world is in danger.

Now and then , I hear and read that world is in danger. Now a days, most vocal warning is about Global Warming (The fact is if earth had not warmed earlier, we would not have come in to existence). Thirty year back it is was Ozone hole in sky or before that danger of nuclear war. We must take note that causes of dooms are changing, it means we are progressing ( To jump from one problem to next is progress).

Another thing these warning etc presume /procalims that humans has become more powerfull then mother nature or natural laws.This I strongly dispute. Inspite of all progress human beings have made, we are stiil struggling to protect ourselves from nature only. This nature has billions of years history and our known history is merely 5000-6000 year old. What ever changes we are recording are just 200-300 year's study or record. Many of these observations are merely 40-50 year old. We do not know for sure, whether there are changes , and if changes are there, they are due to human activity or nature's cyclic change.

It is our only ego to say that we are causing change.

However, I do not belittle the sincerity of the people who care about this country or planet. Nor I do underestimate the message for improvement given by all stakeholders, be it, parents, schools, newspaper, TV, Govt, NGO and so on to save earth.

But taking them seriously can harm your own life and can take away joy out of your life. First thing we should remember, whatever prophets of doom are saying, they are saying for so many centuries and always do not prove correct. In fact no body can predict future of a country or society beyond 5 years. For example, my generation took population explosion seriously and limited family to one child, depriving the child of natural company. And down 30 years, we are hearing population dividend for India.

In fact all predictions assume / have fault logic in 2 way. One , if such and such thing continue, this or that will happen and second their mind comprehends presently available solutions only. Rememebr, nature is always changing and human mind is not able to understand/ imagine what has not happened yet or mind has not experienced it. The best example of this is, when we search life beyond earth, always we link it with availability of water and oxygen. Is it not possible that there may be other life system which may be surviving and growing on any other natural element. Another, just 50 year back who would have thought that intrenet will change the way we communicate or socialise.

So, what is happening today will change tomorrow, and new things will come in to being, not only because of science but because of changing perceptions, laws, religion, politics and economics etc.

To give one small example, take the so called perishable nature of petro products, and the so called shortage of alternative energy sources. It is not that, they are not available. They are readily available, but presently at higher price then petro products. As per economic law, if supply of petro products goes down, prices will go up, and alternate sources will come in to use.

Further, 100 years back also, Mumbaikar must have been crying about heavy population influx, life becoming miserable and so on, but high rise apartments, fly overs etc (not thought over 100 years back) have been built, to accommodate ever increasing population pressure. Fact is that, the day Mumbai will have more problem as compared to opportunity, people will move and settle to any other city.

There is tendency to oppose new development by raising false alarems, which some time seems ridiculous after a gap of generation. That is why when X -ray was dicivered, people thought, it will encroach on privacy of people and encourage porn/ nudity. Similary, when Hydroelectic power came in to existence, media spread/ people believed that after passing through turbines, energy / potency of water is passed / changed to electric power, and such water is useless/ dangerous.

The fact is that continents and kingdoms might have prospered and perished but the history of human being is a smooth history of progress, starting from discovery of fire and wheel to present day space missions. Every generation has faced problems and solved them in their own way. Today, we may complain about shortage of food but copmare it with famines of ninteenth century. Further we may see enequality among different groups but, slave system is no more. Such examples of progress in every walk of life is many many.

Lastly, and most important , as compared to life of nation and society, our own life is very-very short,(and every phase of life comes only once) and for world's imagined problem/ danger or real problems, for which solutions will emerge in course of time , do not waste your life or destroy joy.

Be Happy, Live your life, Act responsibly but do not worry.