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Thu Feb 1 03:26:34 2001
Name:Sheikh Hafeezuddin
Email:hafee007@hotmail.com
Condolence Message:No words can heel the wounds and deaths suffered from the Earthquake.It is a major blot in the history of mankind while more than 100,000 people lost there life in less than a minute due to the worst ever natural disaster. At this juncture my heart goes to give my deep condolences to the people of Gujarat. Let all of us stand united atleast at this crucial juncture and render the best possible help that can bring back normalicy in the region. May allah bless us all. Amen.

Thu Feb 1 03:26:52 2001
Name:sridhar patnam
Email:patnamsr@hotmail.com
Condolence Message:all of you please please stop praying and all that non-sense. Do something about the corruption. No doubt money will come, but will only end up in big pockets. Find out what happened in Latur and Orrissa or anywhere else.

Thu Feb 1 03:34:19 2001
Name:Muruganandam
Email:Muruganandam2000@yahoo.com
Condolence Message:My deepest condolences for my fellow country men in Gujarat.But I am proud to be an Indian seeing how Indians thru out the country can rise to the occassion when the the country is in crisis.I salute every Individual who contibuted relief materials .Jai Hind

Thu Feb 1 03:40:37 2001
Name:Sheikh Hafeezuddin
Email:Hafee007@hotmail.com
Condolence Message:My dear Brothers and Sisters, At this juncture my heart goes to the people of Gujarat who have suffered major loss in life and property. Let all of us unite to help the people of Gujarat and get the life back to normal. I pray that the 10,000 souls who are dead in a matter of less than one minute due to the massive earthquake which the mankind can ever remeber so far rest in peace. Ameen.

Thu Feb 1 03:47:05 2001
Name:fizahawa
Email:fizahawa@yahoo.com
Condolence Message:may god help u my heartiest prayers &condolence with u.

Thu Feb 1 03:48:03 2001
Name:Rita Singha
Email:ritasingha@start.com.au
Condolence Message:Being born & brought up in Ahmedabad, I know that if anyone can fight back, it will be the Gujaratis. The silver line to the dark cloud here is undeniable feeling of solidarity & unity among us Indians.

Thu Feb 1 03:56:06 2001
Name:Vijay Bomma
Email:rmstranger@hotmail.com
Condolence Message:Friends, It's time for uniting, forgetting all the differances. If you want to build a Ram temple, here is an oppurtunity to build one for Ram, Please do help generously to rebuild Gujarat, to be a stronger place than it was. Show the world, how quickly we can rebound from such disasters, and how strong and united we are. I am sure Lord Ram would feel more glad, than he would be with a temple. May Lord Ram through YOU give all the strength and support to all those people who have lost there near and dear ones.

Thu Feb 1 03:56:14 2001
Name:ejaz
Email:ejazk@rediffmail.com
Condolence Message:This news has really shocked and shattered me ..but the only thing that comes to my mind is that the money which comes from the relief goes in the right hands ..as we all know why indian politicians are famous for ... deep condolenses to all the affected people ..... ejaz

Thu Feb 1 04:03:33 2001
Name:Vijay Iyer
Email:vijayriyer@hotmail.com
Condolence Message:While the effort in progress to help the vitims is commendable, I think its damn HIGH TIME that govts. decide and prepare a comprehensive disaster plan. Instead of being unco-ordinated and taking loans from World Bank which is to be re-paid at high interest it is better that govt. spends some amountof money building a 'rapid disaster relief' (RDR) system C'mon all ya bureaucrats, IAS officers, u would know your areas well. Pl. work it out

Thu Feb 1 04:27:09 2001
Name:Syed Basha
Email:syed_basha78@hotmail.com
Condolence Message:Let Allah give all the might to we indians to fight back this trauma. Lets give our 100% to get the victims back to the mainstream.God is with us.The whole Indian Commuity with us Jai Hind

Thu Feb 1 04:33:29 2001
Name:nimesh
Email:nimesh_r@yahoo.com
Condolence Message:20,000 people died in the quake and what are the issues!! 1.A minister in karnataka believe it's GOD's wrath against hindu's (for their crime against Christians). 2.A priest is not allowed to enter in hospital.(RSS wants hospital for hindu's) Why can't we be friends?Why can't we face this together? Why? I hope we will learn from our mistakes. Let the peace be on departed souls.

