The Hindu :Monday, December 26, 2005

Online edition of India's National Newspaper Monday, December 26, 2005

TSUNAMI A YEAR AFTER

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Renewal, repair, reconstruction
On the morning of December 26, 2004, a new word entered the vocabulary of most Indians. It was a word that would suggest that the sea had suddenly gone mad, that the ocean could no longer be trusted, that the water had cannibalised the land. ...

The anatomy of a disaster
The tsunami respected no boundaries and threw up complex issues relating to disaster management

Voices
People were screaming and kids were screaming all over the place, screaming "help, help". And after a few minutes you didn't hear the kids any more ... Petra Nemcova
Czech model
Thailand The sea and us are family. We may have disputes ...

TAMIL NADU
Altered coastlines, changed lives
From Colachel in the deep south to Chennai and beyond, Tamil Nadu bore the brunt

PONDICHERRY
Building for the future...
... though the mark of devastation is still visible

The challenges in Chennai
Relief for the affected has been beset with unforeseen problems

ANDHRA PRADESH
Life on the edge
Memories of the tsunami still haunt fishermen in the affected regions

KERALA
Still a long way to go
The job of providing houses for affected families remains incomplete

From Paderborn to Pudukuppam
How the tsunami united a German town with a Tamil Nadu village

COMMENT
Islands of hope
Resilience has helped the splendid Andaman and Nicobar islands to recover from the trauma

Tsunami defence
Basic life saving information disseminated in coastal areas is the key

Keeping memories alive
In some villages in Tamil Nadu, memorials rise faster than new homes

Voices
This is an unprecedented global catastrophe and it requires an unprecedented global response. Kofi Annan
U.N. Secretary General As the waves died down, mothers came to me holding their children who were frothing at the mouth, asking me to ...

Voices
I have been overwhelmed by the generous response of our people to efforts to raise funds for tsunami relief and rehabilitation. The flow of contributions to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund so far has been unprecedented. These funds have ...