Nature: The Ultimate Redeemer

Snap back in time to 10,000 B.C. If you have seen the movie by the same name, you don’t even have to strain your imagination. Did you observe how sparsely populated the world was back then. And, if you have read recent reports about the calamity that struck China "Death toll from China quake nears 20,000" you will realize how insignificant this would have been back then. If the Technical advancement were to have been the same as now back then, the Headlines would probably have read “Quake hits uninhabited portion of China. No loss to property or life.”
Too much of anything is bad. This is most applicable to Population. Have we ever realized that by keeping population to an abysmally low number, there is hardly anything to lose, but, there is much to be lost by going overboard? Any animal specie reproduces in large numbers, because it knows for a fact or has an instinct that by the time its offspring grows up to a stage when it can further reproduce, its population would have dwindled to such small numbers that it pretty much evens out and its sustenance will be kept constant. What do we fear that we are propagating in the billions? We give every offspring a chance to live. Whether it is perfectly normal children or children born with deformities of all kinds from having a heart with a hole to Siamese Twins to those with brain disorders, all get an opportunity to live and almost everyone lives till a ripe old age without ever breaking a sweat. At least for Humans, it is no more a wretched world out there. Everyone has a fair chance. Mankind will never go extinct, unless Judgment Day befalls us or some Comet/Meteor happily moving light years away from Earth suddenly decides to alter its course and strike us.

Population Explosion is a bane of the society. That’s why it is referred to as an “EXPLOSION” ………there is a sudden increase in lots of things, problems mainly. Some of the things I can think of would include scarcity of natural resources, food and shelter; increase in Industrialization leading to excessive Pollution manifesting itself as Global Warming, spoiling the sanctity of Air, Water and Soil, putting added pressure on the Earth, which, ultimately vents out its fury in the form of Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Hurricanes and Storms causing destruction to Life and Property indiscriminately. As you can see it all comes back to us. What goes around comes around.....

It appalls me to see the way we try to reform Smokers and Drunkards into complete teetotalers throwing warnings at them, showing them the consequences and even implementing taboos against these social evils being shown in movies and such. What are we trying to do here people??? :-O There are more things at stake than trying to transform a section of the population who wouldn’t abstain from smoking and drinking even in their after-lives. They would stop at nothing to satisfy their urges. You can bring in New year Resolutions, Gandhi Jayanthi’s, increase taxes 200% and much more, and it still would all be in vain. That’s a certainty. If we paid attention to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution which he talked about in his Treatise “The Origin of Species”, he talks about something called “Survival of the Fittest”. Although in Animals, the term ‘Fit’ would mean Physical strength and endurance, in case of us Humans, it could mean lots of things starting off with the archetypical meaning of being fit in body and mind to having lotsa Political influence to being born with a Silver-Spoon.If you compare with the past few centuries, average Life expectancy seems to have increased by a big margin while mortality rates have reduced to an all time low. People will generally live long and if there are some who would like to spend their money on their own downfall and in the process ‘enjoy’ their life which others seem to look upon as ‘suffering’, I see no harm in allowing them to continue on their journey. The Fit survive while the Unfit perish. It’s a very simple philosophy yet an undisputed reality of Life.


It is indeed high time that in India at least, something be done about Population. The way we are growing, we are sure to beat China in no time at all despite us having less than half their surface area in terms of inhabitable land. This seems to be the only aspect in which we are taking a keen interest to lead the world. :-P There are so many Orphanages and Adoption Homes where kids are crying out loud for a new life. If all you want is somebody to take care of you when you are old or if you want to feel responsible enough while in a relationship and that seems to be coming to you with a kid being around, go right ahead and pick’em up. Hone them to become Masters of their Destinies and Captains of their Souls. There is certainly nothing more gratifying than the sense of achievement you derive whilst doing this. You will know at the end of it all that the juice was worth the squeeze.

The Mahatma once said that the World has enough for everybody’s need but not for everybody’s greed. Beyond a certain population baseline it is only natural for Nature to look at even everyone’s basic need as Greed. The Demand is always Sky- Rocketing while Supply is hitting Rock-Bottom. The way we are growing, eating up the entire Animal and Plant Kingdom, encroaching their habitats in Sanctuaries and National Parks for either rehabilitation, farming or even Multi-Million $$$ Projects we fail to realize that we are slowly but surely moving towards being a very Lonely Planet. It won’t be long before the Third Rock from the Sun will be inhabited by only Human Kind while traces of the existence of Flora and Fauna on the Planet will be confined only to Museums and Encyclopedias.

Of all the creatures to ever grace the surface of Mother Earth, Man is the most meanest, deadly, brutal and obstinate of all who will stop at nothing to ensure that he survives……. he lives on. Man is fast growing to being Godlike. He is omnipresent, close to being omniscient and closest to be being omnipotent. It would be in the best interest of all if he would use this gift for the benefit of all life on Earth and realized that there is a fine line between equilibrium and imbalance. The slightest trace of imbalance will call forth somebody to restore balance and Mother Nature is only happy to do it for you. If you don’t know what balance is, I know what is....... whispers Mother Nature.