Tough Lives Colourful Smiles!

Few days back I got a chance to visit Chintapurni Mata (a religious place in North India). I went there with my family and everyone in the family be it be young or old, all were excited about the journey. Our religious journey began early in the morning and we reached there by 10 A.M. As it wasn’t my first visit to the place but still I couldn’t remember much about the place as I was just a kid when I had last visited the place. So even I got all excited with the small kids in the family and we all started our march towards the temple.

As it was the holiday season going on so as expected there was a lot of rush and we were to stand in long queues which took almost 2 hours for the devotees to reach the main temple. None had much to do in the queue so mostly people were idling, gossiping or simply checking into the shops coming in the way making sure they dont go out of their queue. While I was noticing all of them I got to see a small girl, must have been around 3 or 4 years of age, who was dressed as “Devi Ma” (Hindu Goddess), sitting fixed in one place having a round plate in front of her where some people were offering money as an offer to Devi Ma.

My heart pained to see that scene and as I was discussing the same with my father, few more girls came near us. Those young girls were so cute and adorable to look at but what was shocking was to hear them asking for Kanjak (an offering made to young girls at certain Hindu rituals). First I thought its summer vacations going on so they all are enjoying their time but when I asked them if they go to school and they all shook heads saying no.

First I thought to convince them all to go to school and tell them how important it is to have primary education but realized it will be a futile effort as they all are doing what they have been taught by their parents and upbringing of the society. I knew it was of no use to argue standing in a queue, so just simply asked them if they would like to go to school and as I knew the answer before hand it was a big no again. They were all so concerned about the money which some of the devotees were offering to the Kanjak Devi’s.

Just to keep the conversation going with them I made a reference to a TV commercial of Anupam Kher and a small girl which comes to promote the primary education, asking those small girls that if they seen that TV commercial. Some of them nodded while others remained quiet. I said the add says “Padhega India, tabhi to Badhega India”, and you all are the future ho India so if you wont study then how will our country progress. They all looked at me with something in their eyes as if saying to me why am I just saying and not doing anything for them there. While our conversation was going on some devotees who were standing around me in the queue stared at me probably wondering that in there superstitions that I will be damned for saying such a thing to Kanjak Devi’s or thinking that may be it should really be stopped.

The girls stood there for sometime and then went to receive the offerings while I just kept thinking all the time if I could really do something for them. Cant we just help these girls tied in the chains of superstitions and let them break free into the world of innocence where kids know how to play and learn. Wondered how could their parents even expect to have an earning hand from them. While I was still hoping to let these girls also have a life of there own just like all kids of their age have, I passed from the place where I took the above picture.

Here these innocent girls who are abetted by superstition and people’s misbelief, drop school and pose as “DEVI MA” (Hindu Goddess) or “Kanjak Devi” for monetary benefits, escaped the eyes of their parents and got content with the makeshift swings and colourful accessories. Innocent enough for these girls not knowing that the material for their makeshift swings and the colourful accessories they used was an offering made in the main temple by the devotees. I just thought that if human beings are harsh on such soft lives, its the Goddess of Herself is giving them a playground to enjoy, play and learn.

Nevertheless, these kids Smiled and Made Me Smile! And I moved on with the hope that may be one day the scene would change and the superstitions fixed in the mind of the society would give enough space to the kids to have a life of their own

Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

There she was lying quietly on her bed lost in her world of thoughts, remembering how she reached to this day. She wished she could be a little child again, who have a care free life.. always having fun, playing and lost in world of dreams n thoughts, just busy playing without thinking about past, present or future. But times change, life changes, we need to move ahead and grow to become what I am today? Was the question she was asking to herself, thinking how could she move ahead by stepping on a dream which she had from years. She lied their wondering why is she so sensitive and emotional? Why could she not stand with what she had dreamt to be since a kid. So what if a designer needs to do lot of hard work to have worldwide recognition and what if tomorrow no firm hired her for accounts or if the firm took her then who takes the guarantee to let her go and join it while her parents being so conservative and protective about her?

