Monday, May 12, 2008

An end to Life

Today,I had a thought.I thought of the number of global events,phenomenas occuring all around us,while we continue to pass them by.

So here it goes,the top of the bottom...one of the reasons that could put an end to life,as we know
it.
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Clash of the civilisations

"In the year of the new century and nine months, from the sky will come a great king of terror. The sky will burn at 45 degrees... fire approaches the great new city... there will be thunder... The third big war will begin when the city is burning."

Many deciphered this message from a 16th century making some accurate forecasts.

A few thought it had begun...the beginning of the end.

Centuries ago,the crusades,as they say,was an attempt by the Church to establish Christianity and its value all over the world.After centuries of dominance,deliberation, the Islamic leaders seek a new coming,trying to eliminate an existing generation-a hindrance in a new utopian world, a misfit to a world order.
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A Personal Encounter

Working in a news channel makes you immune from emotions,sympathy,forget empathy.
I still remember the day Benazir Bhutto came back to Pakistan...the fateful day that saw the bomb blast in Islamabad killing hundreds of people.

The morning after, a woman in my office turned to me and sighed.
"I am glad this news broke fifteen minutes after my shift or I wouldn't have seen my son tonight".
At a loss for words,I walked away.

"What a bloody hoe..."came to me,being so disgusted with people for ...
For what?for wanting to go home after a nine hour shift with two fifteen minute breaks?

Or to wait.Wait till it affects them.

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An Inconvenient Truth(Copyrights are still owned by Mr.Gore)

If it isn't that,our actions are continously aggravating this on-going debate on a term,well, in a predictably high demand know was "global warming."

After coming in handy for many,including a film personality who took twenty minutes at IIFA awards.Ofcourse,this was after he made an entry in a sports car with a top speed of 240 kilometers per hour.

Cutting the sarcasm,here's a lowdown.

After shitting where we eat,the green house emissions have made the temperatures soar as high as the skyscrapers of New York, making it an "inhospitable" environment for the people, to come.

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A series of unfortunate events

If this isnt enough,there are many those who die out of misfortune.
Thousands of citizens of Myanmar have lost their homes,belongings and lives,as they knew it,to cyclone Nargis.

If the most powerful country felt crippled when Hurricane Katrina in 2005, a developing country known as Myanmar desperately needs your attention.

Peaceful demonstrations by the monks in the last few months against the military regime has kept Myanmar in news.While many were killed then,the toll seems to have reached 1,00,00 people.

As for the first time,this catastrophe has let the junta open their doors a little to foreign aid,people urgently need food, water, shelter and medical aid.

While many phenomenas,wars,cyclones and well,shark attacks await us,it is time for those who remain unaffected to help those who have survived.

Let it not be just another entry on a namless blogspot,log onto https://www.donate.bt.com/bt_form_cyclone.html through http://www.bbc.co.uk/ ,
https://secure2.convio.net/unicef/site/Donation2?df_id=3381&3381.donation=form1 through UNICEF or any such organisations ready to make an initiative.

5 comments:

TandonsTake said...

Really all so true. It just reminds me of how lucky we all are today..to be alive, happy and kicking!
I guess its time we do something for the people who really need it.... and yes take steps to counteract global warming....Very well put manavi!
This surely will not be just another nameless blog!
Keep it up & keep kicking in more!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the reminder Manu. We do keep looking away from the reality around us all the time, dont we.. we take our little lives and problems and think they're so big. It's seriously time to rethink that, for everyone. Lets grow up, get real, look beyond ourselves and atleast try to make a difference. And just talk ain't gonna do it. ever.

Mandy said...

Blogging is very easy, but how many can really do stuff to help global warming?
“To err is human, to green divine”
It all "Starts at Home":
1. "Neither plastic nor paper" - use a cloth bag for grocery.
2. Change all your bright energy drinking yellow bulbs to energy saving white bulbs.
3. Don’t print paper if you don’t have to.
4. Change old air conditioners in house/ Clean or replace furnace and air-conditioner filters regularly.
5. Fix defective plumbing or dripping faucets. A single dripping hot water faucet can waste 212 gallons of water a month. That not only increases water bills, but also increases the gas or electric bill for heating the water.
6. Defrost refrigerators and freezers before ice buildup becomes 1/4-inch thick.

Pragati said...

Our blog does touch issuea that matter...well atleast sometimes :)

There's a lot that needs to be done! There's a lot of a realization still to come....

But yea...a lot of it has come. And small steps have been taken...sadly they are just not visible yet.

@Mandy : Thanks for the suggestions. Doing these small things in everyday life..could give us all a better future.

@M : Mind commenting?

Manavi Siddhanti said...

Thanks for the feedback.I appreciate it.