“Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet”

I sit and wonder how true this is. In the name of development, trees are felled, huge buildings spring up, ground water is exploited to its limits, garbage is dumped on the roads, etc. So, to put it simply, Man thinks he’s King. Doesn’t he?

Let us track the day of a normal Indian:

He brushes and shaves with the tap running continuously. Does anyone think of water in his well/bore when he is brushing or shaving? Sounds insane! I’m being very frank here, I think of this EVERYDAY! But, why do I worry so much about wells going dry when no one else is bothered? It probably stems from the fact that I’m a Chennaiite. Our well goes dry and we buy water from lorries that sell water at exorbitant prices. I cannot imagine the world without water and as a few research reports suggest, the world will have tremendous water scarcity in 25 years’ time.

Then he drives to office by car. Normally a SUV/Sedan is used just to transport himself only. The costlier your car, higher is your status (Society has weird ways to evaluate a person). This way, you burn good amount of petrol/diesel and thus make your planet completely “unliveable” in a few decades’ time.

He then uses 3 paper tissues to wipe the water off his face after reaching office. In the process of taking 3 tissues, he drops a few other clean paper tissues down. Blame the tissue holder.  Where are the handkerchiefs my dear friend?

It is lunch time. He wants to eat all that in his plate and all that he has paid 40-50 Rupees for. At the end of it, manages to waste a huge amount. My company’s caterer had put up a notice that read this: “Do you know how much is the daily wastage? 80 kilos”. Can you beat that? 80 kilos of food wastage in a land where many go to sleep without a morsel of grain.

So, this blog is a humble request from my end and probably a start of my campaign. I am thinking of bigger and efficient ways to get the message across.

Our ancestors have already done enough harm by procreating in such enormous numbers which is causing serious scarcity of resources. Can we be a bit saner in using the fast depleting resources?

Let us all think twice before:

1)      We run taps continuously when we brush/shave/take bath

2)      We drive huge gas-guzzling SUVs to office daily to transport only ourselves

3)      We consume paper tissues. I feel like I’m cutting a tree when I use paper tissues (I’m not exaggerating here! If you might think I’m)

4)      We put more than what our eating capacity is.

Please! Please! Do this for you, for your children, for your grand children if not for your plane

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