are aware of that Japan is going through one of the most critical situation so far starting with a major earth quake followed by tsumani and Nuclear radiation. I thought of sharing some of my experience and thoughts with you. I was working in my laboratory with one of the very sophisticated instrument called Transmission Electron Microscope. I loaded my sample into the TEM and was just about to sit on chair to start the gun valve. Immidetly my chair rolled with a strong jolt, though I was on 3rd floor, but with in a fraction of second I thought it is earthquake……I had also observe an earth quake just a two days before too, so I was very careful this time……I jumped and rushed to the basement and was looking the open space…..I saw that was the beginning of the disaster in Japan….No one came out even after a minute, because in Japan earth quake are very casual and in fact if there is any earthquake people don’t get distracted and keep doing their work…..But soon as it intensified people start coming out….They were laughing at me after looking my face…..may be that my face looks worried…but soon those people who were laughing at me. Their faces start looming with the worries of the family and friends. First jolt continued for around 3 and half minute, it was really horrified, buildings was shaking like a rubber stand, there were around 2-3 meter of deflection from the top. I was fascinated about the technology used by Japan from the beginning, but that day onward, I firmly start believing that it was really Japan which could sustain 9.0 magnitude and there was no destruction in major city like Tokyo…Had this been Delhi entire Delhi would have been collapsed…..Every one start going to work, but I didn’t moved an inch…and earthquake striked again and this time too was like the previous one…..After shocks were continue even after one hour….By this time an officer from student foreign affairs came searching me and instructed me what I have to do and warned not to go inside until stabilized …… I sat down in open ground for more than an hour….Then I came to the lab picked my laptop and came out in hasten…..I start observing and was amazed there was not even a single building which was damaged….very strange but that is true….I realized the consequences when I start watching the news….I called my sister and informed that I am fine and this is the current situation in Japan……and rest is history…..everyone is aware off……. I am more disturbed after five days of earth quake….most of the people are asking me to come back India…..But I ask a question to me ……Is it fair to go back India? My heart doesn’t allow me to do that…..people are calling from most of the part of the world to know How am I? I know people are worried that is the only reason that they are asking me to come back…… I have ask them what will happen if I come to India…and say the same situation is there by some means…..do I will ran away from India in that case? I am an engineer cum researcher but first of all I am human being ……..and being a human my heart and mind doesn’t allow me to go back India….. ….If I want, I can go back by paying a higher cost of a ticket which is not a matter of concern for me…..but there are so many people who suppose to go back India first…There are pregnant ladies and children…there are panic and ticket price has gone 30% higher….. If people like me will make hurry then what will happen to them…. I don’t know what has gone wrong with me or people who are suggesting me come back……. I would like to help to the people of Japan…..I would like to request the JL forum member to come forward and let start to help whatever we can… I have planned to donate half of my monthly salary for Japan relief………
Most of us are aware of that Japan is going through one of the most critical situation so far starting with a major earth quake followed by tsumani and Nuclear radiation. I thought of sharing some of my experience and thoughts with you. I was working in my laboratory with one of the very sophisticated instrument called Transmission Electron Microscope. I loaded my sample into the TEM and was just about to sit on chair to start the gun valve. Immidetly my chair rolled with a strong jolt, though I was on 3rd floor, but with in a fraction of second I thought it is earthquake……I had also observe an earth quake just a two days before too, so I was very careful this time……I jumped and rushed to the basement and was looking the open space…..I saw that was the beginning of the disaster in Japan….No one came out even after a minute, because in Japan earth quake are very casual and in fact if there is any earthquake people don’t get distracted and keep doing their work…..But soon as it intensified people start coming out….They were laughing at me after looking my face…..may be that my face looks worried…but soon those people who were laughing at me. Their faces start looming with the worries of the family and friends. First jolt continued for around 3 and half minute, it was really horrified, buildings was shaking like a rubber stand, there were around 2-3 meter of deflection from the top. I was fascinated about the technology used by Japan from the beginning, but that day onward, I firmly start believing that it was really Japan which could sustain 9.0 magnitude and there was no destruction in major city like Tokyo…Had this been Delhi entire Delhi would have been collapsed…..Every one start going to work, but I didn’t moved an inch…and earthquake striked again and this time too was like the previous one…..After shocks were continue even after one hour….By this time an officer from student foreign affairs came searching me and instructed me what I have to do and warned not to go inside until stabilized …… I sat down in open ground for more than an hour….Then I came to the lab picked my laptop and came out in hasten…..I start observing and was amazed there was not even a single building which was damaged….very strange but that is true….I realized the consequences when I start watching the news….I called my sister and informed that I am fine and this is the current situation in Japan……and rest is history…..everyone is aware off……. I am more disturbed after five days of earth quake….most of the people are asking me to come back India…..But I ask a question to me ……Is it fair to go back India? My heart doesn’t allow me to do that…..people are calling from most of the part of the world to know How am I? I know people are worried that is the only reason that they are asking me to come back…… I have ask them what will happen if I come to India…and say the same situation is there by some means…..do I will ran away from India in that case? I am an engineer cum researcher but first of all I am human being ……..and being a human my heart and mind doesn’t allow me to go back India….. ….If I want, I can go back by paying a higher cost of a ticket which is not a matter of concern for me…..but there are so many people who suppose to go back India first…There are pregnant ladies and children…there are panic and ticket price has gone 30% higher….. If people like me will make hurry then what will happen to them…. I don’t know what has gone wrong with me or people who are suggesting me come back……. I would like to help to the people of Japan…..I would like to request the JL forum member to come forward and let start to help whatever we can… I have planned to donate half of my monthly salary for Japan relief………