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Voices from the Future | Anjali Ponni Rajkumar<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Chennai Floods<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 <\/strong>The Event: <\/strong>In 2015, the winter monsoon season brought torrential rains to Chennai, in southern India. Unprecedented floods followed, and some parts of the city of 6 million residents experienced floodwaters as high as 8 feet. About 130,000 people were evacuated to relief shelters, 347 people died, and 3,889 cattle perished in the floodwaters. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government warning came too late<\/strong> for many Chennai residents. The torrential monsoon rains \u2014 the heaviest recorded in more than a century \u2014 had overwhelmed the dam. Photographer and artist Anjali Ponni Rajkumar was at home with her family in the affluent Purusawalkam neighborhood when the rains came, but she left immediately to help other residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt took everybody by surprise,\u201d says the 42-year-old Rajkumar, who runs her grandfather\u2019s photo emporium and specializes in wedding photography. \u201cThe warning didn\u2019t prepare us by any means. First, officials didn\u2019t anticipate the extent of these rains and were forced to open the floodgates of some of the city\u2019s 30 waterways. One close to me overf-looded, and some of the poor residents along the riverbanks swam to safety. Slum dwellers don\u2019t live in houses, but in huts, so they couldn\u2019t seek safety anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some affluent areas in the city were affected, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere, people did much better because they sought safety on higher floors or on the rooftops on their houses, and rescue boats were able to pick them up, and they checked into hotels,\u201d Rajkumar says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally, she responded quickly by volunteering at the nearby Egmore Children\u2019s Hospital, delivering blankets and clean clothes to survivors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had to walk in some water,\u201d she says. \u201cThe hospital didn\u2019t flood, even though it was surrounded by floodwaters. I also picked up emergency supplies for the hospital that were delivered to other parts of the town. I volunteered at the hospital for about one week. In the meantime, the slum dwellers were evacuated to nearby colleges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But not everyone welcomed help, particularly the poorest survivors. \u201cThere was a lot of anger,\u201d Rajkumar says. \u201dMy friends brought pizzas for the dwellers and they said: \u2018What is this? We don\u2019t want any pizzas.\u2019 It got rowdy, and they threw the pizzas back to them. There was and still is a lot of resentment because of the division of the people into those who have and those who don\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Rajkumar, the reason for the divide is governmental corruption. \u201cThe government doesn\u2019t really look after our people,\u201d she says. \u201cThey allocate money to many things, but it doesn\u2019t get delivered. It\u2019s more about themselves: \u2018How can I fill my pockets?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rajkumar\u2019s return to Chennai in 2008, after earning a master\u2019s degree in biotechnology at the University of Pennsylvania, was eye opening and life changing. For the first time, Rajkumar saw the scale of inequality and poverty in her hometown and only a few miles from her house. In America, she was introduced to the idea of volunteering and to the spirit of caring for each other \u2014 she saw how Americans reached out and helped each other. The 2015 floods deepened that sense in her to further reach out, to do what she could for people and for abandoned dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDuring the floods I felt that, for the first time in my life, residents of Chennai really came together to help,\u201d Rajkumar says. \u201cIt didn\u2019t matter what walk of life you came from. Drinking water was sparse, so people delivered water for the survivors. Everybody did what they could.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A shortage of water is not only an issue during the floods: Rainy and drier seasons fluctuate almost yearly. Rajkumar\u2019s family is fortunate to be able to buy a truckload of water and store it in three water tanks at home. During water shortages, poor residents stand in line in the streets every day to buy one bucket of clean water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI first got involved with the children\u2019s hospital as a volunteer arts teacher for children with cancer,\u201d Rajkumar says. \u201cSoon, I found out that the hospital didn\u2019t have enough water for cooking or washing or cleaning. I organized a system so that an adequate amount of water is regularly delivered to the hospital. In general, our government does such a bad job storing water.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, the hurdles of everyday life are so pressing for many residents that changing weather patterns don\u2019t appear in regular conversation. \u201cOr they might, just after the floods,\u201d says Rajkumar. \u201cBut after six months, everybody goes back to their own worlds. I don\u2019t think even schools educate kids enough on environmental issues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rajkumar teaches her own her 5-year old son to recycle. \u201cIf we throw plastics away, the cows eat them,\u201d she tells her son.  As for India\u2019s future, Rajkumar sees great promise. \u201cIndia has plenty of smart people and resources. We could be a very self-sufficient nation and grow in so many fields, if people in the government would just allow it. Even the floods could have been managed, if the government didn\u2019t screw up. So far, I do what I can to help residents and animals of the city. I feel I can contribute in my own way. That\u2019s my future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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