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Mar 17, 2009
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Jul 04, 2009
Anchorage, Alaska
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Upon getting home, the first thing I was struck by was the cleanliness. Not to say that India is a dirty country, it just needs to spend more time caring for, and cleaning, its public places. Personally, I think the reason that India is as dirty as it is, is simply that people were not taught how important the environment, and by extension, cleanliness, actually is. I would therefore like to send a message to all those responsible for educating our generation. You must teach children about the importance of all the things they may not think are important. The consequences that may, and probably will come to pass if these things are not taught, will far outweigh the convenience. Would you have the younger generation inherit a dying planet? I, for one, am a part of that generation, and I say not!
We certainly can break the calculated uncaring habits, and if we do not, I fear our planet will not survive. We keep trying to say we are the catalysts of change, and so we must therefore BE the change. If action is not taken soon, there will soon be a global crisis on our hands. I would then feel very sorry indeed for the current president of that time, when he must announce that we all must evacuate earth because it has become a toxic wasteland. I would like to use a child's reference to explain what could happen. The movie WALL-E, for example. The earth has become a toxic plain, hospitable to no life but that of one single robot. If that is the fate of earth, we humans who say we have conquered nature, would be in a very bad state indeed. As said by Orson Scott Card in Ender's Game, "You run out of raisins and celery kinda fast out there, without earth."
However, India is becoming more conscious very fast. For example, plastic bags are banned, and cloth is used in its stead. Awareness is growing, and I would like to commend India for that.
I did like to be constantly surrounded by family that I don't remember, or had never met. It is strange to know that I have at least 4 siblings! Indians call anyone closer than a third cousin a brother or sister. :) It is always nice to meet family.
Janpal:
I agree with Aman for the most part. One thing that I noticed too was the order we have in the U.S.A. Unlike India the U.S.A has the orderly streets, the rules, yet India doesn't have half of that stuff. One of the things India does have is drivers who are probably quite good though for they drive defensively as they don't have street lights and instead have roundabouts. Another difference I noticed was how much religion India has compared to America. In short, the two have so many differences in my view.
