Having children..What will it give us?
Has any one thought about why should some one have children after marriage.
Why should people be so desperate to bring a concrete shape to their sperms and eggs?
With such huge burgeoning population and its related problems ( At least within the scope of this article Iam not going to consider that huge population is a boon ) should people be still looking forward to having children?
What purpose do children serve?
Iam not a critic of the existing activities/practices in our society and Iam assured that there are more underlying reasons than the ones that are being projected behind many things.
But some of the activities presented in our religious scriptures, as is understood by the general sections of the society, may be outdated or to put it correctly may be misunderstood and misinterpreted.
For example having children...Earlier with very less human population and a very high rate of fatal diseases it was nothing but obvious to have as many children as possible. Added to that were the lesser number of desires and joint families which helped reduced the burden on any member.
But the situations now or on the flip side. We are already burdened with near around 110 billion peopl roaming around us, with reduced natural resources and increased per capita consumption of those resources. With all these problems looming around, doesn't it become inevitable for me to reduce the growth rate.
There are hoards of children (Hoards because they are being brought up as herds of animals but not as humans) with minimal access to resources. They are infact DYING out there!! Having done nothing to any one of those ppl, why is every one trying to bring in more into the society?
Isn't this logical that, say, when I have some water and a plant dying infront of me because of lack of water, I should probably be pouring that water to the existing one, than to try and plant a new one?
For me, a smile on a child's face is probably the most truthful and is the one that brings in solace than many other things. But at the same time, a dying infact is more horrendous and heinous than any other thing on earth.
When will I realize these basic things!!
Why should people be so desperate to bring a concrete shape to their sperms and eggs?
With such huge burgeoning population and its related problems ( At least within the scope of this article Iam not going to consider that huge population is a boon ) should people be still looking forward to having children?
What purpose do children serve?
Iam not a critic of the existing activities/practices in our society and Iam assured that there are more underlying reasons than the ones that are being projected behind many things.
But some of the activities presented in our religious scriptures, as is understood by the general sections of the society, may be outdated or to put it correctly may be misunderstood and misinterpreted.
For example having children...Earlier with very less human population and a very high rate of fatal diseases it was nothing but obvious to have as many children as possible. Added to that were the lesser number of desires and joint families which helped reduced the burden on any member.
But the situations now or on the flip side. We are already burdened with near around 110 billion peopl roaming around us, with reduced natural resources and increased per capita consumption of those resources. With all these problems looming around, doesn't it become inevitable for me to reduce the growth rate.
There are hoards of children (Hoards because they are being brought up as herds of animals but not as humans) with minimal access to resources. They are infact DYING out there!! Having done nothing to any one of those ppl, why is every one trying to bring in more into the society?
Isn't this logical that, say, when I have some water and a plant dying infront of me because of lack of water, I should probably be pouring that water to the existing one, than to try and plant a new one?
For me, a smile on a child's face is probably the most truthful and is the one that brings in solace than many other things. But at the same time, a dying infact is more horrendous and heinous than any other thing on earth.
When will I realize these basic things!!
Comments
There are two things that come into my mind:
1) How to make Indian people better, where population better.
2) How to control the population to accepatable level.
For the first point, the primary thing is a person should have good educated parents who can give a nice direction to one's life. Again am not talking about exceptions.
For the second point, this is not that an easy thing that can come from exceptional sacrifices from few. This is in all practical situations that i have seen.
So I feel we need to think on these lines too when we make an opinion or take a decision