India, June 1 -- Every year on June 5, we celebrate World Environment Day. There is growing awareness among people of the hazards posed by environmental degradation, pollution, ozone layer depletion, global warming, and climate change. Governments and NGOs are taking more measures to maintain ecological balance, even as pollution in various cities is on the rise.

It is praiseworthy that we are all becoming increasingly aware of the need for this ecological balance. We need to minimise pollution, clean up the air, plant more trees, and do everything necessary to maintain ecological balance. While there is rightly a growing concern for the natural environment of the earth, we have failed to pay sufficient attention to the need for "human ...