3D Picture Discussion

This picture should be depicting a scene in India, judging from the dark skin colour of the four women in the picture and their traditional Indian clothing, Sari. In the picture, these four women seem to be close to each other, thus perhaps they are a family or are neighbours as they are seated close together and do not look like strangers to each other. The group of women is crying their hearts out and they seem devastated. All four of them look exceptionally heartbroken, with their sorrowful looking eyes and their mouths in the shape of crying.

From the depressing look on their faces, I can deduce that perhaps a natural disaster of flood or tsunami has just occurred not long ago. The background of the picture shows bits and pieces of shattered bricks, which is probably a result of the flood and the reason for causing the women to weep sorrowfully as their precious homeland has been destroyed by the flood. Furthermore, it could be supported by my geographical knowledge that a flood has taken place as India’s geographical location causes it to be prone to flooding and tsunamis. It should also be the enormous power of the water that has caused the collapse of their houses.

Upon seeing this sight, I feel pitiful and sympathize for them but at the same time, I also feel fortunate for myself. I sympathize and pity with them for having lost their homes and perhaps, even their family members, as the picture does not seem to show the presence of their family members. This brings me to think how fortunate I am to be living in Singapore, located at a good geographical position that is being shielded by neighbouring countries and thus have minimum or even no possibility of occurrence of natural disaster.

The picture had given me an obligation to help the victims of natural disasters, to do my part in whenever and whatever is possible. Also, this picture reminds me of the more recent natural disaster that has taken place in China, Sichuan province where strong earthquakes had occurred. The video footages and photos of the victims have really proven that victims of natural disasters really require help and the same goes to the women in the picture.

Lastly, I think that after this scene medical help would be arriving soon to fetch them to temporarily shelters while reconstruction work would take place soon to restore the homes of the victims as fast as possible and I hope that they would be brave and aim to reconstruct their home to aid them in surviving their darkest period of life.