Coming back from office yesterday, I saw a ‘Save Environment’ rally taken out by a leading political party. Leading the rally was a premium open top car – one of those guzzlers – followed by another premium car, the Rs.70 lakh plus range ones – another guzzler.
This was followed by a few more gas spewing 4-wheelers, then about 20 token bi-cyclists, with an ambulance and a large police van bringing up the rear.
They were moving on at a fair pace, not stopping to talk to people or informing them about the Environment Day, as one would presume. But to be fair, all the cars and the bicyclists had some greenery tied to some part of them - a few branches probably broken from a tree at the last minute. After all, people are smart enough to understand what that means, right?
I don’t know why, but seeing all those guzzlers and the tokenism reminded me of a certain political personality. Someone who had created an oxymoron about something being necessary for something opposite. Something to do with peace, if I remember right!
Anyway, Happy Environment Day, folks!
Sunday, June 6, 2010
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Let's do something to ban plastic cups in office.... it irks me to no end to see JERKS in office sipping water and throwing them by the dozens...
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