from such a calamity or in other words abide by the laws of Nature. The paradigm is universal than focal. In my hypothetical geo-economic global thriller Pursuit written in 2012, I echo this truth through the words of a blind Buddhist monk Panchet Dzongpa “Nature has its own course. So does history. Energy balance of earth is in dynamic equilibrium. Whenever it goes topsy-turvy Nature plays its role. The global resources are limited. Demands are steeply rising. To maintain the equilibrium, either resources need increase or demands curbed. No way natural resources could be escalated. To bring equilibrium the demands have to be curbed. Several ways by which this could happen. Natural disaster, war or earthquake. Death is inevitable to maintain the equilibrium” A harsh truth often ignored. History highlights its varied forms of manifestation. Natural disaster is a major adverse event due to earth’s natural process. It could cause loss of life or damage property, and usually leaves some economic damage, its severity depending on the affected population's resilience with the available infrastructure. These could be geological disasters as avalanches, landslides, earthquakes, sinkholes or volcanic eruptions. Or hydrological ones as floods, tsunamis or limnic eruptions. Often it presents as meteorological ones as cyclonic storms, blizzards, hailstorms, ice storms, cold or heat waves, droughts, thunderstorms or tornadoes. Sometimes as wildfires and space disasters. History has seen a series of the worst disasters as Antioch earthquake of the Byzantine Empire (Turkey)(526), Haiphong Typhoon in Vietnam (1881), Bhola Cyclone in East Pakistan (Bangladesh) (1970), Haiti earthquake (2010), Shaanxi earthquake (1556), Typhoon Nina, China floods (1931), Yellow River flood (1887), Tangshan earthquake (1976), Haiyuan earthquake (1920), Great Chinese famine (1958 to 1961) the latter ones in China. These were few of the deadliest natural disasters. Humans lodged wars not for survival, but their intrinsic greed for power, control, supremacy or economic gains. Numerous wars causing loss of lives were fought from the ancient, medieval to modern times. To name a few French Wars of Religion (1562-1598), Thirty Years of War (1618 to 1648), War of Spanish Succession (1701 to 1714), Napoleonic Wars (1803 to 1815), Taping Rebellion Upahaar 2020
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