Environment and Inhumanity
By: Satyam Pathak
Tags: India, Elephants, Nature Writing, Environment, Environmental Issues

A dialogue from animated film The Jungle Book, characterizes elephants as, “The elephants created this jungle. Where they made furrows with their tusks the rivers ran.”

Nature gives us everything.

The Environment, on hearing this word, creates an image in our mind, in which we see trees and plants laden with fruits and flowers, the rivers that make the noise of continuity, the tranquil and immaculate picturesque reservoirs, the snow sheet covered clouds, so many rare flora-covered mountains, greenery covered plains, forests and many animals living in them. Whether it is the desert or the poles of our earth made of ice, it is the environment for all of us humans, whose shadow or rather say that under the protection we have a happy and prosperous life.

Nature wants some sympathy from us.

The truth is that we cannot even imagine our environment at once when thinking about it. Just understand that this is the environment that contains the infinite ocean and the infinite sky inside you. So where is the detailed study possible?

The meaning of Environment can be taken in a broad way.

There is a different environment of the house we live in, the room we sleep in, the roads we travel, the morning walk, where we play, the office we work in, the restaurant we eat. And we can also change all these according to our requirements.

But the environment that is in our urban areas is in a groaning, injured state of pollution. He needs complete recovery. The environment of our rural areas has also started showing signs of disease, which if not tested and treated in time, their condition will become as miserable as that of cities. Rich in natural wealth, our forest areas which were till now protected, are now offering unmatched tourism, commercialization, pollution and the needs of an unruly population.

A recent report found that every 6 seconds, a forest area equal to a football field is razed to meet human needs and to be settled.

Therefore, what environment we want to live in, and what environment we want to give to the coming generation, depends on our choice. If we want to live in concrete jungle instead of trees, then it is our desire. If we want to open the doors and windows of our houses to face the duality of pollution instead of the pleasant cold winds, then it is our desire.

There is talk of preserving our environment, or rather it is trying to save whatever it is. Because the period of preservation seems to be passing.

A number of international, national or regional meetings, seminars, treaties are being held. Every major and small country of the world participates in these campaigns. The United Nations also campaigns for environmental protection. The ridiculous and worrying thing is that even in these campaigns, the country has kept these campaigns as a mere show and artificial effort in view of its personal interests.

But between all these things two arguments are clear that,

“The environment doesn’t want us, we need the environment.”

And “the environment needs not only conservation but also fixed improvement.”

There are many natural assets in the earth’s environment, there are other rare creatures too, which we humans have the responsibility to protect, they are not unjust to humans, because we have also caused them the most harm.

Elephants are worshiped in India.

On 5 June 2020, when ‘World Environment Day’ was being celebrated. A few days before this, some inhuman beings killed a pregnant, hungry elephant in the state of Kerala by feeding a fruit full of explosive substance to the temptation of easy diet. This act cannot in any way be called a sign of human qualities.

The explosion after eating that fruit must have caused immense pain and distress to the elephant, with the dream of becoming a mother, whose imagination is dishonest, but still that pregnant calmly took place in a stream without harming any other creature. After three days of unimaginable suffering, she gave up her life and proved herself to be a superior creature to humans.

Humanity is unforgivable for this act.