The monsoon flooding and the deluge that swollen rivers have devastated long traits of north India, killing many and flattening whole villages and towns, have stunned the country and left us to bemoan countless tragedies. Why is it that the Lord Almighty has visited these irreparable losses on ordinary people, most of whom are pious citizens with unwavering faith in a just and humane God as their protection? That these disasters have happened, without a hint that they are retributions for unknown causes may even occasion a questioning of the very existence of an omnipotent trans-human force intent on seeing our world as basically capable of improvement. Will these horrible tragedies boost atheism and adharma out of a profound erosion of faith in God’s providence? How is it that even shrines and pilgrim centres dedicated to God were not spared?