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An Original Apocalyptic Epic of Gods & Humans
ECO RRIORS
INDI ’S UTOBIOGR PHY
As told to time-traveller T. Srikanth Sharan
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TEASERS
1. The American hero, “Superman”… Is he a copycat version of the
Indian God, Hanuman? The name “Superman” resembles
“Sundarmaan”, the hero of Sundarakanda of Ramayan. Superman’s
chest has an S-symbol resembling Sri Ram on Hanuman’s chest.
Finally, the underwear on Superman’s trousers… A botched attempt
to copy the silk dhoti of Hanuman!
And then comes the batman, again an American creation. But King
Vikramaditya is called the “Original Bat Man”. Why is it so?
2. What happens when a terrorist falls in love with a lizard?
3. In Ramayan, during His flight to the Himalayas, Lord Hanuman
initially mistook a glittering golden mountain in the ocean on His
right for the Sanjeevini parvat. Where is this mountain of gold
present in India?
4. It is said that the sudden disappearance of Harappan civilisation
was due to the “diamond dust”. What is it?
5. The Prime Minister of India in 2040 A.D. discovers the holy
throne of Lord Krishna in the submerged city of Dwaraka. Will she
discover the famous Syamantaka mani too?
6. Animals have built a temple to worship humans. Where is it
located and why was it built?
7. The Indian Archaeology Department conducted a futile
excavation in 2013 A.D. for a 1000 ton gold treasure in U.P. The
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British Intelligence considers it to be a golden alien ship. How is it
related to global warming?
8. Hitler, in his pursuit of immortality, tried in vain to discover the
Holy Grail, the cup that was used by Jesus Christ. Where is the
original “Cup of Immortality” present in India?
9. The cow is considered holy by the Hindus… Can it save the
human race from extinction in 2039 A.D.?
10. Why did the flood water touch the throat of Lord Shiva during
the “Himalayan Tsunami” of 2013 A.D. in Uttarakhand?
11. The catastrophe of global warming drives humans away to the
“Hanging Heavens”, by 2150 A.D. Where are the “Hanging
Heavens” present?
12. Satellite images confirm the presence of the mythical Vedic
River Saraswati under the Thar Desert. Who is going to resurrect
the lost Saraswati River in India by 2070 A.D.?
13. Which Vedic philosophy formed the basis of the glorious Rama
Rajya of Lord Sri Ram? Who shall revive the Rama Rajya in India in
2050 A.D.?
14. Despite his superior intelligence, man destroys the same planet
on which he lives. Is he cursed? If so, what is the curse?
Read “Eco-warriors- India's Autobiography”
As told to time-traveller T. Srikanth Sharan
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(ECO WARRIORS - INDIA’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY)
An Original Apocayptic Epic of Gods and Humans
Copyright © 2015 by Srikanth Sharan Thatipatthi
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced ortransmitted in any form or by any means without written permission
from the author.
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places,
institutions, events and incidents are either the products of theauthor’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any
resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is
purely coincidental.
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Contents
1.
Introduction .................................................................. 7
2.
The Curious Curse
When Earth Stole Venus’ Beauty ........................................ 9
3.
The Diamond Dust
Migration of the Harappans ............................................ 15
4. King Vikramaditya
The Immortal Batman .................................................... 22
5.
The Treasure and The Alien Ship – I ........................ 29
6.
Himalayan Tsunami
The Wrath of Lord Shiva ................................................. 34
7. Indy Bishnoi
The Wonder Woman of India .......................................... 39
8. Lepola
The Mysterious Disease ................................................... 47
9.
The Discovery
Dwaraka and The Mountain of Gold .............................. 54
10.
Let’s Grow Money in India
Indy in Action ................................................................. 66
11.
The Return of the Rama Rajya .................................. 71
12.
The Mysterious Punisher – I ...................................... 82
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13.
The Mysterious Punisher – II
Resurrection of River Saraswati ........................................ 88
14.
The Treasure and The Alien Ship – II ...................... 96
15.
The Hanging Heavens
A New Home for Mankind ............................................ 102
Additional Stories
16.
The Love Story of a Terrorist and a Lizard ............. 109
17.
Poornakumbha
Cup of Eternal Joy ........................................................ 115
18.
The Temple
Where Humans are Worshipped .................................... 122
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Introduction
Hello! I am India. And I need no introduction.
By the way, this is 2200 A.D. And I narrate my autobiography to
your friend Srikanth Sharan Thatipatthi, who travelled from 2015
A.D. to 2200 A.D., in his unique time-travelling machine. Srikanth
is absolutely filled with horror at my present plight caused by man-
made global warming and climate change. He feels sad that humans
don't live on me anymore. And he frequently keeps staring at the
sky, looking at those “Hanging Heavens” which are now home to
humans.
It is on his request that I narrate my autobiography. Though
there is so much to say, I shall restrict myself to some of the most
important events in my history that humans were ignorant of. I shall
narrate my history in the form of interconnected, T20-style short
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stories, in a chronological sequence, starting from the birth of the
beautiful Earth to 2150 A.D.
Finally, the Earth never needed a superman from some other
planet. She has only craved for eco-conscious human beings to save
her from a man-made environmental catastrophe. Srikanth feels
that your knowledge of my history, particularly the events after 2015
A.D., might bring a positive change in your attitude towards MotherEarth. If that is the case, your future is literally in your hands!
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The Curious Curse
When Earth Stole Venus’ Beauty
Human beings were often called the most intelligent stupids on Earth!
