Gone are the days when I used to get attacked by mosquitoes on every visit to my mama-bari.Their annoying chorus used to put me off.They seemed to be resistant to the mosquito repellent coils that remained lit perpetually!
And how can I forget the itchy red bumps that developed on my limbs after their uncountable bites.Given the size of the mosquitoes,one could easily mistake them for humming birds! ;)Nowadays I hardly find any mosquito in my mama-bari.At home,sometimes I feel as if mosquitoes have become extinct!
From my childhood I have been very kind to mosquitoes.However irritating their humming is....or however painful their bites are,I never kill mosquitoes.NEVER! I just shoo them away!Once someone had even said me that I must have been a mosquito in my previous life.But I dont mind :)!Whenever I try to kill any mosquito,I am reminded of the 'fact' that she could be someone's mother,someone's sister,someone's daughter,someone's wife or even girlfriend(!) :P...The other reason is also the bloodshed that is involved in the 'murder' of a mosquito is too much for me to bear :D...
As I grew up,my relationship with mosquitoes grew stronger.I learnt that mosquitoes are really innocent creatures,oblivious of the presence of the parasite that takes her shelter and is the actual causal agent of malaria!Mosquitoes feed on our blood for a very noble reason.Then why are we so cruel to her?
Giving her little blood of ours would,in no way,make us anaemic! If we need to eradicate malaria,we should fight against out 'real' enemy,whose victims are both the mosquito and we people!Why bother the poor mosquito?Spare her,friends!Don't commit the heinous crime of killing an innocent mosquito!I look forward to the day when some kind of vaccine could be developed against that cunning malaria parasite.
I hope the day is not far when,instead of blaming the mosquitoes,we and our fellow mosquitoes would join hands and go to the immunisation centres together,hand in hand,and make this Earth a peaceful place! :D
