Fire That Caught Nobody's Attention!

I live in an apartment which has a huge plain ground opposite with lot of trees and as I entre my home I always cherish the fresh air I feel and I always wake up in the morning to a fresh air and a greenery from my bedroom balcony which is so pleasant for the eyes.

This morning I woke up to an unpleasant surprise! As it is I was sleeping well over late and I wake up to see the fire catching up on the beautiful green area opposite my house.

With a grim face wondering what’s happening I started brushing my teeth and within few minutes the entire huge area was caught on fire with all the trees burning and flames entering our homes. The only divider for the ground and our apartment was the road in between and as the fire reached the fence for few minutes I thought it would enter our homes. If it was for few more minutes I wanted to call the fire engine but the fire stopped on the fence and receded well.

The scene was so horrible that my heart was bleeding and it reminded me of “Ranabhumi” the ground with full of fire and smoke and crows and eagles flying frantically across the ground.

As I called the security to ask what was the reason and he just casually said do not know sir and kept the phone. Hassled I stood in a balcony to see if anyone is coming forward to ask or to see why this is happening and expected at least some of the houses to see what’s happening outside their window but surprisingly everybody was confined to their own work inside the house and despite probably seeing what’s happening did not bother much and also the people driving to office through the same road did not bother to see or investigate much.

I left home with an anguish mood and despite being late to a meeting which I had confirmed at 1130 AM, I made it a point to stop at the apartment main office to ask whether the authorities were aware and doing anything about this.

I entered the room and saw an old man sitting in a cabin, looked like he is the head of the management and I politely informed him that there was a fire in the ground and asked him why it happened? I was in for a rude shock when I got a rather sarcastic answer that if there was a fire you should have called the fire engine rather wasting time here. The man pretended initially that he did not know the fire was caught but after I kept telling him that trees are dead and we should have done something about it, he said that he was aware and said that it was a grass fire which happens naturally for which he is not responsible and kept on telling me three to four times that it was very common in USA and Australia to catch such fire as it happened recently there. It seemed like he spent whole of his life in USA and Australia in a FIRE!

Realising that this old gentleman is least bothered I just got out of their office and wished how this old man should have been caught in the fire to realise the pain what I was going through… I know it’s not a good wish and too harsh for an old man and for me to think that way is not usual, but that I guess the old man deserved this kind a response from me.

The reason I am writing this is though we are all so much educated and aware of the conservation required for our future and the global warming most of us do not do a bit to save anything.

The message here is be the change you want to see, which is what I want to be.