Less lights!

I had recently gone to God's own country. We traveled widely in the time we had. A thing any person who goes to Kerala during Christmas cannot fail to notice are the beautifully decorated houses. Irrespective of the religion people pitch in to make their street look dazzling. All houses are strewed with pretty stars and glistening serial lights which run through the surface area of the house. one thing struck me like the first drops of a sunned but welcome shower. There was a colossal building in majestic white. It was a residence or so I believe. It was decorated with some kind of bizarre laser. Trust me it was a sheer pleasure to the eyes.

At first I was behaving like a child who saw a big bag of candy. However it took my uncle's perspective to clear my mind. He was telling how poor the distribution of power in Kerala was especially to the remote sites.

If this is not enough nearly 2 kms of the road was bordered by tube lights. It was due to a political party. It is understood that the source of power was illegal. It goes unsaid that the people bear the brunt of all this vanity. This exists thought out India.

This is not an isolated case. Any person in Chennai inevitably must have visited its shopping headquarters T-Nagar. Most shops there too are light with lines parallel serial lights which are present at an interval of ever 20 - 30 cms(I am not exaggerating).

All of us are familiar with the hideous power cuts which made life of the hoi polloi even more loathsome during last summer. One might say little indulgence is not bad and appearances do matter. All that is true and accepted but at what cost. Why buy MAC lipstick when you cannot afford food? Same is the logic here too. Ants save for the rain why not the so called superior humans. We must learn that valuable lesson from such tiny creatures. The outcome is in a gigantic scale.

If you are not much concerned about the future then I have a selfish reason too. The death valley in the U.S.A. is the darkest. It lacks light. The sky seen from there will be a spectacle. Due to too much light on earth's surface at night we cannot enjoy an equivalent spectacle in-spite of being blessed with the same. Hence reduce unnecessary lights for that beautiful light show hosted by the angels in heaven. Lets all take an oath to spend electricity wisely. For a better future and for daily view of the astral pomp and panoply!