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Gone With The Wind

 


Gone with the wind is our fresh air, our clean Yamuna,  our stress free breathing I have been living in Delhi since 1961. I have seen Delhi growing out from being a vast urban village dominated by Sarkari babus  and vast population of    trading communities migrated from Pakistan   Life in Delhi then was stress free slow and  chirpy. Yamuna was a flowing and gurgling reiver then , not  a stagnant pool of "white froth".  We then  kept our windows open, for the fresh air to gush in. I was ten years old then 

Today the   windows in the house generally remain  shut to keep away  the smoky  air from entering . Our children  go to school  wearing a mask .They  take their  "nebulizer dose"  before going to bed. For them today AQI ,GRAP  etc have become an every day vocabulary  Air Purifier has  become part of the furniture & fixtures in the household

Gone with the wind  are the promises of the political party  that we elected believing on their ना खाऊंगा, ना खाने दूंगा" slogan   They promised us a corruption free government.  Post coming into power they ate away the funds meant for cleaning the "Yamuna". They have systematically deforested the Aravalli range to accommodate the greedy  land sharks. They are  collectively pushing Delhi into a Gas Chamber  Gasping for a breath has now been normalised.

Let us hope that the wind that  has taken away our stress free breathing  will one day soon restore  us our stress free breathing  Let us hope then we will start opening  our  windows for the fresh air to gush in . Let us hope  our children will then  will find sky  blue & gorgeous not grey & smoky 

 Let us  pass the Batton of  "Vikisit Bharat" to them because it is the children of today who will make the India of tomorrow   Let us not be  stubborn to remain glorified Let us allow the children  to rejoice their march to glory  Let us pray one day soon we will get back  Dilwalon ki Dilli"!!!

Happy Children's Day

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