Thu Feb 1 04:35:44 2001
Name:Dinesh Ramasamy (On Behalf of Cornell University Underdgrads)
Email:dr77@cornell.edu
Condolence Message:I extend my heart felt condolences to all the families who have been shattered by this natural calamity. We are trying our best in our university to raise funds and other necessary things such as clothes, food, etc which we hope may help the victims and their families. To know as to what we are doing on a day to day basis you can visit http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/pan4 You can also donate funds at our website. Thank you! Dinesh Ramasamy

Thu Feb 1 05:16:53 2001
Name:Chanchal Chakraborty
Email:chanchi@hotmail.com
Condolence Message:I sincerely pray that those who have been devastated by this natural calamity, can get back to life. But those of us who are lucky to have escaped can do a lot. I am sorry to say this but reading all the reports from times of india, hindustan times and other news publication I ask every one to take personal initiative to see that whatever you give actually reaches. Personally after reading these, I will not give any fund to the agencies learning of their efficiency. But we here have formed a group who will collect money, and will personally send it to the pearent of one of our friend in Bombay, who will go to the area, and pick out, little orphan children, at leat 100, and either get them admitted to homes, or we will set up a trust to finance their education, and living. I think if each of us personally take a little bit of extra initiative rather than just casually write a check, we will reach far more and far better. In this time of distress all these people need a touch of healing, and that to tangible and personal. So I ask every one of you to go ahead and reach at least one family, and do your best to get them out. I personally will start with orphaned childrens. Hope there will be enough of us to bring up everyone. This way neither will we be trapped in loans, not will we hamper anybody else working. At the end of our life, at least we can say that whatever we did, we did at least one good job.

Thu Feb 1 06:21:52 2001
Name:SECRETARY GENERAL, THEN INDIA SANMARGA IKYA SANGAM, FIJI ISLANDS
Email:nknaidu@is.com.fj
Condolence Message:We, the south indians of Fiji Island are shocked and grieved to learn about the diaster caused by the earthquake in Gujerat and offer our heart condolence for loss of lives. We send our sympathies to members of the families affected. We are in great sorrow for you all. Our thoughts have been much with you over the last few days and we pray for Almighty's grace on all affected. N K Naidu Secretary General Then India Sanmarga Ikya Sangam, P O Box 784, Lautoka, Fiji Islands.

Thu Feb 1 06:40:29 2001
Name:rajeev vemulapalli
Email:rajeev_v@indya.com
Condolence Message:dear friend, I was deeply distributed when i heard about the distater in the holy state of Gujarat I plee to the country people who are in india and abroad to help the needy in the required time

Thu Feb 1 06:43:23 2001
Name:Drs.Thyagarajareddy&Vijayasree,A.P.
Email:mandyamvijaya@rediffmail.com
Condolence Message:Feb.1st. We are totally disturbed and have no words to express our heartfelt sympathies to our brothers and sisters affected by the disaster. Every Indian must come forward to donate whatever they can and it is not a difficult thing to rehabilitate the affected victims. At the same time care must be taken to see that the relief will reach the needy. Like our A.P. Govt all state Govts must come forward to help the needy. Let us wish them a speedy recovery.

Thu Feb 1 07:06:10 2001
Name:Venkata Reddy
Email:vrchirla@rediffmail.com
Condolence Message:Our people in gujarat need contributions not condolences..Let's contribute whatever it may be ,in rebuilding our nation.. Always proud to be an indian..

Thu Feb 1 07:18:01 2001
Name:P.Sivagnam
Email:sivagnam@telekom.com.my
Condolence Message:Let's pray for those who perished. Although we live far away from you all, we definitely feel the grief and sadness of losing the loved ones. But dont't ever lose hope, we, in Malaysia are doing our duties by contrbuting whatever we could.

Thu Feb 1 07:29:43 2001
Name:SMITALINA
Email:chin_smith@rediffmail.com
Condolence Message:My message though can't alleviate the misery ,sorrows & loss caused to my friends of Bhuj & other earthquake affected areas. Yet I feel this natural calamities as if destroyed our family with the same magnitude as the super cylone devastated our lives on 29th Oct.1999 at Bhubaneswar.During that period the condolence messages provide stamina to survive us. Hence I do Pray to Lord Jagannath He may ensure this short of massive destruction not to happen to the entire mankind.

Thu Feb 1 07:37:40 2001
Name:Gummadi Srinivasa rao
Email:gsrao50@hotmail.com
Condolence Message:My deep condolence to the bereaved families and this is the time every Indian should stand by everybody and should make ourself proud.As The Prime Minister said we should be prepared for additionl taxes in rebuilding the shelters for our beloved people of Gujarat.We need to work hard and improve the agriculture productivity and Dairy. May god bless us to pass these difficult times.

