OUR NATIONAL HERITAGE AND NATIONAL MONUMENTS

From the desk of Mrs. Baby Abraham . . . . . .

OUR NATIONAL HERITAGE AND NATIONAL MONUMENTS

Our predecessors had the interest, resources, imagination and ingenuity to construct  buildings of international reputation and magnificence. Now their successors have no interest, no resources even though there is no dearth of wealth, skill, intelligence , technical know how to tackle any difficulties or problems. Consider Taj Mahal. The problem of environment pollution is the root cause for the discoloration of the marble. Tackling this can be very easy. Stop the fire set in agricultural land,  which they were doing year after year .Even when instructions are given they cannot but do it again because there is no alternative for them due to lack of money.

1.         Agricultural department can provide at least one lakh or more weeding, harvesting, threshing instruments at a  nominal hiring charge so that soon after the harvest the whole field can be ploughed and kept ready .

It can be left with the hey for the rain and sun to compost it for the next season .This will enable them with minimal preparation for sowing.

This process has multiple effects :

1 Air pollution level will be under control

2. Fog and smoke will be minimal

3. Taj Mahal white marble will be protected from further discoloration and decay.

4. People will be able to breathe fresh air.

5. Lung diseases will be reduced.

Hospital admission and bill will be reduced

6. Number of schooldays and working days will increase and healthy minds will have more concentration and power to do studies as well research and office works . Even a simple headache can make you irritable and loose your cool. That in turn will precipitate a series of negative consequences.

7. Whenever we do things at the root level in the correct way, the effects will be revealed at the highest level. At the higher level they issue orders. The actual work and implementation is carried out by people  in different levels . Strengthen them with adequate instrumentation, instructions, higher values of life, then a new generation which is equipped with higher knowledge and values will emerge and we will see the result in peaceful society.

Eg. Our Olympians and sports and athletes .The result of their individual effort make India proud. How much has India helped them to achieve.

If we tell fishermen to put formalin on fish, they will trust you. When they put formalin, fish look firm and fresh. But they have no clue to the health hazard they are causing,   the repercussion of their actions. Those who gave them that instruction are the guilty ones. Therefore give them solar cooling systems , solar ice making machines in the fishermen’s hamlets, . Then all can enjoy formalin free fish .

If we tell the farmers to harvest before they are ripe and put some medicines to bring the yellow color overnight ,  they will trust you. They are also ignorant of the real values . If the mangoes, bananas, apples etc  ripen on the tree, they are more tasty, they gain more weight , thereby more price  . For another harvesting season the farmer has to wait another year. Therefore why not take the full advantage and price by waiting one or more week for harvesting !!

Save the money on the poisonous ripening agents.

The farmers when they burn the hay   have no idea about the discoloring of Taj Mahal or the fog in the city or the pulmonary diseases of people. They live in the vast farm land where they have fresh air because  the wind will carry away all the smoke and soot they produce. If you tell the farmers that their burning the farm hay is causing discoloration of Taj or it is causing  suffocation for people , they will laugh at you. They will say that this is our tradition. They never take into consideration the population increase, the industrial revolution which are taking toll on environment and land. Even the snow melting on the high Himalayas and Alps etc is also by the same pollution from all over the world. The wind is really powerful . But our farmers will not heed because they cannot visualize the impact of our actions.

   When we tell the farmers to use only correct amount of fertilizer,  and if they think that more fertilizer means more fruits, the result will be devastating. The whole crop will die .

Elimination of ignorance is our country’s need of the hour. Then prosperity and peace will settle.

Just ordering those who have no knowledge of what you are talking about will produce no result at all.

Teach them the proper way which will benefit all.  How our ignorant ways are destroying our health, our children, our heritages. The everyday things in life has life transforming power . Therefore spend your life thoughtfully and meaningfully. Preservation and maintenance of heritage is a herculean task which can be achieved by simple measures of everyday care.

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