Last week while we were getting into the studio- someone called up and asked if we felt the earthquake. the answer was no!. Not even a tremor. Having said that, we were driving in to the studio. The roads in Mumbai have been dug up so much – and the vehicle faces so many jolts that we really wouldn’t notice tiny tremors. They are a part of the course every single day. But, I digress. That day there was an earthquake. Parts of Mumbai did feel a tremor. There was no loss to life or limb.

Suddenly earthquakes have popped out of nowhere to become part of our lives. At the turn of the year of course was the massive underwater earthquake and accompanying Tsunami, that sent every one scurrying for cover. TV channels began tripping over each other to put out inane events in the hope of attracting eyeballs (the official cover for this was Tsunami relief). Every socialite and her sister made little contributions to Tsunami (oh! I cancelled my party – it would have been in such bad taste!), and of course the word Tsunami entered every day conversation.

But, I still digress. The interesting fall out of the Tsunami is not the behaviour of social butterflies or media barons. Rather it is its impact on India. The BBC reports that, we have shifted eastwards, closer to Indonesia. And this shift is anywhere between 15 mm and 5 meteres. I wonder if that would have a bearing on air fares!