Oceans also want to speak...

Hi People! I am an Ocean. I am boundary less. All my seven brothers are joined together, and we cover two-third area of the Earth. At times I touch the surface levels – you call me beach; sometimes I am so deep – no one even dares to measure my depth. I enjoy the ripples of Penguins at Ataractic and I also enjoy fighting with rocks in European hills. I used to be a proud owner of entire earth, but that’s not the case now. Most of the places where I touch the ground have been converted into Beaches and Sea faces! May be for commercial use – I have no problem if everyone comes and enjoys with my tides. Problem is when they do more than enjoyment! To explain it, I’ll take one example - Mumbai. There are some beaches where people do enjoy and there are some sea faces where people do more than enjoyment. Band stand at Bandra is known for its reason. There are many sea faces, where many things happen, that are not natural. Irony is I can only see. I can’t do anything. When I feel frustrated, the maximum I do is raise my tide level so that I can wash everything around me. People know that I give them back what they throw in me; still they keep throwing things in me. Till evening things thrown in me are food items, plastics, papers, bottles but I can’t name those things that are thrown in me when the world is covered with Darkness. Burglars, Sex workers, Conspirators and Smugglers own me in dark night. I do witness people killing people on my shore. I want to speak everything and tell it all to you people, but I don’t have mouth with me. I can’t cry, I can’t speak, I can’t run, and I can’t hide, though I want to. Dirty and contaminated water is something that flows in me continuously. I can give back what is thrown in me, if it is solid. Problem is that people throw things what are soluble in me. I don’t carry simple water- I carry saline water. These saline waters are more soluble and miscible than normal water. The water that flows in me carries lots of harmful chemicals that kill many organisms living inside me. Fishes are the one that are directly affected. These affected poisoned fishes further carry it to other organisms and contaminate them. I try my best to dilute them as far as possible, but can’t help it every time.

I am not bad at all. It’s the purview of looking at me. Fishermen enjoy the salt water fishes for there day to day living. Business man uses me for their profit. I help people to reach from one shore to other by the means of Ferries. I allow big ships to move from one place to other without any interruptions. I can be dangerous at times still you make me friends. I have drawn many ships, many tankers, etc. Barmuda Triangle is known to everyone. It’s a big nuisance thing living in my family. I cover 60 % of Mumbai’s boundary directly and 80 % indirectly. This coverage can both be boon and bane for Mumbai. Unfortunately people have used me to harm Mumbai only. I wish people used me for some constructive purpose. Mending walls, bridges etc is a good initiative, but there are many more uses. During festive seasons, I am used for immersion of Idols. Millions of Small and Big Ganpati Bappa’s are thrown in me. Now there is Goddress Durga’s turn to be thrown in me. I have utmost respect and regards for the God Himself and I would love to take their idols in my arm. My problem is the chemical that is used in those idols. Can I not have Eco-friendly idols? Why tonnes of Plaster of Paris are flown in me? The sulphates in the PoP are bad for my as well as your health. The moist chlorinated air that comes out of me is good enough to rust metal things. With addition of sulphates from various sources, the chlorides are added with sulphates. Still I see countless high rise buildings. Mumbai is one example. There are billions small and big cities covered by me. Hope you all wake up. I want to be your friend. I want to play with you. But I am a notorious friend. I don’t keep anything with me. You be bad with me, I shall revert back with my badness.