The Fallen Plumes and Other Stories

Our lives turn upside down when disaster strikes—be it a natural calamity like a tsunami, a cyclone or an earthquake, or a man made one like a terrorist attack. What saves us in a disaster is our survival instinct and our preparedness. This fact is beautifully demonstrated by the survivors in this collection. They are all ordinary individuals who came out strongly in the face of a calamity. Their tales may not be heroic yet they are heroes in their own right. And what about the animals and birds? How do they survive disastrous consequences? The story of the pain of a Monal bird speaks volumes of the danger the humans, too, pose to nature.

The book bears a warning: should we learn a lesson or should we allow nature to retaliate? The choice is ours.