About Me

Someone who fell in love with the natural world early on and has been smitten ever since. A blade of grass, a mighty mountain, a tiny raindrop, a roaring waterfall, all fill me with awe and wonder. Nature feels home, filled with warmth and love. It pains my heart to see this home being ravaged. This blog is an effort to find tweaks in modern living to preserve the sanctity of this home. I sincerely hope that you join me in this green karmic journey.

Friday, 21 April 2023

Why should our celebrations create hell for others?

We love to celebrate! Birthdays. Weddings. Anniversaries. Festivals. Poojas.

I often wonder - where does all the trash from a celebration go?

Does a human kid's birthday bring about an animal baby's death day?

Or does a rich nation's kid's birthday pollute a poor nation's kid's every day?

Does our joy make someone else's life hell?

Does it all come back to us and how? After all - what goes around, comes around!


After Party

"Just a plate

And just a spoon 

Just a bottle

And just a balloon

Just a bag

And just a party popper

Just a box

And just a candy wrapper

I'll put in a trash bag

And send them away

Where do they land?

Can't think - have had a busy day!

It can become a sea creature's food

Mistaken for a prey

Or get entangled in its neck

As it tries to swim away

A feathered creature 

Might proudly hop around

Pleased with herself 

On having a shiny morsel found

Or 

It will sail in a container 

To a far away stead

Where a wasteful nation's filth 

Is paraded as poor man's bread

Young kids scavenge

Through mounds of trash

Drinking leached water

Breathing polluted air

Oh that sounds so horrible!!

But it's so, so far away

I won't think about it

And everything will be ok?

What matters right now is 

Here and now

My guests have been pleased

And my kid's day has been wow!