Its too late to be a pessimist

The title is very appropriate as the video talks about the place to which we belong, without which our sheer existence would vanish- the planet earth ;our "HOME". The video addresses to us homo sapiens-the wise species. Life - a miracle in the universe came into existence only 4 billion years ago. While human existence only two hundred thousand years ago, yet we have succeeded in disrupting the balance that is so essential to life. 

The video gives a glimpse of how the earth was formed and how it gracefully transformed into our home. where did we come from? Initially it was archeobacteria which were the vital ancestors of the species. Slowly and steadily life altered the atmosphere .Some animals adopted to nature while nature on the other hand adopted to them as well. Every species has a role to play no specie is harmful, in fact they all balance out nature.

The engine of life is is linkage. Nothing is self sufficient  in fact sharing is everything. We know absolutely nothing about the bonds that link life on earth. Life remains a mystery.

The homo sapiens despite their vulnerability have taken possession of every habitat and have conquered territories like no other species.After 190,000 nomadic years humans settled down no longer dependent on hunting. 

HOW CAN U CONQUER THE EARTH HUNGRY?

AGRICULTURE the first great revolution.

The invention of agriculture was the first greatest revolution in human existence that gave birth to cities, civilizations. Half of the humankind tills the soil. Its a pre-requisite for survival. in the video the energy from the sun is termed as "POCKETS OF SUNLIGHT " stored in the earth.

BIRTH OF MEGALOPOLIS

Faster and faster the earth's population in the last 60 years has only tripled and over 2 billion people have moved to the cities. Shenzhen with 100s of sky scrappers was just a village just 40 years ago. Megalopolis is just the symbol of the exploitation of the earth's resources.A megalopolis is a chain of roughly adjacent metropolitan areas.

Soon MACHINES replaced HANDS in the fields even though they produced food enough to feed 2 billion people most of the food production in the industrialized nations was used as livestock feed or bio fuel. on the contrary millions are dying each day without food. even though industrialization helped to get better harvests but it degraded the land year by year.

The more a country develops the more is its consumption of meat. How could the worlds increasing demand of meat be met? Recourse to concentration camps of cattle.Meat is being manufactured faster than the animals has become a daily routine where not a blade of grass grows. where thousands of trucks from all over bring tonnes of grain and soy and livestock food. 

Life is totally dependant on OIL.Auto-mobiles-symbol of comfort and progress. the planet has 900 million vehicles today.In Los angeles No. of cars=no of people. Then onwards distance is being counted in minutes and not miles.

More the world developed MORE GREW THE THIRST for energy.

Every where machines are digging the earth's surface.Excessive mining led to exhaustion of planets reserves. Excessive fishing is depleting the aquatic species. Excessive Deforestation has disrupted the balance of life.Rivers are drying out. the Amazon forests are reducing by 20%

DUBAI-is the symbol of the modernity which never fails to amaze the world.here nothing depends on nature. it has succeeded in  buliding artificial islands,it has no water but spends huge amounts to desalinate the water from the seas it has few resources no farm land but can import food grains from all over the world. All this because of -OIL.

We have forgotten that resources are limited . 500 million humans live in the worlds desert lands more than the pop of Europe. they know the value of using water sparingly. they are mainly dependant on fossil water which is too depleting reason being-non-renewable resource

Excessive exploitation of resources threatening life of the species.POOR are becoming poorer.hunger is spreading oil might run out soon. human activities are leaving large quantities of co2. Arctic ice cap is melting every year.sea levels are rising .

Some shocking facts

1Billion people have no access to safe drinking water

30% of grain production is being used as livestock feed

13 million hectares of forests dissappear every year.

In Los angeles No. of CARS = No. OF people.

By 2050 one fourth of the species in the world are threatened.

Countries are spending 12 times more on military rather than giving aid to the developing nations

Its too late to be a pessimist

.why are we building walls to protect the happiness of some from the misery of other millions. meat production need not take the food out of peoples mouth. 5000 cities are using solar energy . renewable sources of energy like wind which is in abundances being used now. Human civilization must be based on
Moderation  Intelligence & Sharing.

                                    What's important is not what has gone but what remains.

AAMCHI MUMBAI

Born n brought up in this beautiful city i have deep attachment with "Aamchi Mumbai". The city which never sleeps. The city which has thousand stories to tell. The city of dreams, the city of broken dreams. From Haji Ali to Siddhivinayak, from local trains to the Vada Pav, from the boulders of Bandstand to the sands of Juhu, from Mangeshkar to Tendulkar, from the Khans to the Bachchans, it is ‘Aamchi Mumbai’ all the way.

