Puppy Love: Busting Myths About Stray Thoughts

by Shubhreet Kaur Kochhar for India Writes

Loud barking that doesn’t let us sleep, chasing cars when we drive back home, sleeping in the middle of the road till we honk it away – stray dogs are yet another inconvenience that Indians know all too well. There are no confirmed statistics on the number of stray dogs in India (clearly, someone at the municipal corporation offices is not doing his job). However, the count is roughly estimated at 25 million. That’s a lot of hungry dogs scavenging for food and breeding puppies while they’re at it. The Indian government, thankfully, made it illegal to kill stray dogs in 2001. So all those who disagree, this is not a choice. Deal with it!

Is Mother Earth fighting back?

Youth Ki Awaaz: Is Mother Earth Fighting Back?

Something’s not right with the world! Okay, many things are not right with the world. Even as the world becomes smaller and we bear witness to the theory of six degrees of separation actually take effect, there are still religious wars, violence, poverty and power trips. But that's people against people. There actually might be a bigger problem at hand – Earth against people.

Statistics show that the number of natural disasters have risen over the last 20 years (I’m too lazy to compile the stats. Google it – that’s what it’s for). What’s worse is that the number of earthquakes, floods and cyclones are expected to increase even further. As we continue to walk around and live our lives as usual, our planet Earth on the other hand is going through some drastic and damaging changes.

A weak immune system
All living bodies have an immune system that fights back harmful bacteria. It’s the immune system that doesn’t let you die of a common cold. If we take Earth as one big living body, could these natural calamities be a way for the Earth’s immune system to fight back the unhealthy bodies created by man? I think so!