The number of tigers in India is fast decreasing. People kill them and sell their skin and bones. If the same situation continues, then a day will come when we will get to see the tiger only in paintings and old photographs.
We have heard this many times from the many NGOs working on the tiger. It is nice to know so many NGOs and so many award winning campaigners are working on the country’s national animal.
But has anyone noticed that suddenly, there are no sparrows in the towns and cities?
Has any NGO taken up any study to find out why?
I think this short story explains our attitude towards the lofty and the lowly.
ನಾನು, ಬಳ್ಳಾರಿ ಹಾಗು ನ್ಯೂಯಾರ್ಕ್ ಟೈಮ್ಸ್
-ನಾನು ಕೆಂಡಸಂಪಿಗೆ.ಕಾಂ ನಲ್ಲಿ ಬರೆದ ಲಲಿತ ಪ್ರಬಂಧಬಳ್ಳಾರಿ ಗಣಿದಣಿಗಳ ಕುರಿತು ನ್ಯೂಯಾರ್ಕ್ ಟೈಮ್ಸ್ ನ ಜಿಮ್ ಯಾರ್ಡ್ಲಿ ಬರೆದದ್ದು ಲೋಕ ವಿಖ್ಯಾತವಾಗಿದೆ.ಆದರೆ ಅವರ ಜೊತೆಜೊತೆಗೇ ಇದ್ದ ನಮ್ಮ ಹೃಷಿಕೇಶ್ ದೇಸಾಯರು ಪಟ್ಟ ಪಡಿಪಾಟಲು ಇಲ್ಲಿದೆ.ಅಂದು ರಾತ್ರಿಪಾಳಿ ಮುಗಿಸಿ ಮಲಗಿದ್ದೆ. ಯಾರೋ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಹಕ್ಕೊಂಡು ಹೊಡೆದಿದ್ದಾರೋ...
This is exactly what my sister and I were talking about a month back. Just about 4-5 years back, the chitter chatter of sparrows was almost deafening in Delhi in the mornings. Now you hardly see any sparrows. Someone mentioned that their eggs cant handle some cellphone related vibrations/frequencies. But whatever it is, its f$#$@ed up.