With this March 8, it has been a year. A year since an entire plane, Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, vanished into thin air. We are still no closer to knowing what happened to the plane and its 239 occupants. Search operations are on, but for the families of those on the flight, life continues to be in suspended animation.
K.S. Narendran was married to Chandrika Sharma, one of the five Indians on MH370, just months shy of 25 years when she disappeared with the flight. The last one year has been a rollercoaster of sorts for him, as he swung between making sense of what happened, trying to move on, and sometimes, being tripped up. “This year has been very uneven, ranging from listless to being totally seized with latest updates and developments, getting caught in the frenzy of sense making,” Mr. Narendran says, sitting in a bright-lit, airy room in their flat in Guindy. “We are exactly where we were on March 8. That is the most incredible aspect of this whole one year. No matter how much has been written, and claimed by way of analysis or estimates, the reality is we haven’t found a scrap of metal, or anything. That is truly astounding,” he says, but with a certain enviable equanimity.
“The fact that something like this could happen and we have no clue leaves you wondering if this is ever possible. Is it true that some people are in the know, but for whatever reason, have kept quiet?” Mr. Narendran asks. “Do we see individuals, authorities, governments being candid , telling us the truth, Has there been sufficient transparency?”
08/05/15 Ramya Kannan/The Hindu
K.S. Narendran was married to Chandrika Sharma, one of the five Indians on MH370, just months shy of 25 years when she disappeared with the flight. The last one year has been a rollercoaster of sorts for him, as he swung between making sense of what happened, trying to move on, and sometimes, being tripped up. “This year has been very uneven, ranging from listless to being totally seized with latest updates and developments, getting caught in the frenzy of sense making,” Mr. Narendran says, sitting in a bright-lit, airy room in their flat in Guindy. “We are exactly where we were on March 8. That is the most incredible aspect of this whole one year. No matter how much has been written, and claimed by way of analysis or estimates, the reality is we haven’t found a scrap of metal, or anything. That is truly astounding,” he says, but with a certain enviable equanimity.
“The fact that something like this could happen and we have no clue leaves you wondering if this is ever possible. Is it true that some people are in the know, but for whatever reason, have kept quiet?” Mr. Narendran asks. “Do we see individuals, authorities, governments being candid , telling us the truth, Has there been sufficient transparency?”
08/05/15 Ramya Kannan/The Hindu
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