Fate did not show her anything but her own deeds did. Always remaining quiet, not participating in any kind of discussions at home or with relatives made her so quiet and shy that no one could ever understood what she wanted to do or have in life. Everyone took her silence as an assumption to her yes or no whatever they wanted to take it as and kept on moving ahead, not looking back, not even for once, not asking why is she not reacting or saying anything. Even it wasn't that she never spoke or she never wanted to but whenever she tried to say anything she got her feelings hurt.

Ruby remembered how she and her brother Ryan used to sit and play when kids. Laugh, enjoy, irritate each other and then when Ryan hit her while playing and she went up to her mother crying, complaining and Ryan got scolded. How hurt she was that day thinking Ryan got scolded and cried because of her. Since that day she stopped complaining and grudging about small-small fights and reduced her complaints for Ryan. But what happened when Ryan complained about her? She grinned over it, went back to old days, he often went up to mother with a complaint and Ruby got slapped most of the times he had complained about her, then she used to cry for the slaps she had got and more because Ryan laughed at her teasingly while she was crying, getting hurt, thinking in her heart that she will get Ryan scolded the same way but could hardly do. This continued for long till one day when they visited their cousins place and Ryan again started teasing her, as Ruby had stopped reacting in the same way to tease or to reply, Ryan continued until she cried for help to stop him. Then came Mrs Arman angrily and started scolding Ruby but that was a different day, Ruby had her cousins with her who saw everything going on and when they told Mrs Arman that it is Ryan's fault not Ruby's then Mrs Arman stopped, looked at both of them and scolded both for not repeating any non sense stuff outside.

Ruby went outside room, cried for sometime as she got a realization confirmed that day. A realization which she had from years, that her mother loves her son more than her. Every child gets hurt to know this that his/her mother loves his/her brother/sister more, thought Ruby. While Ruby was a normal sensitive kid she got hurt too but not as much as to develop any kind of hatred or anything for anyone. She had a pure heart which had love even for the ones who hated her. She has never learned to retaliate in hatred and never did she do any such thing till today. At that time they were kids but now they are grown ups. Her mother's concern more for her brother has never pinched her after that day rather that day made her understand why his brother is not scolded in the same way as she was.

She thought why the hell cant I stay on what I want to do? Why should I not answer their questions and stand for myself but then letting her thoughts out made her feel ripped off, ripped off everything she is wearing. Still after that she managed to stay on what she had thought for almost a week before she said yes for accounts. Her mother Mrs Arman, a lady with a heart of gold, having love and respect for everyone, determination to make her children study as high as their abilities could take them. But in all this she forgot that her own daughter had some other dreams in some other field which interested her more than anything else in this whole world. Ruby wondered how many times have I asked from mom but could never find a satisfactory reply to her questions. She had no idea why is her mother saying that this field is not good for her.

For almost a week her mother didn't talk to her, didn't care if she had eaten something since morning or not, didn't ask anything from her, if ever said anything then that was in complete anger. How cold Ruby, a person who has not learned to retaliate, to fight, who has not seen such anger ever in her life could tolerate her mother's anger for long. To have peace at home and bring back all the things to normal at home for her and her mother she had to say yes. With a firm belief in Krishan ji and her mother she said to herself its a beautiful world. A world where every thing has a reason to happen, if this has not happened according to her wish then its something best happened for her which will surely lead her to success. She knew that even the darkest cloud has a silver lining in it so there cant be anything dark for her, never in this world.

Though she was saying all this to her, her Heart was not ready to listen and why should it be? Its not easy to make a broken heart smile, a heart which was broken because its dream was gone forever. While she was lost in all these thoughts she heard her mothers voice calling her for lunch. Wow! That's the most beautiful voice on earth, she exclaimed with joy. She smiled by hearing the smile in her mother's voice, wiped off her tears and went to have lunch.

Do you think Ruby was on wrong terms with her heart? She knew she cant smile from inside but still she had a bright smile on her face? May be this is what is called the smile which you sometimes get by making others happy, after all not everyone in this world gets a chance to make their parents smile. What do you think?

