So tweet the Earth
'ek chidiya, anek chidiyaN; dana chugne baith gayee thi .....' The song conjures up childhood imagery, memories of an entire generation that was still lucky to learn the lessons of life from Mother Nature. For all others who couldn't strike a chord yet, 'ek chidiya, anek chidiyaN' translates to 'a lovely bird and many such lovely birds....'. Those are the opening lines of a beautifully animated song that encouraged harmony and unity in diversity, the mottos that best describe India, through a delightful cameo from Nature.
Most of us used to take delight in watching birds paying us a visit in our very own habitats during our childhood, when todays cities were still attractive enough for nature to cast its beautiful spell with changing seasons, colors, flowers and more. However, all such pleasures of nature are strangers to our cities now. Its something that we have done ourselves, still doing, depriving our younger generations of all such pleasure.
The greater irony is, we seek solace in the virtual worlds. Our bird song comes from MP3s, our greenery in screensavers. And tweet on the web mimicking nature. As we use these products, as we live a synthetic life, we need to think, rethink how our life is affecting our world, our Nature. As creative people, its time we thought about how our creations, the products and services we create and we use impact our world.
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The mouse does not seem to work on all surfaces.
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The silencer of the motor bike is placed in such a way that the smoke comes right into the face of the rider behind it.
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A triathlon watch is used by sportsmen to keep a check on the time. A triathlon is a sport which consists of running, swimming and cycling.
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It takes more effort and resources to create plastic apparatus for medical use than using plastic for other products.
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Thermocol boxes used for packing are made of non-degradable.
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Films are still used for capturing high quality videos. The material used for manufacturing these tapes is not biodegradable.
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The upper handle shown in this picture has no role as the sensor detects the hands and the water flows from the lower pipe.
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These electric poles have such a bad design, that during repairs, it causes short circuits and hence lot of deaths.
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