Jab We did Nothing..

It took me a little while to realize that the true idea behind trying to capture 25 incidences, was to get me start writing :) True enough, I have penned down what came to my mind..And now I feel its time to move beyond just capturing incidences-to pen down my thoughts..

As a first, here is something that I wrote a year back for the HR Magazine in our company..I thank Ria who pushed me into writing again after ages for the Magazine..

If you spend quality time for the society (I mean the world outside your family, office, friends), if you have participated in social causes (I mean, not only a walk for people against cancer, but staying away from the killer tobacco), if you have done anything at all that gave you that satisfaction of ‘having done my part’, then move on…the below is not meant for you!!

I was watching the movie “Wall-E” one of the wonderful animation movies from Disney, Pixar studios. I was in my hostel, with my friends, eating junk and watching the movie at 1 am. There was something that bothered me after the movie, well, not just one but too many—

1. I was watching the movie in a pirated DVD! Which meant a loss to the producer, I kind of swallowed his profits! 

2. Watching a movie at 1 am which is totally against my biological system and I am forcing myself to get used to things which I consciously know is going to break my system!

Well, this is not what bothered me after watching the movie… look at what is being projected as a cause of human being enjoying ‘luxuries’. The movie projects a generation which makes our dear other Earth unfit to live because of the burden we have become to her and the whole population moves to space. Generations to come, people forget about poor Mother Earth and alas start living in the new luxury, where you do not have to walk, or even move your hand for anything- you have the MACHINES you want at your disposal. Though the story line may sound a bit over reality there is a lingering thought that we are somewhere moving to the same.

I can point few incidences for you to think. We all are very much aware on “water” the most precious resource, and thanks to Aamir Khan’s ‘Satyameva Jayate’ (I am not an Amir Khan fan to say this, don’t read me wrong), this was the talk in one of his episodes. Think... how many of us open the water tap while brushing our teeth, dreaming or pondering over the the previous night’s dream, thinking what to do at work, thinking what to cook, thinking if I should really wake up or go back to bed! Alas, while you are lost in your thoughts, the elixir of life is flowing down the drain!

When it comes to your usual morning ritual of taking bath, have you ever wondered how much of water you waste there?  It’s of course a matter of cleanliness, but if you can just close the shower and fill one bucket of water and use it, you actually save water! There are many other ways to save the precious liquid, we are all educated to know what “rain water harvesting” is but JAB WE DID NOTHING!

Think of the amount of Garbage that you throw. The Government has realized a bit late, on the plastic bag front! Now, how many of us do carry a bag while we go shopping? You are just ready to shell that extra penny for a plastic cover, who wants to carry a bag while shopping? It doesn’t look so cool,does it?  

Think about one birthday party that you arrange, you spend on toffees and yeah there you add to the garbage (plus adding to your calories), you spend on a ‘treat’ and half of which goes to the drain or who knows whether it is served fresh in another customer’s plate! (you are lucky if you have that one friend who ensures all the plate is clean).

We can pick incidences from our day to life.Look at how selfish a life we have been living. When we waste that one morsel of food do we ever think of the thousands of people who die of starvation! When we spend so extravagantly do we think about the people who live on the platforms! All we know is to blame the Government, for not removing poverty, for not eradicating caste system, for not addressing water scarcity and the list goes on.

I can write about so many things, that all of us have been contributing directly or indirectly which we are consciously aware is harmful to Mother Nature. Unfortunately we do not have the time or the patience to give a second thought to such things. I am suddenly worried if I am one among that generation in the movie who is responsible for making the earth unfit to live!

I was a part of the generation that did nothing for the society. Somehow the movie helped me to change my ways. I have not done something great. All I did was, I stopped doing things which gave me this conscious prick that I am doing something wrong. I still remember running behind the toffee cover which I threw on the road instead of putting in the Garbage bin! I carry a bigger bag when I go shopping and I make sure to carry a cloth bag while I go for grocery purchase and I still feel cool about it!

Change starts from our actions, rather than blaming any and pointing fingers, (which is so convenient!) start that small thing of closing your water tap when not in use, fixing the leak in the tap and yes carry a bag while you go shopping!

JAB WE CAN DO SOMETHING!!

Vive!!
Me Myself :)