Time for a forwarded sher:

हैरतसे यू ना देखिये जर्राभी हुआ तो क्या हुआ
अपनी जगहपे जानेमन जर्राभी आफताब है

And now as more details emerge about the Mangalore plane crash, it makes one's heart bleed to read that DNA experts had to be called in to make sure that the dead bodies are handed over to the right families as multiple families claimed the same body in 2-3 instances. :-( I hope and pray that this all gets sorted out soon and the families achieve some sort of closure on this front at least.

Let's all pray for all those who lost their lives and for those who are left behind to bear this loss!

I don't have words to express what I felt when I opened up the newspaper yesterday. On one hand, there was this heart-wrenching news of the horrific plane crash at Mangalore airport. So many - including women and children - innocent lives lost in a matter of minutes. People traveling for marriage, people traveling for funeral, people coming for vacation - and all of them must be thinking about their loved ones when the plane touched the tarmac on the tabletop runway. So many of us must have got reminded that day that this life is truly so fragile. :-(

On the other hand, there were 2 news items that made one proud to be an Indian. The first news was about 16-year old Arjun Bajpayi who became the youngest one to scale Mount Everest - even for just a few hours (A 13-year old American has that distinction now!). And the second news was about Indian Navy's Dilip Donde completing 40,000 Km journey on the sea all by himself - the first Indian and second Asian to do so. :-)

Life truly is unpredictable!