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THE GREATEST THREAT TO OUR PLANET IS THE BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE ELSE WILL SAVE IT"-ROBERT SWAN.
The moment they had landed on the planet,they knew that they had been duped.They had been promised lush green landscape,calm lake nestled in the cloister quiet gully where the mountain's reflection was painted,zen still atmosphere,where a legion of flies droned over the deep stomach of the unpolluted pond.But to their dismay their time machine stopped working and they were confined to 2015 on Earth-God’s spellbinding creation.The inhabitants of their
neighbouring planet, who had been able to get a peek at it,described a huge sapphire ball,shining blindingly,one
of its kind habitat which was inhabited by creatures called humans.”oh!This is
21st century on Earth but we wanted to go five hundred years back”,”we have
successfully landed on this planet”,the sound came out in a nasal tone
.Although it was still blue ,that colour hid all the waste that lay at the
bottom of the oceans.The green landscape disappeared and the air was anything
but sweet.The little green men,or spiny insectoids were welcomed by the green
saplings that crumbled under their feet.The smell of the forest was pulpy and
the beauty of the forest comforted their hearts.Thus they took the leaf-carpeted
path to explore the planet.When they walked out of the shady glades bidding the
majesty of trees;they said that earth had indeed been heaven;but the earthlings
said that it was the man’s greed which led to the present situation of the
earth.
When they moved to urban
settlements,they realised something was really wrong.The aliens who were used
to harsh climatic conditions were left gasping for their breathe in the polluted
unserene atmosphere.They questioned who had stripped the earth bare of her
natural resourses,drained her rivers,razes her mountains,eliminated the natural
creatures which had roamed free in her forest!
“Only when the last tree has been felled, The last fish eaten,the
last fruit consumed,then shall you realize that money can’t buy everything.The
reports which the extraterrestrial beings had heard about the greed and selfish
interests of man was proving to be shockingly true. The plentitude of cars and
air-conditioners which left the air bereft of all natural elements and filled
with poisenous gas or the rentless deforestation inorder to aid increased
urbanisation was vividly present as they beheld the planet in front of their
eyes.It leaves them increasingly disillusioned and they depart hoping to return
at some better time during future.
The degenerated times that we have fallen into is the result of
our own lack of responsibility and awareness. The earth is dying by inch. Man
is just one of the millions of life forms existing on earth, albeit a very
intelligent one .But this does not entitle him to interfere in nature’s law of
ecological balance. A brief survey of pollution if done that will clearly show
that man himself is responsible for his
doom. His insatiable greed and laxity are responsible for bringing things to such
a pass. A development which bases itself on man’s harmony with nature is aptly
called sustainable development .As man began to broaden the horizon of his
knowledge,his greed sharpened and his destructive instincts began to take
over.He used creatures weaker than he was for his tests in laboratories.as he
moved from cultivation to industrialisation,his greed showed no signs of
abating.He dug out coal from the bossom of the mother world and polluted her
air.His race increased and spread out on more and yet more land,pushing the
creatures to brink of extinction.Man is ruthlessly using the present resources
jeopardizing the resources for future generation.We are always into thinking
that someone else will save it.who is this “someone”?Hulk?Ironman?Or Captain
Americe?These fictional characters are kept confined to our imaginations
only.In reality we have to help ourselves.The time has come where”Hercules will
not help unless you make some effort to help yourself”.
We are unable to protest when some teenager or adult carelessly
flings waste on the road without waiting to come across a basket,because at
some point we have commited to same crimes against nature and preservation .Every
time a politician is on the stage giving his speech he thinks and pats his back
with delight,”I gave a nice speech,hope
this would fetch me more votes”.IF GOLD RUSTS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO
LEAD?The corruption has to be eradicated from core.Romantic poets like Keats
,Shelley,Wordsworth must have wasted their time
writing about the enigmatic and enchanted beauty of nature;which no more
exists.We should act as single machine and perform all duties without pointing
at others.The end is very near.When man finally began to use the”power of
atom”to destroy millions of his kind,leaving large areas of land barren for
barren for generations to come,he finally bagan to realize the enormity of what
he had done.
“Gosh!we are back to
2230,lets se what is there”.
The aliens were back to 2230 year.Man seemed bent upon hurtling
towards his own destruction.His rage now turned against his own kind.Not that
dawn would particularly brighten up the city-it is almost dark now a days.The sky alternated between
shades of dirty brown,grey and black.It synchronizes with the barrenness of the
of the land and lifeless waters.They were silent.In their dreams they heard a
bird singing,they saw a world filled with dazzling colours.They sank deeper and
deeper to the oblivion.Then came a sound of thunder. A deep fissure came on the
ground tearing the building down.The earth rose upwards and swallowed up the
sky.
