The Rain Gods must be so angry......

As an Indian I have grown up on a steady diet of how our neighbor to the West is funding terror and trying to destroy us by infiltrating Kashmir. The more  I read the history of the case, the more complicated it seems- as indeed are most matters of geopolitics. There are no black and white areas- just varying shades of grey- the perspective on which shifts depending on where one is located. So I do not know who was wrong in the first place, if indeed such a point in time can be fond. And right now I do not even think it matters 

Right now Pakistan is facing what the UN calls the greatest humanitarian crisis in its history, with over 20 million displaced and  thousands dead. With  wide swathes of land engulfed, the country faces imminent criss in the shape of deadly water-borne diseases that only grows worse as the days go by. And yet, it seems to be a largely forgotten place. Foreign aid is slow in coming, much slower than in other disasters. Everything seems to be blamed at this lack of response, right from a criminally corrupt government, to former aiding and abetting of terrorism  to even poor marketing of the crisis. 

Personally, I know that for a fortunate displacement in Geography this disaster, like any other humanitarian disaster, could have happened to me. And by the common humanity we share it does impact me. And every petty political excuse of not helping erodes my innate humaneness. I appeal to the few who read this blog( if any do) to help.

Here are a few places one can give aid and know it is money well spent.

Non-believers giving aid

 A list from the New York Times