Today what we painstakingly undertake -to paint the earth green- was natural to the ancestors of Indians. As the time advanced different cultures and sciences have influenced the local cultures. Today any good work needs a big campaign and appeals. The people are focussed on earning more and earning more comforts and wealth.
India celebrated renunciation and didn't encourage acquisition. Hence the needs were limited. Over the years we have grown intolerant anything that is Indian and started celebrating other cultures. Today we are at cross roads. Believe it or not Environment was the core of Indian life. For instance every village will have few lakes and ponds of different sizes. Also there were temples and every temple will have a pond/lake. There will also be a temple tree, flower and groves. The water was given much importance and they were simply worshipping all the natural resources viz; earth, air , water, sky and fire. The holiness attached to these natural wealth ensured their presence and purity. The deities were attached with an animal or bird too. Since they were given lot of importance people started worshipping the same. Starting with tulsi every plant,flower and tree (neem papal and banyan) had a place in his life. But the questioning modern man questioned everything and today there is no question of neither temples nor animals.These animals travel on trucks to distant states to be consumed by hungry men. Birds have become scarce. From the tiny sparrows to big vultures -all are disappearing.
Today materially growing rich and the powerful have taken over all temple lands and are eyeing the few water bodies and temple structures as rich sources of real estate. At this rate one will not be surprised to see a water resort in the remaining few lakes and the construction of big skyscrapers on the very same place where temples exist. It's not an exaggeration. In Chennai you have just two lakes surviving with the dirty water. (Chetpet and Velachery) but 'Lake View Roads' are everywhere. Urban living is the bane of the modern times and in future we can see the 'villages' only in museums. If you visit the 'Dakshin Chitra'- a heritage institution on the ECR, in Chennai one can see all the four south Indian village lifestyle/houses. I hope the urban population will grow further at a faster rate.
Pl. go through the data.
Rural population of Tamilnadu: 3,72,29,590 (or 3.7 crores)
urban population of Tamilnadu: 3,49,17,440 (or 3.4 crores)
Urban growth rate-31.8% (10-year period)
We are growing at 31.8% and what more we require to spoil the earth?
Luckily surviving Madurantakam lake
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