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The cyclone disaster in Orissa on the east coast of India prompted a breast-beating editorial in the Times of India . "Just what is it about us that we feel so helpless before a natural disaster?"
The Sikhs reacted violently to persecution, and the Marathas spread to Orissa, after which, in the year 1739, Nadir Shah of Persia invaded and carried off the Peacock Throne (broken up after his assassination).
A few brilliant victories gained control of Orissa and other territories for Britain, but London decided all that energy would be best directed at Napoleon, and called Wellesley home.
The Times of India reported Monday from the eastern state of Orissa that receding waters after last week's cyclone disaster have revealed mounds of corpses in almost every village.
The paper said the India lobby complained that American aid to Orissa was "but a drop in the ocean" compared to the "astronomical" amounts it sent to Turkey following the earthquake there.