An old letter I wrote.
Dear Armchair Activist on Facebook,
Yesterday, so many folks in Mumbai including my friends paid heed to your call and saved water for the state by celebrating a 'Dry Holi'. It is commendable.
However, even a day hasn't passed since Holi and I came across this article on the front page of 'The Economic Times'
which talks about 6 completed and work-in-progress Golf Courses which are coming up in the Mumbai-Pune area and lauds it in a way as the next step in luxury living.
Please read-up the amount of water that will be taken-up in maintaining these golf-courses per day (enough for 60,000 villagers per day) for an entire year on the internet. I'm disappointed that none of you have spoken-up about it, as much-concerned citizens of this drought-affected state.
This is in no way a critique of your efforts to save water on Holi, but a reminder that you forget an issue or agenda as soon as it's not the latest fad on Facebook anymore and that to really bring about a change, citizen vigilance and activism is equally required on the remaining 364 days of the year.
Grow up, observe, question your administration and more importantly vote responsibly when it matters.
Cause delivering sermons on Facebook just doesn't work in the real world.
Jai-Hind
Paras Kapadia
Dear Armchair Activist on Facebook,
Yesterday, so many folks in Mumbai including my friends paid heed to your call and saved water for the state by celebrating a 'Dry Holi'. It is commendable.
However, even a day hasn't passed since Holi and I came across this article on the front page of 'The Economic Times'
Mumbai builders woo rich with golf courses, sports facilities based home plans - The Economic Times
which talks about 6 completed and work-in-progress Golf Courses which are coming up in the Mumbai-Pune area and lauds it in a way as the next step in luxury living.
Please read-up the amount of water that will be taken-up in maintaining these golf-courses per day (enough for 60,000 villagers per day) for an entire year on the internet. I'm disappointed that none of you have spoken-up about it, as much-concerned citizens of this drought-affected state.
This is in no way a critique of your efforts to save water on Holi, but a reminder that you forget an issue or agenda as soon as it's not the latest fad on Facebook anymore and that to really bring about a change, citizen vigilance and activism is equally required on the remaining 364 days of the year.
Grow up, observe, question your administration and more importantly vote responsibly when it matters.
Cause delivering sermons on Facebook just doesn't work in the real world.
Jai-Hind
Paras Kapadia
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