Ruby's Dilemma

Can we say that being in dilemma is being in a fix? More, specially when we are offered choices that we hate to choose from? Why does this happen that we are often made to kill our interests by our near ones only to work on something that they think is good for us. All right and all fine.. agreed to do all this but then why why in the world they don't even care to think that I might not have any interest in what they are saying me to do?????These were some of the questions which were running in the mind of Ruby. Ruby who used to be a sweet innocent and shy girl when she was a kid but her shyness and her innocence had today brought her to a point where now she stands waiting for the future to unfold itself. Ruby had always been full of life.. Wishing to enjoy every moment which came to her, when she used to laugh it looked like the whole world is smiling and laughing with her but now she don't even dare to smile.

Ruby just finished her high school studies and was now to choose a field which would decide her future. She with her full heart wanted to be a designer but her parents wanted her to go with accounts. She could not understand why is something like accounts is being forced to her specially when she has no interest in doing it. "Why the hell should I do it?", she asked herself. She remembered her father telling her long back that he had so much passion for electronics that he left chemical engineering within an year and did a diploma in electronics instead of getting a degree in chemical and see how happy and successful he is now.

Ruby always looked up at Mr. Arman, her father as her role model, someone who is so successful and so very helpful to everyone who went up to him. Everyone in the family had always stopped or felt irritated from his habit of trusting anyone blindly and helping them to the full. Many a times his this nature had brought him lots of loss financially but he never stopped trusting people and helping them. This aspect of his has kept Ruby's spirits so high and made her totally frank in front of him. Sometimes Ruby's friends used to be so surprised by seeing her talking so coolly and calmly with her father that they used to ask her how are you so friendly with your dad? And there she gave them a bright smile of hers with a beautiful spark in her eyes.

But today, today is completely different. There is no spark in her eyes. She is just sitting and crying with thousands of questions running in her mind trying to find some words and space in this world full of people in and around her from whom she wants to ask so so many questions. "Will there be anyone to answer them ever? Will I be satisfied? Why why cant I do what my Heart wishes me to do? Why papa? Papa you also did not complete your degree because you had no interest in those subjects, then why are you saying me to do so? Why Krishan ji? Why?" These and many more questions were going on in inside her. Waiting for her to just open her mouth once and all these will be fired out. But only tears came down from those two beautiful sparkling eyes who were loosing their sparkle by getting filled with that salty water. She really wished someone to help her out, someone who could understand her, someone who could listen to her slow voice which was murmuring for help, which was saying to let me live my life my way but none. She felt there is none except her best friend who will listen to her.

Lord Krishan whom the whole world looks up as God she looked up as her friend. The only friend she had for almost 3.5 years of her late school life. No one bothered if she is sitting in class or if she is not. So numb as if her presence made no difference to anyone. Wanting to talk to everyone, longing for friends she found none so she made Lord Krishan as Krishan ji, her best friend. Krishan ji with whom she used to talk every single thing on this earth while sitting alone. If someone would have looked up to her at that time she would have easily got the title of a mad person.















While words were waiting to come out of her mouth her father and uncle aunt were pressurizing her to say yes for accounts and start studying for the entrance tests. She stopped crying for a minute, thought something and finally said,"Okay, I will do it." Till now she was not going with the wind but now she gave herself and her future, her career, her whole life to the unexpected. She gave off her interests at that very point, stopped expecting anything from anyone got depressed and dejected but decided to live to see what else is in stored for her in the coming future, as that's the way to live a life which she has learned from Mr Arman, the never say die attitude.

Ruby and her father then left for their house. All the way to home, there were thoughts roaming in her mind, what would have happened if papa was forced to complete his engineering? Would he have been so successful, happy and satisfied with his life as he is now? With so many unanswered questions fighting in her mind, they got a push when car stopped but only tears came out. With the first step in kitchen Mr Arman said mission successful, she will be doing accounts, hearing this brought smiles on everyone's face and tears in Ruby's eyes.

