See how clean (pollution-free), green, and organic rural India is: that is, the parts of India untouched by modernization. Modernization is great, cosmopolitan cities are great, but it wreaks havoc on the rest of India which does not have the civic services to be able to handle the strain on the environment brought on by [...]
Most native cultures have been known for there synergy with nature for many thousands of years (see Nature). Most very rural villages (see Rural Areas), untouched by modernization, still beautifully preserve this balance – ranging from types of trees, water catchments, crop rotation, organic pesticides (like neem oil), organic fertilizers (compost and cow-dung based), and [...]
You think those plastic bottles are being recycled? That they are saving the environment, making the world a better safer place to live in? Companies will do anything when they’re not under the radar… According to Greenpeace more than 100,000 tons of potentially toxic waste entered India in 1998-1999…Pepsi Co is involved in both producing [...]
“Japan was jubilant today after the International Whaling Commission voted to oppose the 1986 ban on commercial whaling…”Next to primates, whales are very highly evolved and intelligent mammals. They communicate, raise their young, socialize, and have complex feelings and relations. They are very harmless creatures (predominantly feed on microscopic plankton), never known to attack humans. [...]
Monsanto, the evil biotech company is at it again. This time aggressively trying to get developing nations to buy into “terminator crops”. Terminator crops are crops that are genetically engineered to produce only infertile seeds, which farmers cannot replant. Most of the farmers in India rely on replanting home-grown seeds that they store after harvest [...]
Why is it that so many Americans are afflicted by seasonal allergies? The answer is simple, but before that, what is an allergic reaction? An allergic reaction is when the immune system attacks any foreign bodies (intruders) that it does not recognize. If the body recognizes these intruders then it will handle it smoothly (the [...]
For past few years environmentalists in Tamil Nadu have been after a company that had leaked 22 tons of toxic mercury waste in Kodaikannal. For those who don’t know, even a minute presence of mercury is enough to permanently damage the land and devastate all life forms, and mercury once it gets in – stays [...]
We take it for granted the rich variety of plants we can have in India. In the average middle class home (outside the congested cities) you will likely find a variety of trees: coconut, mango, almond, banana, guava, papaya, jackfruit, amla, neem, gulmohar, ashoka, curry, drumstick, orange, lemon, breadfruit, sapota, and a large variety of [...]
These are darshan flowers, I took a handful and brought it home, and laid them on a white sheet of paper. Supposed to be energized with healing properties. The blessings in the image. Put on your aura glasses and tell me if you see anything. If one looks beyond the superficial, Hindu pujas are so [...]
Yeah, these are just cows in front of my home in Madurai. Stuff you don’t get to see in the city. The assortment of cow bells of different shapes and sounds was always a treat for our dog.