JAPAN vs Garib Nagar

What???? Hell no!
Are you out of sanity?? You've gotta be kidding!
Is this a charity match??? It's preposterous!
If you're trying to light of the moment then it's completely inhumane!! You better not.
These are some of the initial reactions possible when the reader (if someone is reading i.e.) glances at the title.
Japan; well whatever is left of it, can be assumed to have reached the abyss of calamity, about to surpass in magnitude the destruction which ended the IIWW. Earthquake, tsunami, radioactivity have created a concoction powerful enough to wipe out everything that once signified Japan's super economy. The world is pouring in tears and relief for this once upon a giant of the east.
Over to Garib Nagar; located in Bandra in aamchi mumbai in our typical India, it stands true to its name. A colony of slums and shanties habituated by the poor, it was razed down by fire and in a night, the area near the railway tracks was reduced to ashes. People lost whatever they had, on whatever they lived. The people were without shelter, without their belongings, without opportunities; but one thing had remained intact overnight-hope.
But where's the comparison? The former has witnessed losses of both human and property of astronomical figures and their woes seem far from ending. The latter is just a dust spot in front of it.
Well, this is not about comparing, it's their similarities. For the people of Garig Nagar, losing and gaining is a daily process, building from scratch is their routine. For Japan, they haven't lost giving up on hope; they showed the world how a nation is build once ruined once, they'll surely do it again. The link can be sought from Joseph Schumpeter. "Creative destruction" as a tool of innovation was used to describe the process of radical innovation leading to transformation in the economy. Sounds good to read but "destruction" yes; "creative"???? In Schumpeter's view, this term implied long-term economic growth owing to certain actions of entrepreneurs. Now that cannot be applied in this context literally, what one can witness is revival and redevelopment. Japan had reached its point of saturation and stagnation; national output had declined and nothing seemed to work. This disaster, once over, will launch the nation on growth trajectory. Its share in world economy will increase. As for Garib Nagar, reconstruction is taking place with brick, iron and mortar replacing tin, nylon and wood. Conditions will improve for them to settle down.
How can one be sure of all this? Well it's all about hope, skip and jump!