Becoming Responsible >> Environmental Responsibility

Who is responsible for destruction of our environment? Global warming is a major factor which caused environment to come down on it knees. Unscheduled rains, the extreme climates are results of global warming.

I was also going in the same direction, until I accidentally read an article in news daily. The article is presented by a woman who explains the response she got from public spaces such as railway stations. The article really had a great impact on me, even till this moment as I pen down this blog. The article describes a conversation between her and a bystander. The situation is like this. While the author was waiting for the local trains in one of the railway stations at Mumbai, she saw the person spitting on the platform and people throwing wastes. The platform was cleaned just before his deed by the employees. She requested him no to do this again. He got angry and started arguing on why he should care about her. She replied why you can’t do this at some other place. He retaliated "I will do this where I wish to". She replied "Please care about the surroundings or other people, keep the area clean". Stranger told her "It is the staffs’ duty to clean the platform, so let them do the work". She told him "What is the necessity to do this, just after the cleaning was done? You should have done this at the waste disposal area, waste bin.” He told "It’s not your business". She finally convinced him saying how can he avoid this. She told him that he can do this in the area it is meant for. He can carry the waste till he spots a waste disposal area. It was a wonderful article.

We all want a clean world, but at the same time throws all the waste in the roadside or into lakes and seas. We all reply in the same manner. What ever points/conversation has being shown is a typical you or me. This made me think. Then onwards I changed very much. I put the wrappers of toffees or others if there are no waste disposal systems available. Then I will dump those in the nearby area. Like wise if government can do installing waste bin within a small distance in railway stations and other public areas, then the pictures of plastics/bags even slippers floating in platforms can be made history.

As Rang De Basanti shows , be the person of the third kind. Be responsible and bring in change. I don’t believe in the saying; you alone cannot change these millions of people and mind set. If you can change others can also change. Because both are human beings.