Earthquake
- M. S. Mahadevan
- M. S. Mahadevan
The narrator of the story is Brij. He worked at tea shop. His village was Malthi. It was devastated by a terrible earthquake four years ago. By chance the narrator went to his Uncle's house to buy school books at Pauri. When the news was reached to him, it had taken 3 days to reach his village and he started to search for his family and then hearing no one is alive. But he couldn't find his sister Bhuli's body. A few minutes later while the soldiers removing the debris they saw a girl Bhuli was alive for hundred and sixteen hours into debris. They took her to the hospital. After that The narrator could not thanked to the officer. But whenever he saw a tired man who were resemblance of the officer, he offered him a free cup of tea.
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