As rains lashed Chennai on Tuesday evening, Sowmya Rao, a lawyer who currently resides in Delhi was speaking to her aunt in Chennai's Perungulathur which witnessed severe flooding.


"I was feeling frustrated as all my cousins are NRIs and I don't live in Chennai, only old people and family live in Chennai. The Twitter id @atlasdanced said that we should put out a spreadsheet of people who are willing to help. I told him that I was happy to help. So, I started with the Google spreadsheet," says Sowmya.


The initial spreadsheet had details of a few people offering shelter just for that night. However, lots of people started sharing it and many people got in touch to help. The details kept adding up all night.  Read more