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CULTURAL HERITAGE
CULTURAL HERITAGE

1. India is a land of diversities. Well, this statement has been a shibboleth from our yonder childhood days. Hand in hand to various other diversified belongings, the nation also holds a rich diversity of cultural heritages. Some hundred years back, these wondrous artefacts stood undisturbed and in complete peacefulness. The different forms of such cultural heritages of our country comprises "The great Taj Mahal", Qutub Minar, Various Maqbaras, Temples, monuments and what not. They were natural and beautiful to common eyes of tourists and travellers. But eventually with passing time, various unfavourable factors like pollution, acid rain, smugglers and antisocial elements of the civilization and many other such causes converted some of those architectural wonders into mere debilitated ruins of the past. Now, in this contemporary framework of social civilization, few of them are still intact and counting days. If the government falls short of precise and strong initiatives to conserve such prides from the shores of past, a day shall come and these beautiful architectural wonders shall be nothing but demolition sites where new commercial buildings and modern skyscrapers will flaunt themselves.

2. Indian architectural heritages are often made of antique ornaments and designs. These elements are extremely precious and priceless. But they are often valued high in the world market. People with greedy mindset try to plunder this national wealth and make great profits from the world market where illegal trading is quite mundane. If this issue is not taken care of at the earliest, such precious and priceless gifts from our ancestors shall be off the lands very soon and we will loose our national pride.

3. Usually, the patterns imprinted on these constructions are antique and hard to reproduce in this present day. The bricks, gems and the paints are all unique and can never be reproduced. But, in this contemporary structure and lifestyle, we are addicted to technology and pollutants. Such high level of air pollution leads to the formation of polluted clouds. These in turn falls off as polluted raindrops often termed as acid rain. These acid showers causes bleaching and other chemical changes on these structures. Thus it is very likely in future that these priceless epitomes of beauty and heritage shall fall off as distorted ruins. Hence, serious actions must be taken in order to conserve these heritages.
© Dipanjan