Srinagar, Sept. 7 -- India is a country blessed with incredible natural diversity. The towering Himalayas, vast plains, fertile soil, networks of rivers, and long coastlines provide us with immense natural wealth. But along with this diversity comes the recurring devastation of natural disasters. Sometimes cloudbursts strike, sometimes sudden floods swallow entire villages. At times the earth trembles, while elsewhere mountains crack apart. Modern science and technology have given us the ability to forecast weather, to estimate rainfall and its intensity in advance-yet, every time, our preparedness proves incomplete. This has become our greatest weakness.The irony of disaster management in India is that we become active only after disaste...