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Elections invariably bring to the fore a kind of pollution that is hardly ever discussed or debated. Visual pollution, while unclean air or impure water or even a noisy atmosphere has had
the privilege of being tackled often unsuccessfully by the law, that which is offensive tot eh eye seems to have escaped the attention of the masses and those represent them in
the houses of power. Of course, there has been stray instances of an obscene poster being pulled down or a wall writing erased. But such steps have been vague and erratic,
rather that walls are not be defaced had, it seems, not really been obeyed. A report from Calcutta says that this practice continues. What is missing this time is the creativity
in the limericks and satires that one usually saw on the walls. Political parties say that graffiti are as Such part of the city as bandhs “Addas” street corner tete-a-tere where
the subjects range from the most profound to the most frivolous. Besides, such writing gives local boys a sense of identity, if not participation. But to the eye nothing can be
more unaesthetic than a wall that serves as a free medium for a poll campaign. A few years ago, it was in Calcutta that measures were taken, and rather effectively at
that, to keep advertisers off such freebies. Time was ten hundreds of bills plastered all over the city made a mockery of cleanliness even as they offended the eye. Visual pollution
may not harm one’s physique in the strict sense of the term. Certainly, noise above a certain decibel or unsafe water or filthy air is positively harmful. But a continuous battering
of the sight by terrible images will probably tell on one’s mental well-being. A classic case of this is the display of larger than life cut outs, especially in Chennai, of
the privilege of being tackled often unsuccessfully by the law, that which is offensive tot eh eye seems to have escaped the attention of the masses and those represent them in
the houses of power. Of course, there has been stray instances of an obscene poster being pulled down or a wall writing erased. But such steps have been vague and erratic,
rather that walls are not be defaced had, it seems, not really been obeyed. A report from Calcutta says that this practice continues. What is missing this time is the creativity
in the limericks and satires that one usually saw on the walls. Political parties say that graffiti are as Such part of the city as bandhs “Addas” street corner tete-a-tere where
the subjects range from the most profound to the most frivolous. Besides, such writing gives local boys a sense of identity, if not participation. But to the eye nothing can be
more unaesthetic than a wall that serves as a free medium for a poll campaign. A few years ago, it was in Calcutta that measures were taken, and rather effectively at
that, to keep advertisers off such freebies. Time was ten hundreds of bills plastered all over the city made a mockery of cleanliness even as they offended the eye. Visual pollution
may not harm one’s physique in the strict sense of the term. Certainly, noise above a certain decibel or unsafe water or filthy air is positively harmful. But a continuous battering
of the sight by terrible images will probably tell on one’s mental well-being. A classic case of this is the display of larger than life cut outs, especially in Chennai, of
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