Painter : Bapi Chitrakar
Transcript
This is a pata which depicts the deadly tsunami that hit on 26th December, 2004.
Countries like Thailand, Andaman, Sri Lanka sustained massive destruction.
Countless people lost their lives.. Many more lost their houses.
Normal life got completely disrupted.
We tried putting across the immeasurable agonies that this natural calamity brought forth, through our pata.
We went around places, showcasing this pata, hoping that this would help
people learn how to curb the immense damage when a disaster of this magnitude hits.
The ill-fated tsunami snatched away so many lives.
The ill-fated tsunami snatched away so many lives.
It hit the coasts of Thailand, Andaman, and Sri Lanka.
Why do my eyes well up with tears and my heart thump against my chest?
The ill-fated tsunami snatched away so many lives.
On the 26th of December, 2004, Andaman almost got submerged.
It also hit Thailand and Sri Lanka.
We have no count of how many people lost their lives.
The ill-fated tsunami snatched away so many lives.
The corpses of men and women, and animals keep floating all around.
How do we survive, oh Almighty! Please suggest us something.
The ill-fated tsunami snatched away so many lives.
So many people got killed.
How do we survive, oh Almighty! Please suggest us something.
The ill-fated tsunami snatched away so many lives.
All the journalists flocked together to those affected places and tried rescuing people.
They were determined to rescue them.
The ill-fated tsunami snatched away so many lives.
The army also reached the affected places and started rescuing people.
They had enough grit and determination in them, so as to be able to do so.
The ill-fated tsunami snatched away so many lives.
An eighty-year old man says that he has never witnessed
such an incident of unfathomable misery and pain.
The ill-fated tsunami snatched away so many lives.
The medical staffs also reached the areas and started their work.
They distributed both clothes and medicines.
The ill-fated tsunami snatched away so many lives.
Tsunami has hit the coasts of Thailand, Andaman and Sri. Lanka.
How do we survive, oh Almighty! Please suggest us something.
The ill-fated tsunami snatched away so many lives.
Are these instances of your power, oh goddess of water and goddess of land?
Tsunami has hit the coasts of Thailand and Sri Lanka.
The ill-fated tsunami snatched away so many lives.
The ill-fated tsunami snatched away so many lives.