It was a quaint morning in the year 2001, as per usual it was our little family’s tradition to sit together for morning tea. This particular morning since it happened to be the 26
th of January we all sat watching the Republic Days parade. My parents sat on the sofa and I was comfortably seated on the floor, I suddenly felt as if they were shaking their legs vigorously, an ill mannered habit I was taught. Before I could ask them why they were doing that, everything began shaking, the decorative bells in our living room swayed and so did the walls. Scared and confused we all quickly rushed out of our homes. Only to realize that the rest of our society was outside on the road as well. One of the more graphic memories from the day was water gushing out of our society tank as it exploded during the earthquake and my very scared best friend running away from it. Nothing was the same after that, we realized the magnitude of what had happened. It was an earthquake and a massive one at that.
Soon calls were made to our near and dear ones to ensure their safety. It so turned out that ours was the only tenement that was still intact and people wanted to move out of their apartments and into our home. Before we knew it, we had family and friends of family pouring in with their belongings, space didn’t matter, the community had come together as one. The next few days were spent in fear, facing the aftershocks of the earthquake and being terrified of watching the new. Being a fairly young kid then, the only images that kept me up at night were images of fallen buildings and roads that split open. My home too was now damaged with cracks all over. For the first time I felt unsafe in my own home, it was a foreign feeling. My family’s feelings about the same were mutual, so we decided to renovate our home. As a kid I was curious about a lot of things, why use the things we were using, why this and not that. The one thing we were sure of was we wanted a strong home that could withstand another calamity, that’s where UltraTech Cement came in. Our assurance came from the excellent quality and reliability of the Cement. We wanted the best for our home and best is what we got. Aditya Birla products have been an integral part of my and my family’s lives. After the earth quake it got me a brand new home and with that, hope, safety and lots of joy. A family could not have asked for anything better after a calamity.