Most of us have come across major calamities -- loss of valuables in a flood, sudden death of the bread winner or loss of job, for some reason or the other. Be that as that may be, the question is: how can be really get over major calamities?
Apart from saving enough for the rainy day, or trying to be as spiritual as possible, are there some other ways of coping with such calamities? Do the members of a particular society chip in with some sort of financial help in these matters? What is the experience of members in this regard? And what ideas or suggestions or strategies can we give to anyone caught up in such calamities?