Page 10 - My Lockdown Diary- SAYAK MAJI

Water- The Blood of The Earth

“When the well is dry,

We know the worth of water”

Truly these words of Benjamin Franklin speak in volumes, the greatness and the power of this divine
potion; poured into the world. With such an incentive thought I would like to question by readers……

What is Water? What do scientists and astronomers search for, in distant celestial bodies, as a sign of
existence of life??

Water is the name of that powerful resource that is sustaining life, since ages. It is that friend of ours’
who is supporting our life since we emerged in this divine nature. It is that divine Mother of ours’ who
gave birth to life to make the nature a lively one. Water is the driving force of life in this planet that has
embedded in itself the essence and the origin of our civilization. It is like a life-giving containment, which
as a magical spell has the power to cure all the pains of the hell. And thus the sublimity and divinity of
such a holy resource did not escape the eyes of the famous poets, who have spent their lives,
understanding and expressing the complexities of this simple liquid. They said in a million words to
express - “If there is magic in this planet, it is contained in the water”. The ubiquity of water in biota acts
as the fulcrum to balance the existence of the biodiversity in the environment.

Ever since man has stepped into this disastrous nature, the search for shelter was the reason for his
roam, to at last find himself beside the water to make his home. Water, that helped life to emerge,
became the sole companion of the early humans to survive fittingly and strengthen his feet on the earth.
It became his only friend, and man found himself beside the water bodies to settle the human civilization.
Water as a heavenly apostle descended on this earth to give it the look of the ‘Blue Planet’ that became
the root of life. Water not only helped the early civilizations to flourish but also brought out tremendous
benefits. It became the place of preference for man, which provided him with food, fertile soil and
navigational opportunities. Since then the dependency of man on water grew at an ever-increasing rate.
Water gave him the place to search for food, acted as a place for worship of deities, to reside and to
cultivate. It descended from the lofty frozen mountains and flowed all the way down to the earth to give
human, a solution to dissolve all his problems. It acted as the supreme savior of man to make his living a
better one. Soon, man became important specie on this earth and got the power to grab the rule of the
world with the help of science. He acted as the king and relied totally on his minister, Science, but forgot
that science is a faithful servant, but a cruel master. And thus started a series wrong deeds and
exploitation in the name of development, which kept filling the mighty water bodies with heaps of
chemicals. Thus the water bodies which were known as an abode of new life became filthy and dirty
drains. It was the same water that once helped man to survive on earth, which has now been converted
from divine to a dreadful resource. Man, claiming to discover the secrets of the sea and to explore the
depths of the ocean, created certain elements that in turn made the existence of this vast pure resource,