Some numbers we define, some define us. And there are numbers that numb us.
- It’s been 27 years and counting since India’s grimmest industrial disaster─ Bhopal Gas Tragedy, a catastrophe that made Methyl isocyanate a household name
- It has been 330 years since last Dodo vanished from the face of the earth
- We have GDP surging for a double digit growth, an economy that’s vying to knock the US $2 trillion threshold. But we also have a population that will outnumber China by 2025. We also have a tiger count that is diminishing every day to poachers and human encroachments. We have carbon emissions amplifying and coastal lives diminishing
- India has 18% of the world’s population on 2.4% of world’s total area. Industrialization needs to sustain a model which takes into picture the endangered species, the mighty mountains and Gangetic plains in its wake
The more things change, the more they stay the same. India Inc has had its share of contentions in the near past as well, be it the tale of Tata and the turtles or Coal mines destroying tiger habitat.
In a world where economy presides over ecology, it’s time we take sustainability seriously. The resilience of earth shouldn’t be toyed with for the repercussions ─ripples, rage and eventual rampage would be just as real. A dog talking of dollars would hardly make your eyebrows twitch to seriousness yet believe you me, in a utopian business world, quarter results of corporate would focus upon the firm’s performance in societal and environmental arenas with an earnestness that it would give to revenues.
The future, fragile as a spider’s web, will look deep down into our eyes someday; let’s ensure that we find warmth and not wrath in those eyes. Here’s hoping for a green future.
PS Written for the sixth annual chapter of CII CECSD Sustainability Solutions Summit & Exhibition, New Delhi. Question the stake holders; derive inspiration from green leaders on 25th-26th November, 2011.
#1 by Deepak karthik on November 24, 2011 - 1:43 pm
GOod post and for a good cause
#2 by Abhishek Ranjith (The Narcissist) on November 24, 2011 - 5:15 pm
Ultimately man will destroy himself but the world will live on.
#3 by Rakesh Vanamali on November 25, 2011 - 10:53 am
This is a very well written post……..
#4 by calvy on November 25, 2011 - 6:14 pm
Thanks for the comment Rakesh:)
#5 by Deboshree on November 30, 2011 - 12:12 pm
A wake-up post for sure. With all the GDP growth we are busy with, we forget several basic home truths.
#6 by Ginger, buddy n Shadow on December 2, 2011 - 1:27 pm
Wise words…beautifully put together….
To a greener, cleaner, healthier future…AMEN!
#7 by calvy on December 2, 2011 - 1:31 pm
Thanks Ginger, Shadow, Buddy & of course Geeta di’ and Deboshree:) Your encouragement drives us!
#8 by Avanish Maurya on December 12, 2011 - 8:27 pm
Hi Bro, nice meeting you at Blogger’s Meet.Your blog is very nice.Be in touch.
#9 by calvy on December 13, 2011 - 9:22 am
Thanks Avanish:) The pleasure was mutual! I wish I could have been a wanderer too,to travel far and wide and not be bound by the limits of the cubicle. Stay connected!
#10 by Zephyr on December 17, 2011 - 7:28 pm
Check out my blog where you feature in the post on the blogger meet at Delhi.