Date : 21 December 2013
I'm writing in my diary after a hiatus of over one year. Today was a special day - First anniversary of the holocaust that had pushed mankind to the brink of an extinction.
Exactly an year back, the world was destroyed by a series of massive earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and volcanoes. There are hardly 2 million survivors in the world now. Days have shortened because of the shift in earth's axis caused by massive quakes. Earth has become highly unstable because of the strange geophysical activities.
United states has been engulfed by a thick blanket of snow. Half of the Europe has been submerged, Australian continent is no more. Bangalore is the new capital of India as most of the Northern India is covered by thick snow. Food supplies are diminishing and the communication infrastructure is breaking down rapidly. The reports of looting and killing have been increasing ever since the holocaust. The world seems to be in an utter mess. Weather has become unpredictable, it was snowing heavily in the morning, the temperature had dipped to minus 7 degrees celsius last night. In spite of all these, we had gathered near the City Rescue Centre in Bangalore today to mourn for the lost lives. As the prayers were being offered in the gathering, I saw Pari standing in a corner, eager to speak to me.
I had met Pari, who also is a survivor like me for the first time six months back in the self defence and martial arts classes organized by the survivors colony to resist the looters and dacoits. Her dad was an astrophysicist in the National Security Advisory Council and now leads a group of scientists in the survivor camp.
Upon spotting her in the gathering, I made my way to reach Pari and soon sensed that something was wrong. She told me that her father along with other scientists in the survivor camp have found out that an asteroid is fast approaching the earth and will be colliding with us in about six months from now. Due to depletion of the resources on the earth, it seems to be almost impossible to deflect the trajectory of asteroid. The only hope lies in colliding the bunch of remaining spacecrafts in the International Space Station with the asteroid to deflect its trajectory and it would mean loss of many more lives of astronauts in the Space Station. The news of asteroid collision has not been announced yet to the survivors as the situation could become worse because of the panic.
After the gathering, Pari and I took a stroll near the beach. Yes, there is a beach in Bangalore now and the sea-level is rising at an alarmingly high rate. As we walked, I saw her fragile hands trembling while she was tucking her hair locks behind the ears. I held her ice-cold hands and assured that I shall be with her and try to protect her no matter what happens. Meanwhile, she received a call from her dad saying that the message has been conveyed to the International Space Station to collide their spacecrafts with the approaching asteroid.
Future has become uncertain. The last thing we could do is to wish them success in their mission of changing the asteroid's trajectory. The sun while setting today seemed to be brighter and larger than usual. I saw the tears trickling down Pari's cheeks as I kissed her on forehead. We are not sure if it'll be a new beginning after the end or a an end after the new beginning. I pray to God to bestow us with hope, courage and optimism without which the mankind wouldn't have existed by now.
Time : 10.30pm
Temperature : -4 deg celcius
Location: Bangalore
I'm writing in my diary after a hiatus of over one year. Today was a special day - First anniversary of the holocaust that had pushed mankind to the brink of an extinction.
Exactly an year back, the world was destroyed by a series of massive earthquakes, tsunamis, floods and volcanoes. There are hardly 2 million survivors in the world now. Days have shortened because of the shift in earth's axis caused by massive quakes. Earth has become highly unstable because of the strange geophysical activities.
United states has been engulfed by a thick blanket of snow. Half of the Europe has been submerged, Australian continent is no more. Bangalore is the new capital of India as most of the Northern India is covered by thick snow. Food supplies are diminishing and the communication infrastructure is breaking down rapidly. The reports of looting and killing have been increasing ever since the holocaust. The world seems to be in an utter mess. Weather has become unpredictable, it was snowing heavily in the morning, the temperature had dipped to minus 7 degrees celsius last night. In spite of all these, we had gathered near the City Rescue Centre in Bangalore today to mourn for the lost lives. As the prayers were being offered in the gathering, I saw Pari standing in a corner, eager to speak to me.
I had met Pari, who also is a survivor like me for the first time six months back in the self defence and martial arts classes organized by the survivors colony to resist the looters and dacoits. Her dad was an astrophysicist in the National Security Advisory Council and now leads a group of scientists in the survivor camp.
Upon spotting her in the gathering, I made my way to reach Pari and soon sensed that something was wrong. She told me that her father along with other scientists in the survivor camp have found out that an asteroid is fast approaching the earth and will be colliding with us in about six months from now. Due to depletion of the resources on the earth, it seems to be almost impossible to deflect the trajectory of asteroid. The only hope lies in colliding the bunch of remaining spacecrafts in the International Space Station with the asteroid to deflect its trajectory and it would mean loss of many more lives of astronauts in the Space Station. The news of asteroid collision has not been announced yet to the survivors as the situation could become worse because of the panic.
After the gathering, Pari and I took a stroll near the beach. Yes, there is a beach in Bangalore now and the sea-level is rising at an alarmingly high rate. As we walked, I saw her fragile hands trembling while she was tucking her hair locks behind the ears. I held her ice-cold hands and assured that I shall be with her and try to protect her no matter what happens. Meanwhile, she received a call from her dad saying that the message has been conveyed to the International Space Station to collide their spacecrafts with the approaching asteroid.
Future has become uncertain. The last thing we could do is to wish them success in their mission of changing the asteroid's trajectory. The sun while setting today seemed to be brighter and larger than usual. I saw the tears trickling down Pari's cheeks as I kissed her on forehead. We are not sure if it'll be a new beginning after the end or a an end after the new beginning. I pray to God to bestow us with hope, courage and optimism without which the mankind wouldn't have existed by now.
Time : 10.30pm
Temperature : -4 deg celcius
Location: Bangalore
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