Saturday, June 29, 2019

Our environment enmeshed in a battle of Guilt and Guile; the climate change that few lay thoughts on

The climate change that few lay thoughts on

The climate change is bound to reap bad harvest in the years to come what to talk about decades. The air conditioner that we put to use for hours turning to days, the PC that runs for unskilled hours, the car we drive to workplace with sole occupant inside it, the thrust we lay on modern gadgets and a disdain for a green course all of this contribute towards global warming. The unending flights across world with more passengers on board and a wish to hop on to multiple flights is doing no good to environment. The recurring drought with no sight of rain and floods in parts that are spared from drought are all reminiscent of a chapter we would have never cheered to read in our school days.

Seas are going to turn unpredictable every passing hour and more progressive outlook necessarily mirroring progress with change is bound to spew venom as environment despite standing tall and diligent won't be able to take this load and with this frequency.  A delayed monsoon, in some parts of India converting to a no monsoon, million acres of land lying parched, the people struggling to get even a bucket of water a day with reservoirs running empty and at the same time the flood cakes inundating new areas mirror a catastrophic change we the aspirational class has brought about with little thought on how we could save environment from getting enmeshed in a battle of guilt and guile.

A walk to workplace, a public transport system that unfurls craze, a Uber or Ola driven mindset that is undeniably postponed would be a better option than using and reusing fuel guzzling vehicles. Raising a toast to trees, vehicular pollution being kept at bay, visiting countryside that is untouched by modern carts of mischievousness  popularly labelled as frugal living. You have a departmental store here, a ATM outpost there, a gas station here and a health centre there repeatedly tried and tested by buildings of yo yo generation is all recipe for chaos to filter in and things to get worse with each passing minute. Spare a thought that some parts of Delhi would run out of water next year which is not distant and this is enough to raise hackles and hysteria. The water we waste each passing day, the water motor that runs for uncounted hours easily converting to a electricity bill that is mammoth and not minimal, the biggest government hospital (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) in the city of Delhi has in its vicinity shades of unpopular support given the high rise buildings that it has been knocked down with and trees running to thousand that were grazed to ground to raise these buildings shows how callous the King and his clan of the preceding years can become. They wish to repeat the same feat by bringing down thousands of trees in a government colony called Sarojini Nagar and raise high rise buildings to let temperatures rise and rise to untolerable limits.

The city landscape is dotted with stories of siege by water, education, sand and building mafia and cess that greets us at every stage and attempt is being made repeatedly to turn countryside to same cagey template. A TV set that runs for hours giving updates on a cricket score, a cricket match that is played in a stadium that has heaps of garbage once stands are vacated, a unipolar world where the sole superpower wishes to nail down an irritant (Iran) and holds back at the last minute as it stores the possibility of unrivalled catastrophe. A world where circle rates in colonies reign high, a civilisation that is fast losing link to every drop of potable water, a school building raised on the back of hefty school fees and a swimming pool that greets every housing complex leave enough individual to cringe. Those smitten by G- 20 summit should spare a though or two on whether this meet should have taken place in the first place and this summit should be held every two years as the money that is roasted in hosting leaders should well have been utilised for welfare measures.

A world where we are moving close to courting trouble every passing day, the less commercial we create a space the more liveable would be the world we chase.
Misogyny: From Cradle to workplace aired on NDTV channel stressed on the need to be sensitive to women and their surroundings.

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Watching Srivaari Naivedya Ghantaanaadam Tirumala coming on SVBC Channel beamed from Tirumala

Watching Srivaari Naivedya Ghantaanaadam Tirumala coming on SVBC Channel beamed from Tirumala

Saturday, June 22, 2019

Chennai Parched; Chennaites at receiving end

Chennai Parched; Chennaites at receiving end

There is scanty rainfall across country. Monsoon hasn't arrived at a number of places. One doesn't know for how long this situation would continue like this . As for Chennai city in South India, the water situation is pathetic to say the least. The various reservoirs in the city are on the brink of becoming bone dry. Name the reservoirs like Chola reservoir, Red Hills reservoir, Poondi reservoir, Cholavaram reservoir and Chambarambakkam reservoir and the impression that you get is that water can't be traced in any one of them. This is more to do with no desilting done in these reservoirs in the past 10 years and authorities indifference to the issue besides monsoon not coming in plenty. How can situation reach such a stage when Chennai was flooded knee deep less than two years ago?

The water supply in Chennai city is 750 million litres a day against demand of 950 million litres. As per CNN TV 18 news channel report water tankers are having a field day and rest assured people are paying through their nose. The tapping points of water tankers has increased by almost abnormal rate of 55 kms. The NDTV channel too reported on water scarcity in the city of Chennai extensively.

There is ample need for judicious use of water. There should be sagacious use of water. We hope Delhi and other parts of country don't go dry. The taps should not run dry and piped water supply should be in line with hefty charges that are paid for it. The sight that we come across of voluminous water being wasted in washing cars and SUVs in parking lot in Delhi makes one shudder perennially. In the reigning cricket world cup the theme should be on water and to reignite measures to conserve the same. Water is last connect to civilisation and water minus civilisation is a hallucinating thought.

As for Chennai one should not forget this is not a problem that came to gain attention overnight. The present Govt can't be faulted as it is a decade old problem. Dispensations in the past have not heeded to the advice of conservationists that we should not trample on with the fragile template of Western Ghats and the time is ripe to heed to their advice. Water is scarce and each one of us has the responsibility to see to it that there is optimum use of it with caution not thrown to the wind. Water we chase is the water we praise.

Watching Sahasradeepalankarana Seva on SVBC Channel beamed from Tirumala

Watching Sahasradeepalankarana Seva on SVBC Channel beamed from Tirumala

Friday, June 21, 2019

Watching Almelmanganamavali on SVBC Channel beamed from Tirumala

Watching Almelmanganamavali on SVBC Channel beamed from Tirumala

Watching Srinivasagadyam on SVBC Channel beamed from Tirumala

Watching Srinivasagadyam on SVBC Channel beamed from Tirumala