Exactly a day after the massive tsunamis hit the coastal lines of nine states, it was the task of all to begin recovering from the major losses caused by this monsterous quake which had been corrected as 9.o in the richter scale.

Amazingly, the wave which started from Sumatra streched itself far west to the African continent hitting the east coast of Madagascar and Somalia. Casualties also began to report from Burma, Andaman and Nicobar islands. Amidst of all the havoc it was quite a relief to hear something cheering. It was a christmas reward for some prisoners to free themselves from the chains and bars as the waves brought down the prison walls in Matara, Sri Lanka and Jarkarta, Indonesia puttin them on a dash of survival and escape!

The entire Maldives, I think, for a moment disappeared from the planet Earth. Some islands may have completely disappeared, we don't know yet. But all the islands have been affected.

It doesn't come as a surprise that Indonesia recorded a tremendous loss. Mostly after getting through to the locations which were inaccessible during the early hours. Maldives was apparently inundated by floods disconnecting it from the communication lines.

As expected, the question was raised on the incosistency of the tsunami detection and warning procedures. The answer is obvious.

Unfortunately, we have no equipment here that can warn about tsunamis. The instruments are very expensive and we don't have money to buy them.

There's hardly anything that can be done about the December 26 disaster, except learning a lesson. A good one. As a result, India has come up with the initiative to establish a warning system with the help of Australia and Japan. Sounds good, but from what's been told it would take more than a year to get one up and running and for our luck we are to expect another tsunami in less than a year. I suggest we all hit the shores and wait for the next!