Depressing..how fast areas outside Pune city are changing.. surely as people of this country we are a deficient lot.. It was heartening to see gazelles though, but one often wonders for how long you would see them as well- these leftovers from the past. One fine day another earth shattering machine will turn up and blast the hillocks, make a road and all I'll do is shake my head in despair and write another post on this forum.. Isn't the amount of development in & around Pune enough? What pinnacles are we trying to achieve?
Some areas we passed today were, just 3 years back, a scatheless patch of grassland. But, now most are fenced, or blasted- the rock quarried, taken away and slated upon one of our many highways. On the road to development- merciless and demonic. My feelings normally remain ensconsed, under a viel of "nothing can be done about this". On a pragmatic front I even know writing about some godforsaken piece of 'wasteland' will not move any.
I worry too often and a little too much. But, of course we need development. I don't deny the fact that we do. But, why is the way things are changing around me hurting me so much? Perhaps, I don't realize the need for develpment or the larger importance of economics for our country's progress. Maybe, I am archaic in my thoughts, & selfish, since I want those places to remain the way they are so I could go there and watch some 'wildlife'. I feel utterly confused, torn at times. Two days from now, I'll even forget about it. Life will move on and places will change. We will shape our lands the way we want to, the way it suits us. Some may wince, but soon forget. As for me..
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