At first, it was disbelief.
No, it could not have happened that way. But as the latest news kept pouring in, there was no denying the fact that all except one had perished in that horrific Air India plane crash.
Hoping against hope that there will be some news announcing more survivors. That somehow, the facts were still unclear. That, perhaps this was all just a horrible mistake.
But it wasn’t.
And now, we are left with grief. Just heavy grief. Our minds struggle to bring order to the chaos that has just hit us. In a world where technology is making progress by leaps and bounds, where did it go wrong on this particular day?
How do you comprehend something like this? The crushing weight of grief — you can barely breathe. These are the kinds of questions that don’t always have answers. They were there just moments ago — hugging you goodbye at the terminal, waving from behind the glass, promising to call once they landed. And what about those on the ground? What a freak accident that was!
And then… silence.
The news and social media are flooded with heartbreak. Stories of families who had just dropped off their children, their partners, their parents. Some barely made it back home before hearing the unthinkable. How do you even begin to process that?
Your mind replays the last conversation. Your heart negotiates with the many “what ifs.” These thoughts are not wrong. They are not irrational. They are grief’s first language — fragmented, disoriented, desperate for meaning and order.
We cannot “fix” grief.
With time, we find that grief begins to take a softer ache. We begin to remember with more love than pain. That transition takes its own time. In time, some find that grief begins to shift — not away, but within. It doesn’t disappear, but it softens. We carry it in new ways. We begin to remember with more love than ache.
Your grief is your own, and you have the right to move through it in a way that supports your healing.
You are not alone. You don’t have to carry it alone. You deserve support, understanding, and peace.