She went in her room and got lost in a world of thoughts again and asked herself is this called being in a fix or is this choosing in a dilemma? She had learned to fight from her dad and so she will fight her unanswered questions and make them silent by giving them a blow of smiles, her one yes, had brought on every member's face in her family but she had no answer for the tears she had brought in her own Heart.

What do you think? Was Ruby's decision correct? Should she have fought with her parents for something she never wanted to do? Is it right to fight and go against your parent's wish?

Ponds on Roads

I know am very late to show up with these photographs, but somehow the irony didn't turned out the way I thought (Thank God) and when it rained, though I clicked these pics but forgot to put them here. But as said its better late than never so am here.. LATE (trust me,I hate to be) as usual..

The picture above is not a scene of an old rotten road of a countryside but instead, to be specific its a scene of roads on rainy days in Jalandhar and in general this case prevails in almost every city in India.

I cant say whom to blame for all this mess but what I do know is we cant clap with one hand. Its not only the municipal corporation and its not only we people. Its we both. If, we as people understand our duty well, perform it to 50% of what we are doing these days then the condition around will be far better and you know what, we wont have to depend on corporation to clean up the mess. We just need to be careful by not throwing trash specially poly bags on roads but instead use community dustbins. If we perform our responsibilities well and don't let corporation have a chance to blame us for the increasing pollution then the roads wont be ponds anymore. Its we who can together make a difference so its us to decide where to live and in what conditions.

Decide yourself which place you want to live.. place like <----- this or place like the one below

Certainly we all will choose a beautiful place like the one above. When we move to countries like America, England then, after spending some years out there when we come back to the place where we have spent our major years of life we just don't like to be in a stinky dirty place. But is that the first time we are seeing or feeling it? When we know that place is dirty then what are we doing to make it a beautiful heaven except to condemn it? It is our Mother Land so cant we do a bit of effort to keep it clean? When we follow all rules and regulations in other countries then why cant we follow them here in India? Why do even people coming from abroad forget that not to spit or throw trash on roads? Only because its India and there is no one to fine them? Why do these people make fun of us when we try not to litter on roads and to stand up for India?

Its high time now.. we all need to wake up and show the whole world that we are far better than what they are. Don't depend on anyone for things which you can do yourself. Just learn to stand up for yourself and for your surroundings. Get united to fight the menace of not only environmental pollution but also of the bad habits which we have developed in ourselves of keeping our surroundings unhealthy. Trust me and trust the voice of your heart this World is a very beautiful place to live in and India is a Heaven on Earth so get together and try to make this place what it was before.. A Real Heaven On Earth.

Excerpts of Village Life

There are many amongst us who have never been to a countryside and others who have not breathed in a clean green environment which gives the pure 'mitti ki khushboo' or heart warming fragrance of our Motherland.

Here in this post I will try to take you in a village of Punjab and bring in front of you some excerpts from village life. Last to last weekend I went to village Dhaliwal, near Noormahal, Punjab. Was good to see that there are still villages which are far from the city/industry influence yet uses all the modern methods of farming. Inspite of using modern methods it has such a clean pollution free environment that I loved to be in that environment in first breath.














Don't believe me?? What else can be a better example to show than this photograph I clicked. Just have a look and lets see if you can guess what is it. Anyone guessed? Looks like a pond isn't it? But wait.. its not a clean pond of water .. its a place where in village all the waste water is collected and you wont believe I could stand near this waste water collection(called as 'chappar' in Punjabi) for hours without covering my nose or making any sort of faces. It wasn't stinky at all.. And another good thing I would like to mention is that we stepped out of our car at the place this photograph was taken and I just loved my pollution free first breath :)

The very next thing I had my eyes on was a 'gadda' better called as bullock cart. Bullocks are attached to its front and they move pulling this wooden frame to carry the load. First I thought that people here still use this old way of carrying load but was relieved to find out that this is not used much and is used to carry some stuff from house to farm and why not its easy and pollution free way to move load for small distances. Moreover it doesn't require any sort of petrol.













