2007 I heard rafters on river Teesta (flows through Sikkim and West Bengal) concerned about a forthcoming dam.

May 2010 I see the dam being built at Sevok (next to Siliguri) and the construction is in full swing. Bye Bye white waters, another river lost after Bhagirathi.

The construction of dams one after another doesn’t bother me, it’s for a good human cause, and if in that measure rafters have to make a sacrifice, it would count towards the greater goal (even though the sacrifice is involuntary). What bothers me is the process in the cycle of evolution towards harnessing all possible resources towards survival. Let me elaborate.

A few decades from now no river in the world shall not have a dam, so any use of river other than farming is ruled out. Migration of fish shall be minimal, so another hundreds of species that thrive on migration will be wiped out. Sports like rafting and kayaking shall be limited to an artificial environment like the indoors arena in Dubai or an X-box environment.

Transportation will become even simpler. Cars will come without pedals and steering wheels, with automated driving mechanisms. Efforts required by my great –great-great-great-great grandchildren will be minimal.

Variety in food is already highly accessible without the need to hunt.

Telecommuting is high on the list of today’s executive (wishes for man always come true). A few officers senior in management (as qualified by Scott Adams) already work from home. They like taking vacations where spa is high on agenda (relaxation with minimal muscular movement). More machines are being sold that can be programmed to massage with the accuracy of women in Thailand. It got better and more expensive as Dutch versions.

The world is on the verge of celebrating its first ‘Happy Obesity Day’ shortly in respect of the Obese. Being obese is no longer a shameful act. Technology now does away with the need to not be obese. Being twenty kgs over-weight is now a benchmark set to being normal. Cars and airplanes are now extra-large. What were executive seats earlier are now regular passenger seats. Now only the workmen, janitors and custodians move, technology has eliminated the need for the rest to move altogether.

Wires connect to the brains now, tubes to the veins. X-box version ‘YYY’ is connected to the brain as an accessory with other essentials. Man now has a better chance of rafting, playing soccer and spotting a tiger, inspite of all the clutter in the physical world. The perceived world looks better as Human beings mutate to Tuban beings.

It shall be a pollution free Delhi for Tubans. The most successful Tubans shall be the ones whose ten generations have spent careers in IT and medical sciences, the rest is aesthetics. The future looks bright for India because all the dams, pollution, disappearing forests and animals eventually mean nothing, for our umpteenth generations from now the perceived world will be dam free. Thus shall be the next chapter to Darwin’s ‘Evolution of Man’ be written.

Let’s prepare to surrender to Tubans as we Humans find our spot next to Neanderthals.