Koupin ka vastey

Yesterday I received a mail in my inbox from one of my non computer friendly friend, which describes the growing ill effects of excess use of computer in our day to day life. The mail was attached with some very funny yet scary pictures of computer addicted people, who have lost everything in their life but computer. People these days especially the new generation is becoming the victim of the virus called computer. To cater my daily professional needs I need to work on computers for at least 9-10 hours a day. And believe me, I hate it. I have a very big doubt whether the computer is doing any good for mankind rather making the work faster and the world smaller. Now question is why should I do the work fast or why should I make the world small where it is already became cramped with excess population and technology. I may sound negative but I really want to breathe with my nose and not with USB port. I can remember the sage’s story where the sage bought a cat to take care of his Koupin (small piece of cloth, which was a bare necessity), than got a cow to feed milk to the cat, and then a servant to look after the cow. I can see the new technology is also being repeated as new Koupin Story.

Handle the Transparent Ghosts

Rather than saying against the usage of plastics can we think of handling it carefully by using it only in case of requirement and not for everything? Plastics made our life easier but let not misuse or overuse it. New ways of recycling plastics is also very much important to keep our environment clean. We heard about usage of recycled plastics in development of roads but hardly noticed any big steps taken by our government so far on this direction.
In the 1990s, Ahmed Khan’s company in Bangalore, churned out hundreds of thousands of plastic bags and other packaging material each month that eventually ended up as garbage. Now, he is in the business of scouring the city’s landfills and trash cans to reclaim some of that waste and pave the way to a more environmentally friendly enterprise.
Mr. Khan, 60, is trying to solve two of the biggest problems in India: battered roads and overflowing landfills. His solution: streets made with recycled plastic.
Mr. Khan’s company, K.K. Plastic Waste Management, which he founded with his brother, Rasool Khan, has built more than 1,200 kilometers, or 745 miles, of roads using 3,500 tons of plastic waste, primarily in Bangalore, India’s technology and outsourcing hub.
Mixing plastic with asphalt, Mr. Khan forms a compound called polymerized bitumen. When used in roads, it withstands monsoons and everyday wear and tear better than traditional pavement.
We have faced the problem of battered roads and water logging problem is Delhi after every monsoon. Why our government is not taking steps to have plastic roads in Delhi?