The intelligent tsunami…

I was talking to some fishermen on the Madras coast. They said that the authorities were making noises about moving this community way inland…obviously a location more in keeping with their livelihood. Anyhow, these guys said they were determined not to budge. The powers that be told them they were in imminent danger of a repeat tsunami so they should move. The fishermen asked me, “Will the tsunami hit just us and avoid the shiny new buildings coming up on the coast? We didn’t realise the tsunami was selective and so intelligent!”

One fisherman also quoted CRZ at me and said no construction can be done 500m from the high tide line so what about the University of Madras, eh? When asked who said there could be no construction, he looked at me pityingly and said, “Madam, there is a law”.