Just beside that gadda was a shed made where cows were merrymaking in their own houses.. Yes you guessed it right someone has made shed for its cows near his farms. And if you are wondering what are those machines used for in the photograph, then let me have the honor to tell you that those are used to make food for cows. Its feeded from the back end and the round wheel is rotated manually by hand which contains sharp blades that cuts the feed(or pathe as we call). Its really a good physical exercise to do which keeps people fit and healthy and its fun to do too. Aaahh.. i remember my childhood.. We all cousins used to get together and had to have a race to see who does faster and longer and prepares feed for cows. Wish to relive those days once again. :)
















Now before I get lost into my dreamland its time to show you what the lady is upto in this photograph. If anyone one of you is wondering if thats the shit she is working with then you guessed it right. Its cow dung.. source of manure in fields and source of fuel in kitchens. The lady here is making 'pathis' thats what is called in Punjabi. As you can clearly see the shape given to them, as some of the cowdung is given a shape of a pathi its kept aside to dry. Once dried in sun its used as fuel in kitchens. Just in case if your thought process is wondering then let me quench your thirst and tell you that yes, I have even worked like the lady in this picture when I was a small kid who loved to help her grandmother.














This one clearly shows what it is. A farmer ploughing his fields with a tractor while the white migratory birds are resting peacefully. No wonder birds love to go to villages than to stay in cities. I wish I was a bird who could easily breathe in a clean fresh air. Uncle whom we visited also told that there were two peacocks often seen somewhere near this field but my tough luck.. there was none seen that day :(


















You all might have seen this hut shaped kind of structures in fields while traveling. These are known as 'koop' in Punjabi. The seeds from crop is removed and the leftover remains or stalks of that crop are collected and stored in it(leftover is known as 'tudi' in Punjabi).

This kind of structure protects it from eroding away with rain or wind and is used for many purposes one of the major one being mixing in cows feed.













How can I not tell you about the plane shaped water tanks made on roof top in many houses in villages. Houses whose sons are gone abroad can be easily identified.. you just need to check the roof top if it has a plane shaped water tank. Of course it isn't the case with everyone but yes most of them are like that.

But I was astonished to see this plane of Air Canada, and am sure you will also be.. Why? Because its not just a water tank shaped plane, its a room. Yes, a room made in the shape of an airplane . Strange yet true. A flight not to be missed!















We don't need any water purifiers!
I am not saying this but this photograph is. Carefree and life full of physical exercise leads to a healthy health. These children and all other villagers who dont have any purifier but a handpump in their houses dont require any aquagaurd. They drink natural and pure water. Aren't they leading a healthier life than us?

By the way what does a child want? No restrictions and full time masti.. that is to live a childhood full of kiddish things.. No stopping from anything just letting children to be children.. I wonder if I have spent such a care free life. Have you?

We and our government are lazy but villagers are not. Have you ever seen rain water harvesting anywhere? I have and its always been in a village not only because people have a lot of space over there but because they know the true value of Water.

All of us have seen a brick factory and for those who haven't can see it in this photograph. But what many of you might not have seen is water collected before it. This is not done through pumps and stuff but its rain water which is collected. Does this not sound great?















Finally we started from village for entering into an unpeaceful environment which is full of educated intellectuals but lacks the basic sense of living to keep our environment clean and beautiful.

Wonder why we call ourselves as educated when we could not even do 25% of what villagers do to live in a healthy and pollution free environment saving all what they can, not only consuming but also trying to return to Mother Nature all what they can.

This was a small excerpt of village life from my and my camera's eye. My experience in being a village had always been excellent. There are a lot more things which occur in a daily village life. I didnt had time to capture all those but I tried all what I could to show my readers.

Have you ever been to a village? How was the experience? Do share your views/thoughts/experiences with me by just typing it out in the comment box.

Say NO to Pollution

As we were discussing about Pollution in our previous post on various ways which we can adopt to decrease pollution here are few more of those.. Lets have a look..

