The scared droplet
ज्योंनिकलकरबादलोंकीगोदसे।
थीअभीएकबूँदकुछआगेबढ़ी।
सोचनेफिरफिरयहीजीमेंलगी।
आहक्योंघरछोड़करमैंयोंबढ़ी।
This is India. Always
personifies. Even if it’s a small drop of water pouring from the clouds, like
me! I still remember the old days, leaving the clouds. I cherish the memories
of being poured upon the saintly land of India.Yes, as the poet Hariaudh says
in the above lines…I was always scared to leave my cloud; but whenever it used to
be India, I was never scared
. Sometimes I landed in the
holy kamandal of a sadhu, being sought for as a symbol to reach heaven,sometimes in
the play of some very unique fauna. Sometimes, I was used to wash the feet of
an elder, sometimes in making of a sweet served outside a temple. There was a
great sense and philosophy to respect water, every single drop! It always ended
up water not getting wasted in vain.
Today is not the same. Today again I am on my way to pour
down to this city called Mumbai in India. I no longer feel the same sense of
respect. Earlier, to get water to support their family, humans used to have a
very hard time. They had to either dig a well, or rely and share from natural
sources. There used to be pots on the heads and walking over long distances.This
inaccessibility to the sources made the humans humble about getting water,
avoiding wastage. They understood that Water was for all the living creatures
and it was simply borrowed by humans. This made them sensitive to plants and
animals alike.
Things are not the same in the present scenario. Today Water is just something
which the humans buy with money. This buying leads to sense of ownership, which
ends up in misuse.
As I am falling from the sky, I know what will happen to me.
It is all predictable! I will land up in some tank which will take me to some
house. The house will use me in the shower, a fancy way to bath! If they would
have used the Tap and bucket instead, it would have saved me and lots of my
friends from misuse. And then I will inevitably go to the drain, a drain with
so much of dirt and chemicals that no process in the human reach are able to
clean me completely. Laden with all these chemicals, I reach in the sea. And
here comes a bigger problem… the sea has much more chemicals dumped into. I
remember the days when the sea used to be happy and the aquatic flora and fauna
used to feel lively with arrival of me and my friends, because we brought a lot
of Oxygen and Life for them. Today, we are so much laden with chemicals, that
we are no longer able to carry enough oxygen for the sea. This has lead into
poisoning of the sea and its inhabitants. Now the sea is sad. It has a layer of
oils and chemicals, which prevent our immediate evaporation. And when we
evaporate… many times some ugly chemical tags along with us and next time we
rain as acid… a disaster to all living ones!
Another scenario which happens with us these days is landing up in a bottle of
plastic. It is not much comforting to be inside a cage of plastic which takes
ages to degrade. Now comes the work of the humans who buy us with a sense of
ownership. The irony is, they will buy us, but won’t finish the entire bottle.
They will just throw us in a dustbin, half used, right next to a dying plant
and a thirsty stray dog! I will never understand why will the humans not help
the other living beings? They being the most smart and strong living beings…
isn’t it their responsibility to safeguard all the weaker beings around?
I feel the Humans are being overwhelmed. The technology they
have got gives them power and they still do not know how to use it correctly.
But that can never serve as an excuse. What the humans need to do is realize
their responsibility to safeguard the nature. They need to appreciate the
effort the nature takes to deliver its resources to them without complaints. I
don’t know if the humans can hear me or not… but if humans scare a drop like
me… the day will not be far when we will collectively decide not to arrive at
earth all together. Humans must realize it.
Article contributed by:
Nishchal Dwivedi
A Young nature sensitive science enthusiast who believes in logically understanding the environment and communicating it simply to everyone around him with help of articles, cartoons and contribution in various blogs.
He is an explorer of Ornithology and Biodiversity. He implements his knowledge in physics in understanding these varied branches of Environment.
contact:
avid.writer.writes@gmail.com
Graphics contributed by:
Hrishikesh Badrike
Green Health Foundation
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