So the biggest meeting to discuss the challenges mother earth faces has ended as a no show. Of course Mr Obama and his team of publicists will over the course of next week continue to hammer inside the people what all the deal will do. But for countries like India and China and Brazil the outcome is nothing but a candy handed by the developed countries.

It is really strange that India should follow other countries even on issues like environment. Our needs and requirements are different from countries like China. But why should we follow China is something I have not yet understood.

It really is a matter of shame that even when it comes to policy decision India looks upto or follows other countries. Instead of announcing voluntary cuts India should have waited to gauge the mood of other countries before making its stand public.

And just how can people turn blind eye to the problems the country has been facing due to global warming?  How and what will we tell a farmer in a remote village in Madhya Pradesh that his problems are all due to US not agreeing to emission cuts. It is good game – pointing fingers at each other. But the blame game will not provide any solution that we desperately want.

But the same farmer will not be aware of the danger that awaits the developing countries like India. Maybe the unseasonal rainfall/hailstorm/drought affected him but he failed to understand why.

With Earth Summit over it is very unlikely the same people will worry about the environment again and continue doing their business as before.