During the lockdown period, city dwellers welcomed the reclaiming process of nature. Plethora of photographs of rarely-seen birds, butterflies, etc. (clicked from balconies) were all over social media platforms. Then I heard a few complain about the simultaneous rise in the numbers of insects. Selective empathy? Well, nature is not some Swiggy app, where you can categorically select and order your favourite food items. When nature, in its true sense, arrives, it does so entirely. Where weeds grow, there would be insects. Where there are insects, there would be small birds to eat them. Small birds attract big birds of prey. That's because every species has a specific role to play, and all of them are heavily interdependent on each other. Something to ponder upon? What do you think?
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Just like Pac-man’s never-ending avarice of gobbling up those tiny yellow balls, vicious capitalism is slowly, yet steadily devouring the natural resources without a care in the world. Who's to be blamed?
Corporate greed? Government inaction? Stifled civil society? Complicit media? Nonchalant judiciary? Or ignorance/apathy of we, the people? Or all of the above? If you think you won't get affected by such trivial matters, just try to remember about what happened in Baghjan (Assam) and Vizag in the recent past. Who knows how many similar situations are waiting to happen. The Delhi High Court has extended the last date to invite objections and suggestions to the draft EIA notification 2020. Any person interested in doing so may write to the Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jor Bagh Road, Aliganj, New Delhi 110003, or send an e-mail address to [email protected] |
ConceptClimate change is very much real - no matter what some people say or believe in. This problem has surfaced exclusively due to unsustainable human practices and activities. Not only have we, humans, become extremely vulnerable to the various menacing calamities (becoming more and more frequent), every other species that co-habit this planet are sadly facing the brunt as well, for no fault of theirs. Archives
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