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Healing the earth
The article “How green really is my valley?” should open the eyes of anyone who is concerned with the environment. We have destroyed nature in our beautiful country. A major factor is the unlimited plastic pollution. No government is willing to take the extreme step of banning plastics. Even where authorities ban plastics, tourists dump garbage without concern for the environment. The same problem exists in all our nature reserves. Northeast India is nature’s paradise and it is a pity that we are destroying the beauty.
Mohan Ranganathan
Chennai
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The article was deeply moving. Kashmira Kakati has vividly described the most far-reaching tragedy of our time — the environmental mayhem wrought by people who seem never to have heard the story of King Midas and the golden touch. Yet Ms. Kakati also offers a glimmer of hope, not only in the response of the villagers to the death of the elephants but also in telling us how each one of us can do something, however small, to try and halt the trend. As more people like her make the rest of us aware of where we are going, that glimmer might get brighter.
Vrinda Kumble
K. Hemmanahalli, Mysore
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The article confronts us with the bleak landscape of a fast vanishing planet and our seeming apathy to the loss of the only home we have. That our species has single-handedly contributed to this crisis is a bitter truth we cannot shy away from. The enormity of the problem that faces us pushes most of us into a state of utter despair and helplessness. And yet it’s now that we need inspiration, hope and faith more than ever! Her article is truly inspiring in the manner in which it beckons to each one of us; to see the unseen connections, take responsibility, and take action using our imaginaton. Bringing imagination to areas devoid of it is soulwork and will lead us to re-establish our lost connections and heal the earth.
Rema Kumar
Bangalore
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The article is a poignant piece of poetry written in prose, an elegy for our Mother Earth and her flora and fauna. We humans are the most pernicious race on the surface of the earth. With all our accumulated scientific knowledge, we are unable to have the essential insight of the old Moran woman to say that the animals are just like us. In the name of development we have silenced a number of mighty rivers, helped many species of birds to get extinct, and deprived the harmless and majestic Asiatic elephants of their habitat. If we have a future, it lies in the divine insight of the likes of the old Moran woman, the Red Indian Chief and, of course, that of Kashmira Kakati.
Sukumaran C. V. and N. Latha Devi
Palakkad
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The article was impressive and most appealing. A true lover of nature has poured out her honest feelings in the most spontaneous manner possible. In fact, when I read it, India’s ever-green Northeast region with its scenic splendour came alive before my eyes.A laudable attempt has been made by the writer to create public awareness on the absolute need for avoiding tampering with nature, without any let-up in the efforts needed for proper preservation of the fauna and flora.
K.D.Viswanaathan
Coimbatore
Rewarding teachers
This is with reference to Samit Kar’s article, “Agony of a teacher” (Magazine, October 4). A happy teacher is a productive teacher. An appreciable salary with perks like rent-free accommodation, healthcare insurance, vehicle allowance, subsidised housing loan, etc., will certainly make teachers happy and they will produce “results”. Teaching is the noblest profession of all. The nobility of the profession should be recognised by the government by rewarding teachers handsomely.
K. Pradeep
Chennai
All too common
The article “Even once is too much” By Vijay Nagaswami (Magazine, October 4) with the telling picture of a crying child is thought-provoking. As the author rightly pointed out, in Indian society, most of the spouse abusers are men with higher earning powers and educational levels. Though the physical abuses are not uncommon, intellectual batterings, emotional abuse and supercilious and callous attitudes are the order of the day. However these abuses are difficult to prove in the court of law in a strong patriarchal society. This state of affairs must end.
N.C. Sreedharan
Kannur
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