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At a roadside poster exhibition organised in front of Kanakakkunnu Palace in the city on Thursday to create awareness on the need to protect avenue trees while taking up road-widening projects. Photo: S. Gopakumar
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, FEB. 10. The footpath in front of the Kanakakkunnu Palace grounds wore a different look today. A long row of black and white paintings was pinned to a green background cloth and dozens of children were busy scribbling lines on thick paper using colour pencils and crayons. There was nothing to indicate that it was a protest. No fiery slogans, speeches or show of strength. But the lines said it all. Anguish and pain flowed from their pens in a spontaneous expression of emotions. `Do not cut trees', said one of the messages. `Nature is the gift of God; Do not spoil it', read another. As a novel mode of protest, the environmental brotherhood organised by the Kerala Humanist Movement drew nature-lovers from all walks of life. The event was conducted as part of a fledgling resistance movement against the proposal to cut down the majestic avenue trees lining the Museum-Raj Bhavan Road for widening the corridor.
Painting exhibition
Children from city schools turned up to express solidarity with the protest. The highlight of the event was an exhibition of paintings on trees by the artist Johnny Mikhail. A self-taught artist, Mikhail used Indian ink and marker pens on paper to depict over 150 species of trees he came across during a trek through the forested areas of the Western Ghats from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod in 1999. "I believe that an artist can generate feelings through lines without the use of colour", Mr. Mikhail said. The president of the Kerala Humanist Movement, Sheeja, said they were overwhelmed by the response from children and nature-lovers. "Our protest may be only a cry in the wilderness, but it shows that people will not remain mute spectators when nature and heritage values are endangered by an insensitive Government machinery," Mr. Mikhail said.
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