 So what is it that makes this city so irresistible? 

Is it the spirit of Mumbai, the unpredictable monsoons, the fast-paced life in the local trains or Bollywood? I would say absolutely everything! Enjoying the cool breeze or simply admiring the beauty of the Arabian sea at Marine Drive is sheer bliss.With fruit juice at Rs. 5 a glass outside railway stations, to Rs. 200 a cappuccino at the Trident, life in Mumbai sails smooth with all its diversity. The night remains young from DJ jamming sessions to ek chaalis ki last local. Even in the nights, there is movement – whether in the form of discotheques and pubs or the auto-rickshaw drivers plying the roads all through the night.From street shopping bargaining at Colaba market or Bandra Linking road to brand conscious purchases at Jimmy choo. This city has a lot to offer in every way. When it comes to food, we get absolutely everything. Finger licking street food to fine dining restaurants, and not to forget the midnight bhurji-pav walas. This city doesn't let you sleep hungry for sure.

No mention of Mumbai can be complete without speaking of the Mumbai film industry, often lovingly termed as Bollywood. Almost a hundred Bollywood movies have had as their opening scene a long shot of Victoria Terminus, introducing Mumbai as sapno ki nagari. The famous ‘Tu Hi Re’ on old fort reminds us of Bombay, whereas Ranbir Kapur’s ‘Wake up Sid’ sketches Mumbai on a realistic canvas. Dreams come true here, dreams shatter here, but life doesn’t go off the tracks. The locals move on, carrying few lakh dreaming hearts every day.‘Bombay to Goa’ to ‘Saathiya’, the local train has repeatedly come on the silver screen. Even the Oscar winning Indian movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ had one of its popular songs shot at the famous Chatrapati Shivaji Terminus platform. The city of Bollywood has people from small towns visiting everyday just to have a glimpse of their favourite stars. Be it "Mannat"-Shahrukh khan's sea facing bungalow or Amitabh Bachhan's residence at Juhu. People from all over the country come to Mumbai with mainly one dream: to make it big. With the Hindi film industry situated in Mumbai, every year thousands of hopefuls land up here to become actors and actresses. In fact, out of every ten people who migrate here, seven want to be a part of the film industry. Others come here in search of a job or to improve their careers.

Watch Mumbai wash its dirty linen in public at the Dhobi Ghat, the world’s biggest laundromat turned tourist attraction. You’ll find over 200 dhobi families washing and drying a bright patchwork of saris, kurtas and boxers in the open with the smell of detergent in the air.

 A million-dollar baby … elephant This infant is 12 feet tall, his name is Lalbaugcha Raja and he is the king of Mumbai’s annual 10-day Ganesh festival in September. During the festival, more than two million Hindu devotees throng to see the wish-granting idol of the infant elephant god, which was insured for 25 million rupees this year. Devotees collectively donate Rs 5 crore and more than 5,000 sacks of coconuts each year, then follow the Raja on a procession toward Chowpatty beach, where he's immersed in the sea.

 One of the most prominent features of Mumbai’s culture is the language which has evolved since years .It is called Bambaiyya Hindi, it is exactly that, Hindi with a dash of Mumbai’s flavor. Here Aloo is commonly referred to as batata and pyaaz as kanda, kona is referred to as khopcha and dimaag as bheja!!

 This city belongs to diverse cultures and religions from the entire country who work together in harmony.It is a melting pot of different people from different cultural, religious, ethnic and lingual backgrounds. The people here have a no nonsense attitude, but are very warm hearted. Millions go unnoticed like sand castles washed away at the 

beach, millions are attracted by the skyscrapers, and millions are immortalized like the Elephantas. The commercial capital of India, this city comes as a surprise to visitors with its high rising structures, multi millionaires driving down the roads, multinational business houses on the one hand and decaying old structures, slums in the form of Dharawi and the overcrowded surroundings on the other. It depicts the place that is always up and about, a city with a spirit of gold and a determination to never say die, even in the wake of terrorist attacks and natural calamities. 

The engine siren pierces through the silence of the night, the bogies rattle on the tracks, the signals go red and green, the pebbles on the fishplates turn and overturn, and the Mumbai city go on and on.