A THOUSAND SUNS

 A Thousand Suns

The recently released epic blockbuster biopic Oppenheimer about this  scientist who is acclaimed as the " Father  of the  atom bomb"  is drawing flak in India  not due to his hazardous creation but due to his absurd and out of context  reference to Lord Krishna's saying in The Gita .
Krishna says " If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once  in the sky  , that would be like the splendour of the Mighty One " . Oppenheimer said to have been very impressed by The Gita calling it the "most beautiful philosophical  song existing in any known language" attested his invention , the  explosion to this shloka of Bhagwad Gita !
The quote is there but  not the meaning and interpretation behind it ....that is Oppenheimer's own conception of the universe and his place  in it and of his ethics as they were .This is being strongly condemned in the political echelons of the nation urging Christopher Nolan , the direc tor of the film to ammend and remove the reference ..
        In another context  with the  steadily increasing gap in the ozone layer  one shudders to think of  the catastrophe of the splendour of what  just One Sun can result in. Global warming is now the cause of increasing fatalities. The numbers are low at present but if the Sun's rage continues to escalate heat and humidity it will soon become the number One Killer worldwide .
Green House emissions , ecological imbalance is resulting in natural disasters in the form of floods   tsunamis , excessive rainfall or droughts   landslides which mortals are finding difficult to cope with . .What is adding fuel to fire is the increasing blistering heat and unbearable  humidity . We are already fighting for water , the question is  how do we defeat this monstrous calamity looming large in front of us that is sapping our energy levels and causing irreparable damage to physical health .
Weather experts are reporting that the heat and humidity this year in July has broken all previous records of the past five decades. Not just India  it is a worldwide phenomenon ....Europe and US are reeling under this heat wave crisis .Non tropical countries are equally struggling with this unprecedented  cataclysm.The global average increase in temperature levels of 2 or 1.5 degrees may appear small but are enough to melt more Arctic ice and submerge low-lying islands.
Humans , governments , people at the helm of affairs all over the world are brainstorming of how to tackle and find a possible solution to this threat that is no longer distant and  that definitely spells impending doom and extinction of life.  Measures are being taken with biodegradable waste , ban on use of plastic , preserving flaura and fauna, use of aircontioning , refrigeration equipment , aerosol products that do not use Hcfcs or Cfcs  etc to counter the damage done .
At the country level each nation has an announced plan of reaching net zero carbon emissions. For example for Singapore it is 2050 , for India 2070. All this is emanating from the Paris Agrrement of UN climate change 2021 called COP21 where it was ratified byv196 nations.
Nonetheless humongous efforts and steps are still required . Working collectively and taking up cudgels together towards redressing this calamitous issue ,can we hope for some relief.
As we are all responsible for this crisis  all of us , peoples of the world will have to act together  constructively to survive .For now it is a matter of survival .
     Krishna's teaching that all is illusion or MAYA  is part of our ethos yet we mortals who need to go through the physical reality of life on this planet are in jeopardy .
So is Doomsday near or will a Saviour , Our beloved Krishna  reappear to rescue mankind from this upheaval and turmoil?
Rest ofcourse will be  as The Almighty has ordained !