Facing the burden on the planet
Yesterday gave me an opportunity to look at my footprint on the planet. No, footprint isn't the right word. Yesterday, I came face to face with the burden of my yesterdays, yester-weeks, yester-months and all those yester-years I have lived on this planet. We happened to visit the Gazipur Landfill, one of the biggest garbage dumps in the city. And like Suraj (one of the friends & ONUS co-traveller) had put, talking, thinking discussing the moon is different and walking on it is quite different. Similarly, it was quite something to have closely watched the huge mountain of garbage. To walk on the every subtle details of all that constitutes garbage. It was overwhelming. Simply put. From Anand Vihar metro station, we made our way to the landfill, taking a shared auto, passing the murga mandi, chicken market and walking some rounds to find the path to reach closer. Up close, any people we met on the way, showed immense amazement on the fact that we chose this place to visit. It...