We all loved to learn bicycle when we were kid then why don't we use that long learnt skill to help reduce pollution and as we all know its a good exercise also so we get twice the benefit by just using bicycle i.e, help in reduction of pollution along with a healthy physique. If in case one cant use a bicycle then one can walk for small distances or use public transport instead. All these ways will help reduce air pollution and also help us save some bucks in our pockets.

Another very common thing which we see as the main reason for air pollution.. Of course you got it right emission of smoke from factories/industries but we cant do much about it until we have powerful parties along our side to stand against a powerful party. Its upto the rich and so called intelligent persons to see that if they call themself as well educated and talk a lot about social issues what in real are they doing.. After all spending some money on filters to reduce pollution wont cost more than the health hazards suffered by the people breathing in that air.. But we leave this matter to them as here we are to talk about things which are feasible. You must have got it right by now.. yes its the emission from automobiles.

A very common view on Indian roads.. so many vehicles and many of them not taken care of.. auto drivers using diesel or kerosene oil instead of petrol.. If any one of you sit in an auto or any other vehicle try to make the driver listen to you and make him understand about the ill-effects it has on environment even after it saves some money to him its not worth it. Try educating people around you and stop them from doing wrong. We educate our children not to inhibit bad habits same way our Earth is our Mother Planet so it becomes our responsibility to educate them not to pollute our Mother Nature. Get your vehicles properly serviced at regular time as it not only reduces pollution but also gives long life to the machinery.

Try to plant more and more trees whenever you get time and not only planting do find few minutes once or twice in a week to go and see if it has been watered and if not then do so and make them live becuase they make us live and that also without asking anything from us in return.

Save water and electricity by a number of ways which we all know but its upto us whether we adopt them or just let them be wasted even if its causing us to pay more.. Dont think that it will only let you save a few rupees, remember a penny save is penny earned and we all know how difficult it is to maintain a living in this era where cost of living is increasing day by day. So find ways to save more, consume less, try using renewable sources like solar energy, thermal energy etc.

We can all do a lot to save our environment but the point is that we will remain indifferent until something big happens. Why do we always have to wait for worse things to occur when we can always stop them?

Learn to save and preserve because that is the only way we can help save ourselves, our children and our community from the havoc building up due to pollution.

Please start doing atleast your part of job to help save our Mother Nature our Mother Planet Our Dear Earth. Please let this blue sky remian beautifully blue, dont let it turn into a dark ugly shade of black which will only destroy us.

Year 2008-The Environment Year

Everyone is talking about global warming, pollution, changing climate etc so thought of discussing it here with all of you. Because of lots of concerns on helping save our Mother Planet and our beautiful Ozone Layer, year 2008 has been given the title of 'The Environment Year' and as many of us might be knowing that United Nations celebrates 5th June as World Environment Day, and this time it was celebrated in New Zealand with the slogan "Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy".

Some astrologers at the beginning of this year predicted that there will be major calamities which will occur in this year.. floods in some regions and droughts in other. I being a non astrologer also predict not only about the on going year but also about the forth coming years that there will be much worse calamities than the ones which have already started to come if we don't take hard steps to prevent the rise in atmospheric temperature(Global Warming).

I am not a member of United Nations nor I have or work for any NGO but would still try to find out some of the reasons on why is there an increase in pollution instead of decrease as this problem is not new and awareness on it started spreading much before ozone hole developed in the south pole.. Yes my friends if you don't know then the ozone layer started depleting more than two decades ago and as a result of which ozone hole developed in Antarctica in 1985. If you want to know exact facts and figures then you can visit NASA's website.

There are various ways by which we share knowledge and try to make everyone aware about the environment hazards and try to justify reasons for changes in climate, like this year in North India monsoons arrived much before.. I sometimes wonder what will happen in July, August and months after that when there will be only scorching heat and no rain following it till winter strikes.. and that comes months after. Certainly drastic conditions will occur.

