On the beautiful and eternally blissful morning of 24th January 2011, all the newspapers collectively have shocking news to share. Have the wheels of the mind started churning already? Is it any upcoming elections in the USA? Is it some big shots merger? Is it again some terrorist group attack? What is it that has created a wave of excitement in the entire world at the same time?
Well, the answer lies in the headline stating the fact that the world’s population is all set to cross the 7 billion mark.
The point to be noted here is that there is a strong possibility of 7 billionth baby to be an Indian because the reports claim that 58 births take place in India every minute, which is the highest in the world.
This Republic Day, the government should take a pledge to initiate various awareness campaigns to keep the population under control. Otherwise the reason for the third world war will be Indians and the issue will be food, water and energy resources.
It gives a sense of pride in witnessing the citizens of various nationalities making intense efforts to welcome the 7 billionth child, irrespective of the fact that the nationality, gender and religion of the baby is yet unknown.
The project “What would you say to the world’s seven billionth baby?” is in full swing. People are writing comments, posting videos, poems, letters and photographs on this blog. But the actual question that arises here is that if world as a whole is actually ready to accept the 7 billionth child and every forthcoming child after that or not. Does the earth have enough resources to support this huge population?
Today every person is celebrating the birth of this child with great enthusiasm but has anyone made an effort to look at the big picture. What will happen tomorrow when the same child will fight with the existing population for food, energy, water, land and various other things? Will then these people be ready to share their part of resources?
The rate at which population is increasing, it is almost impossible to say that which country is going to be the lucky one. There is still ambiguity about the time when the mark of 6 billion was crossed. According to UN, it was on October 12, 1999 and US census bureau claims that it was on July 22, 1999. The difference in the two dates clearly states the criteria of miscalculations in this regard.
To state the situation more precisely, India occupies 2.4% of the area of the world and 17% of its population. The density of population in India is 324 persons per square kilometer. Aren’t these figures enough to create the three lines on the forehead of every educated Indian?
India celebrates Republic Day every year on 26th January with great enthusiasm. True importance of the day lies in the fact that it was on this day that our constitution was adopted. The constitution is that law-abiding body which provides every citizen of India with certain rights and also defines how to claim one’s rights. India being a democracy, it is the duty of the government to protect the rights of its citizens. But what will a person do of his rights if he doesn’t have any food to eat. The first and foremost duty of the government is to fulfill the basic needs so that the citizens have the ability to think about so called heavy words like secularism, sovereignty, fundamental rights, fundamental duties, democracy and so on.
The government celebrates the day with great pomp and prosperity every year in Delhi, the capital of India. The citizens celebrate the day as a national holiday. They watch movies, plan for family outings and every other thing possible. Is the actual essence of the day lost somewhere?
The above write up is a small effort to bring to the notice that it is the fundamental duty of the government and the educated section of the society to make this country a heaven for those who consider it to be a hell because of their deteriorated situation. Only then we will be able to attain the status of a democratic republic in its true sense.
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