Shaurab Lohani

There was a lot of crying and agony for the people whose family members survived and there was the same for the ones who lost their beloved ones. I and my mother as well for the entire sleepless night of aftershocks held hands and tried staying strong by providing each other motivation. The power was out so it wa dark and we could hear the entire communities phones and mobiles on the high. Me and my mom and along with the entire community of at least 500 household spent the first day under the tents tarpaulins, under the open sky. It was one chaotic night and we could hear a huge noise under the ground, people chanting prayers, children crying, during and after every aftershocks. The night passed by with eyes wide open. Early in the morning the first thing that I did was sent my mom to my closest relative; my father's elder sister. I told my mom I am going to be in the community to assess the damage but I and Sabin; one of my friend had already made the plans for the day. The ...

Well I survived the earthquake of the century that hit Nepal on 25th of April, 2015! Its been a while since I have written anything and as I never had an edge in writing articles, I have a strong belief that I have lost whatever I had as a writer. It was 11:00am on a gloomy Saturday morning; amazing and unfamiliar day for a Spring season. We were at Tripureshwor in kathmandu School of Speaking, a platform for public speakers. The session started at 11:30 and we were done by impromptu session and were conducting members session. Nibedita Shrestha, a young lady and an employee of FNCCI. At that time I hadnt looked at the clock exactly but it was vaguely around 12 and I had just come back from the restroom when everything started moving and everyone started running. We all screamed "Earthquake" on our way out and tried to run but that was the only thing we could do! I remember being said when earthquake hits do not run but I believe me along with my friends senses were clog...