Thu Feb 1 07:43:33 2001
Name:Vikram A
Email:vikram.am@sweden.com
Condolence Message:I feel so sorry for the victims of the earthquake. I have never seen anything as terrible as this, it's very sad. I keep thinking of how horrifying it must be for the people of Gujarat.

Thu Feb 1 07:52:07 2001
Name:Phani Madhav
Email:madhav52@usa.net
Condolence Message:I think someone probably rediff.com itself will take time and compile an article for those brave men from Russia,Turkey,UK and Swiss who have come down with their equipment and canines and have untiringly worked to save lives which our agencies can ill afford! I salute them on my behalf...Thanks to you brave soldiers and my friendly rescuers from all those nations!

Thu Feb 1 07:57:36 2001
Name:ANBU LESSLEE RAJADOSS JEREMIAH
Email:spengalia@rediffmail.com
Condolence Message:WE WERE SHOCKED TO HEAR THE HUMAN LOSS.WE PRAY THAT GOD OF ALL COMFORT GIVE YOU PEACE AND COMFORT,AND RESTORE EVERYONE TO FACE THE LIFE AHEAD WITH COURAGE.WE SINCERELY PRAY AND UPHOLD EVERYONE IN OUR PRAYERS.anbu,NZ

Thu Feb 1 08:09:26 2001
Name:Sadan Kumar
Email:sadan@utac.com.sg
Condolence Message:Friends, Me and my family deeply touched by the suffering of our Gujarath people. Let us do something to help our fellow indians. Now ,you start collecting some donations from friends and colleagues from your company and send it to redcorss / prime minister relief fund or any other organizations - who are organizing these relief operations. From my company, I have collected S$3000 and target to make it 5K by tomorrow and we have decided to send it via redcross. You also can try to do the same.. Come on, let us join hands to support our people

Thu Feb 1 08:14:36 2001
Name:Holy Cross Sisters
Email:hccskyn@netkracker.com
Condolence Message:Our beloved brothers and sisters Gujarat, We your sisters are extremely pained to see and hear about this great tragdy that has come upon you. We are very much united in prayers for the departed souls and all the others who are grieving all over the place there. We are trying for ways and means to reach out to you...in few days of time In this hour of crisis and disaster we are with you....feel our presence. May God give you strength to bear your pain and loss

Thu Feb 1 08:17:36 2001
Name:L.Saranathan.
Email:sara_00@hotmail.com
Condolence Message:words donot flowout from my mouth as iam deeply pained to see such a disaster struck our mother land and our borthers and sisters have lost their kins and belongings. i pray the almighty to give all of them strength and courage as well as his mercy to enable them to come back to their normalcy. i request every indian borthers and siters and also the universe to stand united and rebuild their houses and make them comfortable as before.

Thu Feb 1 08:17:57 2001
Name:Dr Mujeeb
Email:mujeebmn@eth.net
Condolence Message:It is really saddening to see the pictures of the devastation that has stuck gujarat. I was shocked to hear the story of the school children . I hope god bless the survivors and the family of the deceased. Hope All Indians Unite and contribute generously to the surviours so that they atleast have food, water, medicines , shelther and warm clothing .

Thu Feb 1 08:18:07 2001
Name:Dr Mujeeb
Email:mujeebmn@eth.net
Condolence Message:It is really saddening to see the pictures of the devastation that has stuck gujarat. I was shocked to hear the story of the school children . I hope god bless the survivors and the family of the deceased. Hope All Indians Unite and contribute generously to the surviours so that they atleast have food, water, medicines , shelther and warm clothing .

Thu Feb 1 08:18:33 2001
Name:Deven Shah
Email:devenpshah@yahoo.com
Condolence Message:Sitting here thousands of miles away from the land I love and respect, I feel the shock of the loss which Gujarat has suffered. We students here in Canada have organised a massive fundraising effort. Let all of us in all our communities spread the word. HELP IS NEEDED AND NEEDED URGENTLY. Donate as much as possible.

Thu Feb 1 08:39:48 2001
Name:VARISH ALI GOA
Email:Varish28@goatelecom.com
Condolence Message: To all the people who have lost their family members, homes etc: We are with you with our heart is full of sympathy .And we pray to the god that may the soul of victims reside in peace.

