Well, first of all id like to congratulate NDTV for receiving an overwhelming response - 2 crore pledges for the Greenathon. Many people, young and old, came out and helped clean the river Yamuna (finally!!!) and one saw Milind Soman run 60 kms which took him 24 hours to complete. All this for the sake of our precious Environment. Plus, the first 24 hour long Telethon that was hosted by Cyrus Barocha and was a complete entertaining package. Stars like Madhuri Dixit, Govinda, Sunidhi Chauhan are just a few names amongst the long list of Show guests.
A special mention here about Cyrus - he got all the stars in splits with his idiotic but largely comical activities. Govinda was trying so hard not to guffaw, but it couldnt stay within him for long! Poor Chi Chi! He also got us into stomach-pricking laughter with his stupidest version of a 'Half-Marathon' - A marathon for the half-man-half-woman-people!!!! Cyrus, when will you grow up!
Well, all jokes apart, one simple yet teasing question - Do you keep the environment clean? Well if you do or you dont, it doesnt matter, because this world is our world. It only has us to care for it. But all we have helped in doing is litter it. Its time to clean it all now, and you can start with small steps. First, learn to keep the verandah outside your house clean. If you get into the mood, do a little more. I am damn sure your jealous neighbours for once might feel their conscience prick them. You never know, many might come and help you too!
Those who have visited European countries or the Untited States of America for once atleast may have been awe-struck by the amount of cleanliness, right from the roads to the footpaths till the very shops themselves! I say instead of looking starry-eyed at the cleanliness level one should feel a little ashamed that a country foreign to us is kept spick and span, and we do not go there and spoil its beauty. But when it comes to our own country... I have seen Indians come out of the airport and spit on the road, while rattling all along to relatives about the cleanliness abroad! (Typically Indian)
Mine is a one-off blog post, this one as i am not here telling you why we should keep the environment clean, but tell you what can be done to make this world the worst place to live in. In fact, id like to take you all 250 years ahead in time. To start of, we go to the Wonder of the World - The Taj Mahal. The epitome of eternal love, has lost its beauty. The walls of the Taj Mahal are yellow with a mix of brown. Not at all the lovely white marble we knew of! The beauty has been lost. The trees are a rarity in the vicinity, and the lovely stretch of pool has mucky water. Imagine, the Taj Mahal has lost its splendour. No more tourists, no more people. No more pigeons, no more monkeys around to keep the place lively. The Taj is nothing but a huge mass of dirt and dust.
Many other monuments in India are nothing but polluted pile of crap. Your house is filled with gutter water, old rubbish, and dead, decaying matter. You see your grandchildren dying of Malaria, Aids, Cancer and many other disease unknown to you. The roads are in a pitiful state, there is so much pollution that visibility levels drop drastically. You choke on the foul stench of garbage, dirty water and dead bodies. The world is dying an ugly death, yet all we can do is put one hand on top of the other and curse our fate. It is tethered to us, pinned upon us to save this world by whatever means that come up to us. But all you can do as weep bitterly due to helplessness.
Lets come back to the present now. Did you enjoy the trip ahead in time? Was it fun seeing so much pollution? Had fun seeing your own generation die of various pollutants? It is time now to take keen steps towards the betterment of this planet. It is our one and only home, and we have no where else to go. So please, keep your surroundings clean, urge others to follow your lead. let there be cleanliness in our country and if we all come together through systematic means, we will feel proud to say that yes, India is one of the cleanest counrties in the world. The world will see India as an example for one and all. And if by God's grace, we do succeed in our campaign, we may just have extended Earth's lifespan by - lemme guess, another 1000 years???
Keep the city clean, keep the country clean, keep the world clean. Instead of you being awestruck by the cleanliness in other developed countries, let the foreign ers' jaw drop in wonder. Let them be fascinated by the cleanliness in our country. It is only then can we proudly say that India has arrived at the stage!
A special mention here about Cyrus - he got all the stars in splits with his idiotic but largely comical activities. Govinda was trying so hard not to guffaw, but it couldnt stay within him for long! Poor Chi Chi! He also got us into stomach-pricking laughter with his stupidest version of a 'Half-Marathon' - A marathon for the half-man-half-woman-people!!!! Cyrus, when will you grow up!
Well, all jokes apart, one simple yet teasing question - Do you keep the environment clean? Well if you do or you dont, it doesnt matter, because this world is our world. It only has us to care for it. But all we have helped in doing is litter it. Its time to clean it all now, and you can start with small steps. First, learn to keep the verandah outside your house clean. If you get into the mood, do a little more. I am damn sure your jealous neighbours for once might feel their conscience prick them. You never know, many might come and help you too!
Those who have visited European countries or the Untited States of America for once atleast may have been awe-struck by the amount of cleanliness, right from the roads to the footpaths till the very shops themselves! I say instead of looking starry-eyed at the cleanliness level one should feel a little ashamed that a country foreign to us is kept spick and span, and we do not go there and spoil its beauty. But when it comes to our own country... I have seen Indians come out of the airport and spit on the road, while rattling all along to relatives about the cleanliness abroad! (Typically Indian)
Mine is a one-off blog post, this one as i am not here telling you why we should keep the environment clean, but tell you what can be done to make this world the worst place to live in. In fact, id like to take you all 250 years ahead in time. To start of, we go to the Wonder of the World - The Taj Mahal. The epitome of eternal love, has lost its beauty. The walls of the Taj Mahal are yellow with a mix of brown. Not at all the lovely white marble we knew of! The beauty has been lost. The trees are a rarity in the vicinity, and the lovely stretch of pool has mucky water. Imagine, the Taj Mahal has lost its splendour. No more tourists, no more people. No more pigeons, no more monkeys around to keep the place lively. The Taj is nothing but a huge mass of dirt and dust.
Many other monuments in India are nothing but polluted pile of crap. Your house is filled with gutter water, old rubbish, and dead, decaying matter. You see your grandchildren dying of Malaria, Aids, Cancer and many other disease unknown to you. The roads are in a pitiful state, there is so much pollution that visibility levels drop drastically. You choke on the foul stench of garbage, dirty water and dead bodies. The world is dying an ugly death, yet all we can do is put one hand on top of the other and curse our fate. It is tethered to us, pinned upon us to save this world by whatever means that come up to us. But all you can do as weep bitterly due to helplessness.
Lets come back to the present now. Did you enjoy the trip ahead in time? Was it fun seeing so much pollution? Had fun seeing your own generation die of various pollutants? It is time now to take keen steps towards the betterment of this planet. It is our one and only home, and we have no where else to go. So please, keep your surroundings clean, urge others to follow your lead. let there be cleanliness in our country and if we all come together through systematic means, we will feel proud to say that yes, India is one of the cleanest counrties in the world. The world will see India as an example for one and all. And if by God's grace, we do succeed in our campaign, we may just have extended Earth's lifespan by - lemme guess, another 1000 years???
Keep the city clean, keep the country clean, keep the world clean. Instead of you being awestruck by the cleanliness in other developed countries, let the foreign ers' jaw drop in wonder. Let them be fascinated by the cleanliness in our country. It is only then can we proudly say that India has arrived at the stage!
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