Issac writes

Everything was going so normal in life, joys were there, sorrows were there, dreams were there, aspirations were there until people experienced tremors and found the earth beneath them shaking. All of a sudden there was panic and terror all around. All the plans made for a great future, all the investments done for a secure life seemed to go in waste as people realized how mortal they were, vulnerable every moment, for they never know when they will fall victim to the wrath of nature. Earthquake never discriminates between the rich and the poor, palace or a hut, it never matters both will be destroyed. The earthquake whose epicenter was in Nepal, its tremors were felt in several states of India. Even me who was sitting in his house in Bhopal felt the tremors. Some of my friends saw their sofa shaking, some saw their flower vase shaking. It was an experience no one would ever want to forget. It was as if a powerful cyclone went past me without touching me, without engulfing me...

Ayan was studying in class 5 in a convent school. As always, Ayan was getting ready to go to school, as always his mother had forced him to wake up and he always hated it as he never got enough sleep. But he loved it as he got to meet his friends every day, studies never interested him but the fact that he got to meet his friends, sit with them , play with them always excited him. It was so much fun. He got ready and stepped out of the house, bidding good bye to his mom, he started walking to the bus stop. The bus stop was quite near to his house, he had to cross the road in front of his house and walk  a mere 100 metres. His bus would come in around 5 minutes, till the time he left house and got into the bus, his mother would stand at the door step of their house watching him, once he got into the house, she would close the door and began her daily chores. Ayan was about to reach the bus stop when some stray dogs started following him, ayan  feared they may ...