Science & Environment, Journalist & Writers Association, India

कर रही चीत्कार धरा अम्बर अब, सूखे अंकुर पूछ रहे हैं, कब बरसेगा शीतल नीरव, तृण तृण धरती के सूख रहे हैं, कहां गये नीरज सुमन धरा से? कोयल की वो कुहुक कहां है? वन उपवन सब रुष्ट हो चले, मयूर पंख की लूट कहां है? जल जीवन सब मैला लगता, गंगा पावन लहर कहां है? दूषित जीवन शोषित उपवन, मंद समीर प्रलोभन कहां है? है गर जन जीवन को बचाना, पर्यावरण बदलना होगा, वसुधा के ऋण के खातिर, तृण तृण स्वेद पिघलना होगा।। ©Priyanka Mishra

World Leaders and politicians thrive on the short attention span of the public. People these days focus on something only when it’s trending on twitter. Though   It is not entirely our fault in the current circumstances, when we are being pelted with issues almost on a never-ending basis, it really is difficult to concentrate on anything else when one does not know whether they will be having their next meal or not. Unfortunately, the deadly pandemic that we currently face has made it difficult to think about anything else. However as World Environment Day approaches us soon, busy governments all over the world- who are investing so much in saving lives and salvaging the trodden economy should also look into ways of saving our future, because pandemics like the Coronaviruses have high chances of becoming regular occurrences in the coming time- unless something   monumental is done to undo the damage we have done to our planet. And what better time to do so, than now, ...