Independence, For What?
Diwali just passed by but how many of you took the Supreme Court orders seriously? I bet many did not because for one, neither did I.
In Delhi, where I celebrated Diwali, I heard that orders were passed of bursting crackers only between a certain time limit of 6:30 pm to 9.30 pm. My family stepped out of the house and arranged a wide stock of crackers in a sequential manner but post bursting the 6th cracker, we had a huge lump of guilt in our throats. We packed the remaining crackers back, stashing them into the store room and settled in the living room with a pack of cards.
Though, cracker-bursting went on till 1 in the night after which I lost track as I fell asleep. Did the orders make any difference? Yes, they did, at least for my family and for some more like us. But I do not really understand why their have to be orders and actions to make us realize that we are following the wrong custom? Are we so foolish and uneducated that we can't even realize what is wrong and what is right? What is harmful and what is beneficial for us?
And is it only the crackers that cause this high level of pollution? What about other activities we humans perform that pollute our environment hence causing respiratory diseases?
What about the endless construction of buildings by destroying peaceful animal habitats and forests? What about the huge number of vehicles on the road, whose emitted gases pollute the Earth? The dumping of waste into the oceans and pits in soil? The use of coal as a fuel for electricity? The slaughtering of animals? The wastage of water?
10% to 15% Asthma patients of the entire world are solely present in India and it is visibly the slowest nation showing changes and revolutionizing its habits.
Instead of planting more trees, we are cutting them, for what? To build concrete offices, residential areas with grand clubs and swimming pools which will in turn lead to nothing but overpopulation and more pollution and more global warming.
Everything is inter-related but at the root, is the mindsets of the people. Once we realize, that the wrapper of chocolate that she threw will clog drains and choke animals, using more than two cars will emit double the amount of methane, carbon monoxide and other poisonous gases into the air which will cause problems to no one but the human, plant and animal lives; we shall stop exploiting our Mother Earth.
We got freedom and independence but what was its use when we cannot handle it. We got independence from foreign rule but not from the wrong mindsets and customs. I don't think such an independence will take our nation anywhere except towards decay.
In Delhi, where I celebrated Diwali, I heard that orders were passed of bursting crackers only between a certain time limit of 6:30 pm to 9.30 pm. My family stepped out of the house and arranged a wide stock of crackers in a sequential manner but post bursting the 6th cracker, we had a huge lump of guilt in our throats. We packed the remaining crackers back, stashing them into the store room and settled in the living room with a pack of cards.
Though, cracker-bursting went on till 1 in the night after which I lost track as I fell asleep. Did the orders make any difference? Yes, they did, at least for my family and for some more like us. But I do not really understand why their have to be orders and actions to make us realize that we are following the wrong custom? Are we so foolish and uneducated that we can't even realize what is wrong and what is right? What is harmful and what is beneficial for us?
And is it only the crackers that cause this high level of pollution? What about other activities we humans perform that pollute our environment hence causing respiratory diseases?
What about the endless construction of buildings by destroying peaceful animal habitats and forests? What about the huge number of vehicles on the road, whose emitted gases pollute the Earth? The dumping of waste into the oceans and pits in soil? The use of coal as a fuel for electricity? The slaughtering of animals? The wastage of water?
10% to 15% Asthma patients of the entire world are solely present in India and it is visibly the slowest nation showing changes and revolutionizing its habits.
Instead of planting more trees, we are cutting them, for what? To build concrete offices, residential areas with grand clubs and swimming pools which will in turn lead to nothing but overpopulation and more pollution and more global warming.
Everything is inter-related but at the root, is the mindsets of the people. Once we realize, that the wrapper of chocolate that she threw will clog drains and choke animals, using more than two cars will emit double the amount of methane, carbon monoxide and other poisonous gases into the air which will cause problems to no one but the human, plant and animal lives; we shall stop exploiting our Mother Earth.
We got freedom and independence but what was its use when we cannot handle it. We got independence from foreign rule but not from the wrong mindsets and customs. I don't think such an independence will take our nation anywhere except towards decay.
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