Nature’s revenge has just begun.
on Earth-God’s spellbinding creation.The inhabitants of their
neighbouring planet, who had been able to get a peek at it,described a huge sapphire ball,shining blindingly,one
of its kind habitat which was inhabited by creatures called humans.”oh!This is
21st century on Earth but we wanted to go five hundred years back”,”we have
successfully landed on this planet”,the sound came out in a nasal tone
.Although it was still blue ,that colour hid all the waste that lay at the
bottom of the oceans.The green landscape disappeared and the air was anything
but sweet.The little green men,or spiny insectoids were welcomed by the green
saplings that crumbled under their feet.The smell of the forest was pulpy and
the beauty of the forest comforted their hearts.Thus they took the leaf-carpeted
path to explore the planet.When they walked out of the shady glades bidding the
majesty of trees;they said that earth had indeed been heaven;but the earthlings
said that it was the man’s greed which led to the present situation of the
earth.
When they moved to urban
settlements,they realised something was really wrong.The aliens who were used
to harsh climatic conditions were left gasping for their breathe in the polluted
unserene atmosphere.They questioned who had stripped the earth bare of her
natural resourses,drained her rivers,razes her mountains,eliminated the natural
creatures which had roamed free in her forest!
“Only when the last tree has been felled, The last fish eaten,the
last fruit consumed,then shall you realize that money can’t buy everything.The
reports which the extraterrestrial beings had heard about the greed and selfish
interests of man was proving to be shockingly true. The plentitude of cars and
air-conditioners which left the air bereft of all natural elements and filled
with poisenous gas or the rentless deforestation inorder to aid increased
urbanisation was vividly present as they beheld the planet in front of their
eyes.It leaves them increasingly disillusioned and they depart hoping to return
at some better time during future.
The degenerated times that we have fallen into is the result of
our own lack of responsibility and awareness. The earth is dying by inch. Man
is just one of the millions of life forms existing on earth, albeit a very
intelligent one .But this does not entitle him to interfere in nature’s law of
ecological balance. A brief survey of pollution if done that will clearly show
that man himself is responsible for his
doom. His insatiable greed and laxity are responsible for bringing things to such
a pass. A development which bases itself on man’s harmony with nature is aptly
called sustainable development .As man began to broaden the horizon of his
knowledge,his greed sharpened and his destructive instincts began to take
over.He used creatures weaker than he was for his tests in laboratories.as he
moved from cultivation to industrialisation,his greed showed no signs of
abating.He dug out coal from the bossom of the mother world and polluted her
air.His race increased and spread out on more and yet more land,pushing the
creatures to brink of extinction.Man is ruthlessly using the present resources
jeopardizing the resources for future generation.We are always into thinking
that someone else will save it.who is this “someone”?Hulk?Ironman?Or Captain
Americe?These fictional characters are kept confined to our imaginations
only.In reality we have to help ourselves.The time has come where”Hercules will
not help unless you make some effort to help yourself”.
We are unable to protest when some teenager or adult carelessly
flings waste on the road without waiting to come across a basket,because at
some point we have commited to same crimes against nature and preservation .Every
time a politician is on the stage giving his speech he thinks and pats his back
with delight,”I gave a nice speech,hope
this would fetch me more votes”.IF GOLD RUSTS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO
LEAD?The corruption has to be eradicated from core.Romantic poets like Keats
,Shelley,Wordsworth must have wasted their time
writing about the enigmatic and enchanted beauty of nature;which no more
exists.We should act as single machine and perform all duties without pointing
at others.The end is very near.When man finally began to use the”power of
atom”to destroy millions of his kind,leaving large areas of land barren for
barren for generations to come,he finally bagan to realize the enormity of what
he had done.
“Gosh!we are back to
2230,lets se what is there”.
The aliens were back to 2230 year.Man seemed bent upon hurtling
towards his own destruction.His rage now turned against his own kind.Not that
dawn would particularly brighten up the city-it is almost dark now a days.The sky alternated between
shades of dirty brown,grey and black.It synchronizes with the barrenness of the
of the land and lifeless waters.They were silent.In their dreams they heard a
bird singing,they saw a world filled with dazzling colours.They sank deeper and
deeper to the oblivion.Then came a sound of thunder. A deep fissure came on the
ground tearing the building down.The earth rose upwards and swallowed up the
sky.
