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The Andamans Story

Sir, — You deserve kudos for publishing the three-article series by Amitav Ghosh on the tsunami destruction in the Andaman and Nicobar islands. The agonising ordeal of the unnamed Director in search of his missing wife and daughter in the devastated town of Malacca cannot but move the reader to tears.

V. Natarajan,
Chennai

Sir, — The trauma of the Director is heartbreaking. It is in situations like this that we realise how helpless humans are.

Sreeja P.M.,
Kochi, Kerala

Sir, — Only The Hindu could have provided the treasure in the form of the three articles by Amitav Ghosh. Only a writer of his sensitivity could have given an account as moving.

Sharad Chandra,
Noida, U.P.

Sir, — It seems appropriate that the author of The Hungry Tide got to write the articles. The Indian experience vis-à-vis the relief and rehabilitation effort is pathetic. We could learn from countries such as Indonesia and Sri Lanka where the impact of the tsunami was worse.

R. Raghavan,
Chennai

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