This refers to the article, “Seas of trouble: We need to act now” (June 9) by Hiranmay Karlekar. Kudos to the writer for painting an explicit picture of the anthropogenic excesses that brought this blue planet to this pass. When Buckminster Fuller used the term ‘Spaceship Earth', he cleverly said that the resources of this ship were limited. For millennia, the voyage of this spaceship was smooth and in utter balance as all species followed the laws of nature and all was pretty hunky dory. At some point, however, the ‘Homo sapiens' broke the rules and upset the apple cart. The crew did what pleased it, uncaring about what happened to the precious resources, and other species whose stakes in the voyage were no meaner than those of the humans. The power drunk crew has now run berserk. Rest is for all to see.
Air, water, earth, space, and oceans, are now choked and the man, Bhasmasura of the Hindu mythology is on the verge of starting his dance. With the laws of nature, and moral and ethical values being tattered, man is beyond redemption. Bring any laws, and he will find ways to circumvent them. The more advanced and rich nations are, the more stubborn they get. If someone or some inspiration could bring sanity to this mad world, we should feel blessed. Otherwise, the cause is lost and we shall not have those hundred years of Stephen Hawking to migrate to other planets.