I am far away from Amarnath and the happenings there, as I am too occupied with things other than religious news. I was not particularly interested with why, where, and how many people were stranded on their way to a certain pilgrimage. However, the bit that caught my attention was the meltdown of certain ‘lingam’ at the holy cave shrine in Amarnath, Srinagar. Whether it was man-made or had occurred naturally or did it fulfill wishes or did any miracles was secondary to me. I could just see a reality that is happening in front of our eyes and yet we chose to be silent and ignorant – Global Warming.
It may not be too long when the disasters due to global warming turn spells on us and we would be left doing nothing. The snow melting and the glaciers retreating at the poles we all think it’s too far from us yet and we have ample of time till the situation actually occurs in front of us. The disappearance of the ‘lingam’ from around 12ft in June to nothing in July should be enough to alarm us against the approaching situation. The structure at shrunk to 8ft a week ago and within around 8 days it is 0, which makes it 1ft per day of meltdown. Hope this is enough to catch our attention than just blink away at the news. The officials confirm that the meltdown occurred due to rise in temperature and the pace increased during last two weeks.
Environmentalists comment that it is time for us to think about global warming seriously. The meltdown and the thinning of the glaciers up north is a trigger for us to awaken to the facts. The whole world is flocking to spirituality, but it may not be harmful to get scientific at times.
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