Knock Knock! Monsoon's here

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At last, God has had some mercy on us and let the monsoon wet our entire nation. Its been a bit late this time but still we welcome the most beautiful season with open arms to get rid of the intolerable summer. The rain deficit has reduced from a whopping 60-65% to a mere 5% as per the latest information from The India Meteorological Department (IMD). The coastal areas were blessed way before however the northern and the western part of the country needed this much awaited monsoon. Famine and price rise are directly proportional to each other so am sure the poor as well as rich farmers must have heaved a sigh of relief along with the newly elected government which will get some respite and reduce the inflation burden on the common man. Monsoon has been my most favourite season because of the life it brings in the plants, trees and animals. Everything seems alive and attractive with rain droplets on them and the petrichor(scent of rain on dry earth) is uncomparable to even the most expensive perfume in the world.

But we in our fast and selfish approach towards life have been insensitive to the needs of nature. Global warming, drying up of rivers, melting of glaciers, increase in the duration of summers, reduction in rains and winter season are all a result of our foul play with nature. It is an apt statement that ' What goes around comes back around'. We gave pollution, dirt, dust, pain and destruction to the Earth and today all that we did is coming back to us in different forms. Even a superpower like China every year goes through earthquake, flood, famine and no matter how much it tries to fight back human loss is inevitable. The Earth does take revenge in some form or the other. Nature gave us beautiful environment, animals, food and endless love by being a provider for us. And we have been so greedy that we could never stop asking and even snatching by force more and more from her. We call it mother nature but is this how we treat our mother? She nurtured us without any discrimination and we failed to live up to her expectations. No matter how much we progress technically or economically we still are and will remain very much dependent on nature and it is our duty to not let the natural resources whither away in vain rather we should make each and every effort in bringing it to the optimum use for the society as a whole. Some tactics that we can use would be solar energy, rain-water harvesting, mix and match in sowing the crops on seasonal basis, interlinking of rivers and most importantly reducing the pollution that we pass on to the rivers including Ganga, Yamuna, Narmada etc.

Let us all pledge to take care of our Mother Earth and stop all this anti-natural wastage. Do not forget, that without nature there will be no planet, no country, no religion and no people.