. Nature’s calling From India..!!! By - Niyati Bhatt
“सुजऱ ां सुफऱ म् मऱयजशीतऱ म् शस्यश मऱ म् म तरम्।”
(Pure is the Water, Pure are the Fruits, Soothing is the clear winds, Dark fields waving to mother’s might, such is our mother Earth..!)
Independent India being the 7th largest country and most populous democracy of the world did ever stopped for a while from these increasingly stressful, hurrying, races of life and gave it a thought what exactly we have and what are we missing..??? When asked about India we all describe it as a vast country with all diversified cultures and customs, rich spices, festivals, different communities, different regions, politics, the great film industries, mega business clubs, varied geographies from snowy mountains in north to lush green plains at south, a 7,517km long coast line, etc..etc.. In all these pomp and shows we usually overlook the most essential yet neglected part of India i.e. our Nature, our Biodiversity, our Wildlife, our Natural Recourses, our Farms and our Villages, which are equally worthy of our attention and affection. In this changing modern India, are we still drinking and eating pure water and fruits? Are we really breathing that soothing clear winds all mentioned in our national song..??? No, No we aren’t. Why every third child born has some or the other deformities or in-born disease? Why we have alarming increase in rate of diabetes, cancer, T.B, Asthma patients? Why we need to import good quality fruits and veggies when we have quite more land space, natural and human resources than any other foreign countries whose grown food we eat. Why a doubt whether cleanliness will be maintained or not after some mega costing projects of cleaning our rivers and forest??? Yes we all have the answers deep down. We need to accept that we have grown so selfish through the years that for flourishing our factories, for getting better amenities, and for our recreation we never bothered even to check if we are intruding or harassing other beings or natural creations. Incidents of animals straying into residential localities are on rise in recent times. Man-animal conflict has become a common occurrence resulting high losses to wildlife and also to man. But why such cases happen, when we start destroying their habitats they will certainly enter ours in search of new homes. Illegal trades, poaching, deforestation, waste dumping in oceans and plains, enjoying the zoo and circus shows are no lesser the sin if compared to animals attacking us. “NATURE” has been here since four and a half billion years ago; 22,500 times longer than MAN. Nature doesn’t really need people but people definitely can’t survive even for a day without nature. Yes our past, present and FUTURE depends on it. When nature thrives we thrive when nature falters we falter, (Any need to mention about the fright of Hud-Hud and Nilofar disasters..!!). Being here for years Nature has not only feed but also have starved species greater than us. If it has the power of creating creatures it also has the power of making them extinct. It is India’s Nature, India’s Oceans, India’s Fields and Forests they all can take us or leave us. How we choose to live each day whether we regard or disregard Mother Nature doesn’t really matter one way or the other it’s just our actions which will determine OUR FATE not nature’s. It is Nature, it will go on and on it is prepared to evolve, are WE..??? What more is our Nature, our Biodiversity asking for?? Just our attention, affection, care and a bit of co-operation. Why do we hesitate in taking stands for ourselves? Why can’t every single individual be vigilant and careful enough to take care of his/her surroundings? Nature’s message is quite simple and clear: “we can’t keep exploiting it more now like we did for years. Clean sustainable energy is crucial and can’t wait now we need to listen to nature.” The nature and wildlife is not dying, it is being killed, and we are the killers. So better let’s decide are we going to stop exploiting and start conserving or we want our upcoming generations to wage wars on things like food, water and air..??
“And Our Choices Will Make Difference…”
“सुजऱ ां सुफऱ म् मऱयजशीतऱ म् शस्यश मऱ म् म तरम्।”
(Pure is the Water, Pure are the Fruits, Soothing is the clear winds, Dark fields waving to mother’s might, such is our mother Earth..!)
Independent India being the 7th largest country and most populous democracy of the world did ever stopped for a while from these increasingly stressful, hurrying, races of life and gave it a thought what exactly we have and what are we missing..??? When asked about India we all describe it as a vast country with all diversified cultures and customs, rich spices, festivals, different communities, different regions, politics, the great film industries, mega business clubs, varied geographies from snowy mountains in north to lush green plains at south, a 7,517km long coast line, etc..etc.. In all these pomp and shows we usually overlook the most essential yet neglected part of India i.e. our Nature, our Biodiversity, our Wildlife, our Natural Recourses, our Farms and our Villages, which are equally worthy of our attention and affection. In this changing modern India, are we still drinking and eating pure water and fruits? Are we really breathing that soothing clear winds all mentioned in our national song..??? No, No we aren’t. Why every third child born has some or the other deformities or in-born disease? Why we have alarming increase in rate of diabetes, cancer, T.B, Asthma patients? Why we need to import good quality fruits and veggies when we have quite more land space, natural and human resources than any other foreign countries whose grown food we eat. Why a doubt whether cleanliness will be maintained or not after some mega costing projects of cleaning our rivers and forest??? Yes we all have the answers deep down. We need to accept that we have grown so selfish through the years that for flourishing our factories, for getting better amenities, and for our recreation we never bothered even to check if we are intruding or harassing other beings or natural creations. Incidents of animals straying into residential localities are on rise in recent times. Man-animal conflict has become a common occurrence resulting high losses to wildlife and also to man. But why such cases happen, when we start destroying their habitats they will certainly enter ours in search of new homes. Illegal trades, poaching, deforestation, waste dumping in oceans and plains, enjoying the zoo and circus shows are no lesser the sin if compared to animals attacking us. “NATURE” has been here since four and a half billion years ago; 22,500 times longer than MAN. Nature doesn’t really need people but people definitely can’t survive even for a day without nature. Yes our past, present and FUTURE depends on it. When nature thrives we thrive when nature falters we falter, (Any need to mention about the fright of Hud-Hud and Nilofar disasters..!!). Being here for years Nature has not only feed but also have starved species greater than us. If it has the power of creating creatures it also has the power of making them extinct. It is India’s Nature, India’s Oceans, India’s Fields and Forests they all can take us or leave us. How we choose to live each day whether we regard or disregard Mother Nature doesn’t really matter one way or the other it’s just our actions which will determine OUR FATE not nature’s. It is Nature, it will go on and on it is prepared to evolve, are WE..??? What more is our Nature, our Biodiversity asking for?? Just our attention, affection, care and a bit of co-operation. Why do we hesitate in taking stands for ourselves? Why can’t every single individual be vigilant and careful enough to take care of his/her surroundings? Nature’s message is quite simple and clear: “we can’t keep exploiting it more now like we did for years. Clean sustainable energy is crucial and can’t wait now we need to listen to nature.” The nature and wildlife is not dying, it is being killed, and we are the killers. So better let’s decide are we going to stop exploiting and start conserving or we want our upcoming generations to wage wars on things like food, water and air..??
“And Our Choices Will Make Difference…”
