122. Love passionately! What else is there to do?

"Love till death," has been my mantra since I was a kid and it will continue to do so till the end of eternity!

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5th of June was World Environment Day and I had a pretty much enjoyable if not exhaustive discussion on the conservation of the environment vis-a-vis the youth at the studios of Prasar Bharati, PPC (Northeast). Though the theme for this year is Think, Eat and Save, the discussion centred around a general idea of conservation of the environment. 

The young people sitting for the discussion seemed pretty enthusiastic about the whole prospect of being associated in putting things right around them, as far as the environment is concerned. They talked about their contributions through their individual way and also through their institutions. Professor Shakeel Zamal, Associate Professor of Physics from Handique Girls' College gave that extra edge to the whole programme as he gave important inputs on how the youth have a very big role to play towards the conservation of their surroundings, starting their work from home. Instead of becoming hedonistic, his advice was to think intelligently and save the environment. 

Neha Agarwal, from the Asian Institute of Management and Technology, said that it is so very important for the parents to play a role model in shaping the minds of young children. Ankita Talukdar, also from the same institute stressed on soil erosion and the traumas thereof. Both of them were brimming with ideas to make a change. Trijaya Nandan Choudhury , from Don Bosco School had a lot of ideas to share as he went  onto speak passionately about the positive impacts of peer pressure.   

My remarks ended in, "We have had discussions like this umpteenth number of times. So, what happens when we go out of the studios? Do we forget our responsibilities or do these discussions give us that springboard to think out of the box and do something different and hence save the world?The future is yours, so its time you switched off that light as you leave the room, try to use less of CFCs, conserve fossil fuel by turning off that ignition at the signal crossing and most importantly to stop throwing empty chips and juice packets out of your cars.  Think of reducing your carbon foot-print and leave a world where the generations to come can breathe easy!"

Prof. Shakeel Zamal, Trijaya, Neha, Ankita