Instead of sending a message, a missive to French electricity company Areva Chairman and Managing Director Anne Lauvergeon regarding the location of a nuclear power plant at Jaitpur in Maharashtra I send a message to the Chief Executive of a major Japanese nuclear power plant in Fukui prefecture, Japan resulting in a major nuclear mishap at the plant. Now, Areva and other French electricity companies meet 75 per cent of France's electricity needs. But, Areva which is the manufacturer of the European Pressurized Reactor(EPR) formerly called EPR I and II suffers from an obsolete core, core catcher and excessive and redundant safety features and because of the mix up of letters the technology which was meant for Jaitpur is shipped to the nuclear power plant plant at Fukui resulting in the nuclear mishap because of control rod ejection accident at high power resulting in spilling of radioactivity into the surrounding atmosphere. I am summoned to Japan for an explanation and I take a flight to Osaka which is near to Fukui. Now the radioactivity has spilled over into the neighboring Ibaraki prefecture and there are lot of casualties with radioactivity spreading fast with potentially dangerous consequences. I am caught in a maze of lawsuits but disregarding my personal welfare I try to arrange for humanitarian assistance. I arrange for Red Cross aid to the affected at the earliest. I also explain that its all due to a mix up of letters butt I don't rest content with that and bend backwards to make amends. Somewhat placated, the affected accept my offer of humanitarian aid on the double. For Hiroshima, Nagasaki affected Japan this is a double whammy and a real shocker which knocked the bottom out of the national psyche. To compound matters radioactivity is spreading fast into other prefectures. Here a note on Japanese prefectures to get a clearer idea on what is afoot. Japan has 47 prefectures, which are administrative divisions that rank below the national government. Established after the Meiji restoration in 1868, their borders often align with Edo period provinces. The prefectures are traditionally grouped into eight regions based on geography and history: Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku and Kyushu-Okinawa. Each region has its own dialect, customs and culture. Added to the nuclear disaster nowhere has the rise of nuclear armed China rankled nerves than in Japan. A Chinese nuclear strike would cripple the island country perhaps setting off tsunami warnings. Coming back to the present, radioactivity is spreading fast and casualties are on the rise. So far, 200 lives have been lost with scores affected by radioactivity. Like the United States Japan is somewhat of a Ponzi scheme. Nothing comes for free. You either have to buy it or go without it. So insurance may be somewhat non-existent. This only complicates matters. Because of the nuclear disaster at Fukui fires are ignited with numerous people with burn injuries. Radioactivity is spreading to distant prefectures like Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kinki, Chugoku and Shikoku. All this is reminiscent of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attack. Will generations continue to suffer?. We are determined to contain the damage and resolve that generations will not suffer. Ambulances take away people with burn injuries. Tsunami warnings are set off. As it is Japan falls on the ring of fire and is earthquake prone. Will earthquakes and tsunamis be set off as the tectonic plates under the Pacific Ocean shift and rearrange themselves. God forbid. Luckily, nothing of the sort happens. Slowly we tend to the injured and take away the dead. Slowly but surely sanity and order fall in place and soon it seems this catastrophe will firmly be a thing of the past as order returns. Personally also I extricate myself from the lawsuits filed on me one by one. And soon the nightmare is a thing of the past. The Japanese government also understands that all this is due to an unfortunate mix up of matters and a Japanese friend arranges for me a meeting with the Japanese PM Shigeru Ishiba. I explain my position to Mr.Ishiba and vindicate my stand and Mr.Ishiba understands this and what's more signs an executive order to install my bust at the cross section of two busy streets in Tokyo in recognition of my special services to Japan. I am a little surprised at the unexpected turn of events and board a flight to India and arrive at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose airport in Kolkata. But while I am known in Japan I remain relatively unknown in India. I take this in my stride and settle for a ordinary citizen's life in India. And soon it is daily routine for me amidst commuting to work and back. I reminisce at my celebrity status in Japan even while leading a ordinary citizen's life in India and decide that its something to ruminate over and chew on and chuckle inwardly.
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