Yes, on March 19 is the Padwa this year. Hence 18/3 is the last day of last year. The lost year, in a way! Why? Well, roughly from March, 2025 to today, there has been a march past of very many unhappy events, right?
Why repeat them? As it is, the on-going war has vitiated the ambience enough! Why add to it a few more sighs, right? Instead, let us list a few positivities possibly!
Yesterday, for instance, I heard the Chief Minister say that the Agri Uni is experimenting on, and managed to create and test, seeds that can withstand the crazy climate changes in the era of environmental deterioration the world over.
Similarly, there was this news that the Pune MP would host an exhibition of the 'desi', native brand of cows. Of course, despite the hurtful comments below this announcement, it is heartening to know that local animals, local trees are prioritised. In such a change are rooted real answers to environmental stability.
The 'Flame of the Forest', for instance, is very beautiful. Unlike the native brand of trees, however, it cannot stop soil erosion though. Slowly, the process leads to desertification, which, anyways, huge urbanisation and hence heavy concretisation are hastening! 'Local to global', in brief, need not be a political stance. It is an existential choice.
Like the NCL attempt to create an alternative fuel source. Like the trial to separate the oxygen molecule and create a flame out of water. Such creations could, like the solar energy, lessen our dependence on 'other' 're-souces'! Self-sufficient is indeed independent!
Pratima@March 18 is Papa's birth anniversary. Vinoba Bhave once said, "there are some great souls who never attained the much deserved far n wide fame. They yet are the real stalwarts." Papa indeed was one of such stupendous souls. Following forever his honest to the core, humane footsteps full of humility is the real tribute to him.
Quote of the day: "Our history is a living history, that has throbbed, withstood and survived many centuries of sacrifice. Now it comes forward again with strength. The seeds, dormant for such a long time, break out today with some uncertainty, although they germinate in a world that is at present characterized by confusion and uncertainty,” asserts Rigoberta Menchú, a South American Nobel Peace Prize winning activist from Guatemala.
Word of the day: endemic Endemic shows the relevance of the local! Endemic, unlike the world wide pandemic, means a disease that is always present in a population within a geographic area, typically year-round.
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