Living with the Plagues

摘要

Aseries of massive explosions rocked Mumbai, India,on March 12, 1993, killing at least 200 and injuringthousands. Shock, agony, anger, and fear spread from theclouds of smoke and debris. Then came corrosive anxi-ety—the hallmark of our age. Belief in fate and karma keptus going as we learned to live and cope with terrorism.Then, just as monsoon follows Indian summer, anothertragedy came. In September, an earthquake near Latur,Maharashtra, flattened villages, killed thousands, andspawned bubonic plague. We drowned our sorrows in fes-tivals, cricket matches, and movies, and we lived on