Nature’s revenge has just begun.
on Earth-God’s spellbinding creation.The inhabitants of their
neighbouring planet, who had been able to get a peek at it,described a huge sapphire ball,shining blindingly,one
of its kind habitat which was inhabited by creatures called humans.”oh!This is
21st century on Earth but we wanted to go five hundred years back”,”we have
successfully landed on this planet”,the sound came out in a nasal tone
.Although it was still blue ,that colour hid all the waste that lay at the
bottom of the oceans.The green landscape disappeared and the air was anything
but sweet.The little green men,or spiny insectoids were welcomed by the green
saplings that crumbled under their feet.The smell of the forest was pulpy and
the beauty of the forest comforted their hearts.Thus they took the leaf-carpeted
path to explore the planet.When they walked out of the shady glades bidding the
majesty of trees;they said that earth had indeed been heaven;but the earthlings
said that it was the man’s greed which led to the present situation of the
earth.
When they moved to urban
settlements,they realised something was really wrong.The aliens who were used
to harsh climatic conditions were left gasping for their breathe in the polluted
unserene atmosphere.They questioned who had stripped the earth bare of her
natural resourses,drained her rivers,razes her mountains,eliminated the natural
creatures which had roamed free in her forest!
“Only when the last tree has been felled, The last fish eaten,the
last fruit consumed,then shall you realize that money can’t buy everything.The
reports which the extraterrestrial beings had heard about the greed and selfish
interests of man was proving to be shockingly true. The plentitude of cars and
air-conditioners which left the air bereft of all natural elements and filled
with poisenous gas or the rentless deforestation inorder to aid increased
urbanisation was vividly present as they beheld the planet in front of their
eyes.It leaves them increasingly disillusioned and they depart hoping to return
at some better time during future.
The degenerated times that we have fallen into is the result of
our own lack of responsibility and awareness. The earth is dying by inch. Man
is just one of the millions of life forms existing on earth, albeit a very
intelligent one .But this does not entitle him to interfere in nature’s law of
ecological balance. A brief survey of pollution if done that will clearly show
that man himself is responsible for his
doom. His insatiable greed and laxity are responsible for bringing things to such
a pass. A development which bases itself on man’s harmony with nature is aptly
called sustainable development .As man began to broaden the horizon of his
knowledge,his greed sharpened and his destructive instincts began to take
over.He used creatures weaker than he was for his tests in laboratories.as he
moved from cultivation to industrialisation,his greed showed no signs of
abating.He dug out coal from the bossom of the mother world and polluted her
air.His race increased and spread out on more and yet more land,pushing the
creatures to brink of extinction.Man is ruthlessly using the present resources
jeopardizing the resources for future generation.We are always into thinking
that someone else will save it.who is this “someone”?Hulk?Ironman?Or Captain
Americe?These fictional characters are kept confined to our imaginations
only.In reality we have to help ourselves.The time has come where”Hercules will
not help unless you make some effort to help yourself”.
We are unable to protest when some teenager or adult carelessly
flings waste on the road without waiting to come across a basket,because at
some point we have commited to same crimes against nature and preservation .Every
time a politician is on the stage giving his speech he thinks and pats his back
with delight,”I gave a nice speech,hope
this would fetch me more votes”.IF GOLD RUSTS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO
LEAD?The corruption has to be eradicated from core.Romantic poets like Keats
,Shelley,Wordsworth must have wasted their time
writing about the enigmatic and enchanted beauty of nature;which no more
exists.We should act as single machine and perform all duties without pointing
at others.The end is very near.When man finally began to use the”power of
atom”to destroy millions of his kind,leaving large areas of land barren for
barren for generations to come,he finally bagan to realize the enormity of what
he had done.
“Gosh!we are back to
2230,lets se what is there”.
The aliens were back to 2230 year.Man seemed bent upon hurtling
towards his own destruction.His rage now turned against his own kind.Not that
dawn would particularly brighten up the city-it is almost dark now a days.The sky alternated between
shades of dirty brown,grey and black.It synchronizes with the barrenness of the
of the land and lifeless waters.They were silent.In their dreams they heard a
bird singing,they saw a world filled with dazzling colours.They sank deeper and
deeper to the oblivion.Then came a sound of thunder. A deep fissure came on the
ground tearing the building down.The earth rose upwards and swallowed up the
sky.
Nature’s revenge has just begun.
By kaushiki chakrabarty.
Mental health is such a topic that we consider hiding or not giving enough importance as we have been giving to our physical health.