Thu Feb 1 08:48:22 2001
Name:Indian(Please read it for God's sake)
Email:Jatt_sandhu_2000@yahoo.com
Condolence Message:An earthquake in India, thousands of people dead. I can't express my grief in words about this disaster. But we all know what is going on. we all know that the political leaders will act heartless once again and try to fill out their own pockets with the relief money. But we can do nothing about it because they have the power. Even before this disastrous and destructive earthquake occured, India is on verge of distruction. How sad is it to see poor and hungry people wandering in the streets. Lets forget the earthquake for a while. what about those homeless people living in filthy streets, eating from the trash cans. what about those children who don't have any mother or father but are born to die after suffering all the natural calamities. 50 years of independent, what is our achievement, we still millions of people who sleep every night without having a loaf of bread. We need a revolution, India need to do something to protect itself. A person stealing food was beaten to death in Gujrat. He was a poor and hungry guy so noone even bothered to read his story in the newspaper. Now lets think about Lalu Prasad Yadev, Jayalalitha, they have corrupted crores of ruppees and we all know that, why aren't they beaten to death. If corruption is removed from Indian politics a lot of problems can be solved. I agree that Gujrat earthquake is a disaster but unfortunately if the corruption, population, and unemployment problems are not solved, there will be worst disasters coming in India, the destruction of mankind

Thu Feb 1 08:49:53 2001
Name:PANKAJ MEHNDIRATTA
Email:pankaj_mehndiratta@usa.net
Condolence Message:My heart goes out to all those who are braving it out in the midst of the worst tragedy that has hit India in recent times. May the God give them courage to fight the tragedy and come out with flying colours. The entire India is with them in this hour of tragedy with their heart going out for their bretheren in Gujarat. Lets pledge ourselves to make Gujarat better than it was before the earthquake.JAIHIND

Thu Feb 1 08:55:28 2001
Name:Appa Rao Kattoju
Email:kattoju@mecheng.iisc.ernet.in
Condolence Message:It is very sad moment in the Indian history. We IISc students are contributing money from our monthly stipend in the form of medicins and cloths. Even though it is very very less amount, when compared with the actual properity loss occured, I hope this will bring some confidence in our Gujarat friends and show a way to other people of nation to help our friends. It is the moment where the Indians should get together and where the money should be spent in a proper way to reach the people of Gujarat

Thu Feb 1 08:55:54 2001
Name:ARK
Email:kattoju@yahoo.com
Condolence Message:It is very sad moment in the Indian history. We IISc students are contributing money from our monthly stipend in the form of medicins and cloths. Even though it is very very less amount, when compared with the actual properity loss occured, I hope this will bring some confidence in our Gujarat friends and show a way to other people of nation to help our friends. It is the moment where the Indians should get together and where the money should be spent in a proper way to reach the people of Gujarat

Thu Feb 1 09:05:28 2001
Name:KV Sai Chandrashekar
Email:sai.chandrashekar@247customer.com
Condolence Message:It is sad that it takes calamities of such magnitude to make us realise that we too as human beings have a responsibility to the world that we live in. Now that it is a crucial time for so many people who are in a dire need of help, lets go out and help them , in whatever small way we can . It's time that we reached out to our fellow human beings and tell them that they are not alone. It's time we became responsible citizens, for nothing else but for the sake of humanity. It's moments like these when the whole world stands united, the example of which we have been seeing from the world over contributions that are being made, and so its time for all of us too to contribute something, anything, whatever we can – just contribute. Come on guys. Humanity cries out to all of us for help, and we just cant shut our ears to it. Lets all please contribute in whichever way we can. In a situation like this, even a thought would count!

Thu Feb 1 09:06:57 2001
Name:arvind
Email:varvind@123india.com
Condolence Message: This earthquake which struck Gujrat reminds us that we cannot defy nature. so many people lost their lives,property,mental balance and physical balance too. it is huge loss to the nation and we indians are ready to face any danger which comes to our country. vande mataram

Thu Feb 1 09:23:18 2001
Name:K.K.Sivakumara
Email:kumara57@rediffmail.com
Condolence Message:It is a tragedy which no words can explain and no eyes can believe. We as citizens of India it is our responsibility to come to the aid and rescue of our Gujarat Btretherns at this critical time. I request all our co-citizens to donate generously to the cause and the uphill task that is ahead of us to rebuild the Gujarat. That will be the moral support for all the affected people of Bhuj, Anjar, Ahmedabad and other places. Let us turn these ghost cities into heaven of Modern India. May be we have to think of using different building materials for rebuilding,to minimise loss during the predicted future earth quake prone Indian Peninsula.

