- The Calm - Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been elevated.
- The Dignity - Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word or a crude gesture.
- The Ability - The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but didn't fall.
- The Grace – People bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get something.
- The Order – No looting in shops. No honking and no overtaking on the roads. Just understanding.
- The Sacrifice – Fifty workers stayed back to pump sea water in the N-reactors. How will they ever be repaid?
- The Tenderness – Restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM is left alone. The strong cared for the weak.
- The Training – The old and the children, everyone knew exactly what to do. And they did just that.
- The Media – They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins. No silly reporters. Only calm reportage.
- The Conscience – When the power went off in a store, people put things back on the shelves and left quietly.
A great verse from Ramayana: आहार निद्रा भय मैथुनं च सामान्यमेतत् पशुभिर्नराणाम् । धर्मो हि तेषामधिको विशेष: धर्मेण हीनाः पशुभिः समानाः ॥ AhAra-nidrA-bhaya-maithunam cha samAnam_etat_pashubhir_narANAm | dharmo hi teShAm adhiko visheSho dharmeNa hInAH pashubhiH samAnAH|| Eating, Sleep, Fear and Sex ; these habits are common between human beings and animals. It is the Dharma which is the special quality of the human beings. Without the Dharma, they are similar to the animals. Rama is The Embodiment Of Dharma. Maaricha, while speaking to Ravana- (Aranya Kandam 37-13): रामो विग्रहवान् धर्मः साधुः सत्य पराक्रमः | राजा सर्वस्य लोकस्य देवानाम् इव वासवः || ३-३७-१३|| raamo vigrahavaan dharmaH saadhuH satya paraakramaH | raajaa sarvasya lokasya devaanaam iva vaasavaH || 3-37-13 "Rama is the embodiment of righteousness, he is an equable person with truthfulness as his valour, and as with Indra to all gods he is the king of entire world. [3-37-13] Anot...
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