I'd just like to publicly acknowledge gratitude for all the narrow escapes that we had from the fury of Thane.
I'd seen the effects of a far devastating cyclone in my home state of Odisha in 1999, and what a philosopher-cop told me then still rings true for me in our present circumstances: "In times of a disaster like this, one sees both the best in human nature and the worst in human nature."
I'd like to applaud all the countless instances where Aurovilians have shown through the acts, the best of human nature.
Happy 2012 all!