Thu Feb 1 09:25:30 2001
Name:bhuvesh goyal
Email:bhuveshgoyal@hotmail.com
Condolence Message:We pray to God that all affected families be given the strength to come out from this pain and loss. My Hearty condolences to all the People of Gujarat We all pray to God for them. "WE INDIANS HAVE PROVED IT IN THE PAST AND THERE IS TIME TO PROVE IT ONCE AGAIN THAT WE CAN MEET ANY CHALLENGE, WHAT IF THIS TIME WE HAVE TO FIGHT AGAINST NATURE" come let's join hands help out the brother and sisters who are in problem.

Thu Feb 1 09:29:48 2001
Name:bhuvesh goyal
Email:bhuveshgoyal@hotmail.com
Condolence Message:We pray to God that all affected families be given the strength to come out from this pain and loss. My Hearty condolences to all the People of Gujarat We all pray to God for them. "WE INDIANS HAVE PROVED IT IN THE PAST AND THERE IS TIME TO PROVE IT ONCE AGAIN THAT WE CAN MEET ANY CHALLENGE, WHAT IF THIS TIME WE HAVE TO FIGHT AGAINST NATURE" come let's join hands help out the brother and sisters who are in problem.

Thu Feb 1 09:46:41 2001
Name:Vikrant Dhoke
Email:vdhoke@hotmail.com
Condolence Message:SHOCKED THAT RESCUE IS CALLED OFF This morning i was shocked to hear that rescue operations have been called off. People can survive for upto 8-10 days without food and water. I remember having read a story in the READERS DIGEST about a mounteneer girl who was rescued thin after about 2 weeks or 4 weeks. Cannot remember exact but it was very long time. Therefore it is my plea to the GOVT - "PLEASE CONTINUE LOOKING FOR SURVIVORS". Also if the give real toll figures, people will contribute more the the relief fund. why does the govt give a very LOW figure than actuals ?

Thu Feb 1 09:48:22 2001
Name:Vijay Saxena
Email:vij90@hotmail.com
Condolence Message:I Vijay and all my my family members are deeply hurt by this tragic happening in Gujrat. No word is enough to condole this tragic moment. I would call upon all Indians in India and abroad to unite in this moment of deep sorrow and pray for the victims, survivors. May God give them courage.

Thu Feb 1 09:48:34 2001
Name:Roy S N
Email:snroy123@rediffmail.com
Condolence Message:May God give the courage to all the people who have suffered to come out of this situation and to re-establish themselves again !!

Thu Feb 1 09:57:25 2001
Name:sandhya
Email:snagee@hotmail.com
Condolence Message:i have no words to express my feelings. I just pray that all the help that is being sent reaches this people and does not disappear on the way. I wish someone could ensure that the funds reach the right people. The nature has inflicted terrible loss to this area, let mankind be kind and considerate and help the people at the right time. The relatives of an orphaned child can contact me as i am willing to shoulder the child's expenses for life

Thu Feb 1 09:59:54 2001
Name:sandhya
Email:snagee@hotmail.com
Condolence Message:i have no words to express my feelings. I just pray that all the help that is being sent reaches this people and does not disappear on the way. I wish someone could ensure that the funds reach the right people. The nature has inflicted terrible loss to this area, let mankind be kind and considerate and help the people at the right time. The relatives of an orphaned child can contact me as i am willing to shoulder the child's expenses for life

Thu Feb 1 10:03:47 2001
Name:Kamesh
Email:kamesh_nittala@rediffmail.com
Condolence Message:What a tragedy!! I feel helpless in this situation. What sort of a govn. do we have ? NO crisis management policy, no plans for tackling these sort of disasters but there is a sure plan to eat away into the relief being sent by all. The relief must be handed over to NGO's and not the govt officials.

Thu Feb 1 10:04:34 2001
Name:Juniel-Butler
Email:jubutler@cisco.com
Condolence Message:My sincere heartfelt sympathy extends to all those who are suffering pain of injury and loss of their loved ones. India will always be in my prayers. I visited there recently and felt the love of the Indian people. I hope to return someday and perhaps be able to help in some small way in the rebuilding Gujarat. For now, I hope that my donation will be of help. May all of our prayers around the world embrace Gujarat in love and peace, brotherhood and sisterhood united. And may the Spirit of the ALmighty express in each heart. I bid you peace

Thu Feb 1 10:23:31 2001
Name:-Puja n Samir
Email:skhosla@yahoo.com
Condolence Message:The Earthquake news is VERY VERY SAD! It is an indescribable grief-striken feeling!!:(( May God bless them all!!

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