There were many interesting things which were told at WED whose link is given at the end of this post which takes you to the web site that lets you know about some of the ways by which you can not only save some bucks in your pocket but also help the living beings community all over the world by decreasing pollution and hence decrease in atmospheric temperature. While I will here try to find out some of the reasons instead of ways that why even educated people like me and you could not stop pollution.


We all are very intelligent human beings and love to keep our surroundings neat and clean. As it is clear from the adjoining picture. Its not a far off scene outside the city boundary but instead its a view of a place just in front of my house. A view which is very common to find in India. Its an empty land and people from all over the surroundings find it convenient to throw waste stuff in there instead of moving few steps and throw in a locality dustbin. Its a good habit to keep our house clean but whose responsibility is to keep our locality clean. In India at almost every place I have been to, its the same story whether its a very posh colony or just a locality of few civilians. Any place which is empty for about more than one month it turns into dustbin, bathroom etc.

By doing this we forget that this is not only adding to soil pollution but also becomes difficult to live in such area because of mosquito's breeding in those areas and the foul smell which makes it very uneasy for us to breathe. But what the most interesting thing comes up in the end is that the corporation doesn't care.. the owners should make big boundary's if they cant look after their property.. Why? Because the pollution though caused by us at first place is now affecting us back. Its true there is always 'tit for tat'. What we gave to environment our environment is returning us the fruits of what we planted. So from where does corporation or plot owners come in view?

Come on people.. wake up.. Its we who are to be blamed and in order to improve its we who have to stop it. I haven't done anything much to make people stop because its just not possible to stand right there the whole day and stopping people to throw stuff but what I have done is that in our house we had made it a point that nobody from our house throws anything there and if some neighbour is there who is about to throw we politely say not to do. If the person is intelligent enough he/she understands :) and if not they throw and walk away :(

I know one house doesn't make much difference but it does give you internal satisfaction that atleast you are not the guilty and may be it just contributes negligible one percent but see that one percent is not harming our Mother Planet. What a wonderful feeling it is, don't you think? If you think it is then don't just think but do its not only my Mother Planet its OUR so please help preserve it.. Just like the way you love your house love the surroundings too where your house lives.

Another very peculiar thing we all note is that whenever we go for an outing/excursion etc we pack lots of stuff with us specially eatables like chips, chocolates, sweets, home made food and various delicious mouth watering dishes. Its a good thing.. never rely on outside food for full its not good for our health but what about the health of our Mother Planet? What is not good is after we finish our delicious food stuffs we throw the polythene bags and other waste stuff here and there. It not only disturbs the scenic beauty but sometimes these polythene bags get stuck at water drainage holes and dirty water exit gets prevented by these polythene bags which are thrown by us.

I am sure we all have seen scenes of rain water accumulating on roads in rains and if not then i will put up a picture here in few days as monsoon is going on so easy to get it in few days and if the viewer who intends to view it is lucky then i might get it today :) (What an irony something which is of shame for all of us am here saying it as lucky to get that picture clicked soon. :( )

But in the end for all this we are to blame corporation for not cleaning gutters on time.. When we know that corporation is inefficient then why do we depend on them for the things which can be done by ourself and that also at grass root level by just throwing polythene bags in dustbins provided and try to reduce the usage of polythene bags when we go for shopping or recycle them instead of throwing them away after one usage.

Just imagine if you have a garden in your house would you like to see it full of polythene bags and other stuff.. certainly not.. it pinches to even imagine one's garden in that bad state then why does it not pinches us when we throw stuff anywhere at public places. Is that not a part of our city? Our country? Our Mother Earth?

If we all unite at our own individual level then just imagine how much soil pollution can be stopped. Not too hard just try and think about it and if you think about following it.. will be hard only for the first time but after that it will look as a part of our days job.. an easy peezy lemon squeezy thing to do :)

Will write more about it as a lot and lot more things are coming up in my mind. But due to shortage of photographs which i said i will click myself and display in my blog am stopping write here. But you are not to stop here instead you are to go on the comment link and leave your precious comments on this very delicate matter and do tell about what ways you follow in stopping of spreading pollution.