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Sunday, February 1, 2009

Slow Death

 One often wonders as to how the world would have been without the industrial advancement. All advancements have lead to more complexities rather than helping to solve the problems. For us only it has become tough to cope up with these, then what about for the other life forms? With the large amount of deforestation taking place and with the increase in pollution and human population, animals and in general all species are dying a slow death, with life being eked away from them painfully and forcefully. It has become a thing of the past to worry about the after affects of some so called achievements (as in huge construction projects, converting villages to towns and then to cities, etc...). We humans have become so greedy (but foolish) that fame has become the ultimate goal, not stopping to think for one moment its consequences.
It does not mean that if other life forms had been given larger brains and more power, they would have followed the right path and made right decisions. However, being the so called supreme species makes us more responsible for our actions and more answerable to one and all. This is what initial education was based upon and needs to be continually stressed in current education, but unfortunately that is not the case.
Slowly voices are being raised at these atrocities being done day in and day out, but these are far too few and rare. As the saying goes, easier said than done, one should convert his own words into action which is the most difficult part. Only when this is done, will there be harmony in this world.
It perhaps now is too late to bring about such a drastic change in society but it should begin with small changes that we should bring about in our actions, which will lead to benefits later on. One should realize the importance of all species around us; this is when we will get true satisfaction.
Different countries have different rights but these are only for us human beings. Then what became of those basic unspoken rights that are required so as to uphold the balance in nature?? Without these, it can be said that our planet is dying a slow death.

5 comments:

pen-name said...

well! this is a good thing to start out with. People should be aware of the harm we are doing in trying to do good. we are not the sole species left here. There are many others whom we should take into consideration when doing things as without them this world will cease to exist. So..
heal the world, make it a better place for you and for me and the entire living race...

Prady said...

well... an amazin endeavour to make ppl realise the way our beloved earth s bein taken for granted.. the ordeals v have made her face... its time v as humans realise our responsibilities towards her:) nice blog :)hope for some more comin :)

Anonymous said...

Just remember its never too late...We are in a phase where things are bad but we still have a chance...Every small thing that we do can bring in a lot of changes it does not have to be very big...For ex simple things like..."Say no to plastic,conserve water electricity, paper etc..Educate and spread awareness about our environment and surroundings ....Respect Nature...Live an dlet live ...Trust things can change in a big way if we want to :)...Gud Start brother...Keep up the good work!
- Anjali

kavi said...

nice thinkin :)..liked the way u wrote abt the advancement in technology nd how we r not bothered to think of how we r harmin the nature..hmmm its time we think of a solution..

Anonymous said...

1. There are always arguments of how tech helped/destroyed humanity and other worldly things.
2. You could have put more actionable things in your blog like one of the commenter's above.
3. i like the layout - playful, witty and some heavy stuff :)