On the one hand, he was an extremely intelligent animal who had invented
flying machines that could travel to the edge of the solar system. On the
other hand, despite his intelligence, he had polluted, plundered and destroyed
the same Earth on which he lived. Do you like to know the mystery behind
human's mindless destruction of forests and environment? Read on.
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Ages ago, Venus was the most beautiful of all the planets of the
solar system. She appeared wonderful because she was the onlyplanet that supported life. The diversity of plants and animals, and
the pristine environment consisting of land, air and water made her
a stunning beauty. Such was her beauty and importance that she was
aptly called the Goddess of beauty, love and fertility. Everyone,
including Mars, the God of War, competed for her attention.Finally, Mars won her love.
Everyone felt Mars would be her natural choice because Mars
then was the second largest and the most powerful planet after
Jupiter. (Jupiter was the father of Mars and the King of planets.)
Mars was also blessed with natural armour present in the form of
concentric rings of icy and rocky particles around his equator.
But Saturn, the God of Agriculture, was jealous of Mars. “I am
responsible for the healthy plant life that nurtures biodiversity on
Venus which in turn made her the most beautiful. Hence, Venus
should marry me,” said Saturn to Earth. Earth was also jealous of
Venus' beauty. Hence, she encouraged Saturn to dethrone Venus
from her pedestal.
Saturn declared, “I am the God of Agriculture and I shall
deprive Venus of her plant life. That will cause an ecological
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imbalance which will destroy both the environment and the living
beings that are dependent on plants on Venus. Venus thus becomes
ugly.”
Mars heard about Saturn's plan to destroy Venus. And hence,
he approached Saturn and pleaded with him, “Saturn, I beg you not
to destroy Venus' beauty. We are in deep love and we want to marry
soon.”
“What do I get in return? Nothing,” said Saturn, looking at the
ringed armour around Mars' chest in admiration.
Mars thought for a while and said, “Saturn, if you spare Venus, Ipromise to cede my power and natural armour to you in return for
your kindness.”
Saturn agreed to Mars' proposal immediately and hence spared
Venus. Mars kept his promise by surrendering his armour of rings
to Saturn.
Due to his extraordinary sacrifice, Mars became a hero and the
love between Venus and Mars deepened. This made Earth even
more jealous of Venus. Saturn too remained unsatisfied. “I thought
that Venus' love for Mars would diminish after the loss of his
natural armour, power and glory. On the contrary, Mars became
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Venus' hero because of his sacrifice. I am unable to digest this,” said
Saturn to Earth. On hearing this, Earth encouraged Saturn to
permanently deprive Venus of her beauty, and award her thatbeauty.
Accordingly, when Saturn deprived Venus of her beauty, Earth
reciprocated Saturn's favour in an extraordinary way. She plunged
herself into the weakened Mars with great force, like a missile. Dueto the impact, the Earth split into two fragments. The smaller
fragment finally formed the moon which revolved around the larger
parent fragment, the future Earth. Mars too exploded into a number
of fragments which finally formed asteroids. That act of Earth
shocked all the planets, including Saturn.
Earth declared, “My intention is to weaken Mars so much that
Saturn will finally emerge as the second largest and the most
powerful planet after Jupiter.”
Saturn, who was pleased with Earth's affection towards him,
blessed Earth with such an extraordinary variety of beautiful plant
forms that made her an incredible beauty. The Gods and all the
heavenly bodies felt that nothing more beautiful could ever be
created in the universe!
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Jupiter, the King of planets, retaliated against Saturn and Earth
for destroying Venus and Mars against the laws of Nature. “O
Saturn, you will no more be a God of Agriculture, but a planetassociated with bad omen. And you will bring misery to anyone
exposed to your rays, based on his/her past karma.”
Jupiter also hurled a curious curse on Earth. “Since you have
destroyed Mars, destroying yourself in the process, you too will bedestroyed in a similar way by one of your own kids. Those kids will
be extremely intelligent stupids who will destroy you for their selfish
interests, destroying themselves in the process.” When Earth
pleaded for mercy, Jupiter asked her to approach the Supreme
Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara for relief (shaap vimochan).
With all her glory, when Earth approached them, the Trinity felt
elated at her magnificent beauty. Awestruck by Earth's beauty, they
promised her, “O beautiful Earth, only the most intelligent
creatures, the human beings, can reverse the curse and liberate you
from Saturn's rays. If humans fail to save you because of their
stupidity, we will certainly try to delay the progress of your
destruction. But we order you to serve us in penance, with your
wonderful, ever-evolving biodiversity, in return for your vimochan.”
Earth agreed happily. And the Holy Trinity descended on her and
made Earth their permanent home.
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Lord Maheshwara chose the mountains and plains as His home;
Lord Vishnu, the seas; and Lord Brahma, the air. Lord Brahmacreated the magnetic field, ozone layer and other protective layers
around the Earth to prevent Lord Saturn's negative influence on
her. The lush green forests and the beautiful landscapes soothed
Lord Maheshwara's senses and elevated Him to a deep state of
meditation. And the magnificent Earth evolved and prosperedunder the aegis of Lord Vishnu, the Supreme Lord of Organisation.
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The Diamond Dust
Migration of the Harappans
The Harappan (Saraswati) civilisation, which was the largest urban
civilisation of the Ancient world, disappeared mysteriously around 1700
B.C. Various reasons were put forward to explain its sudden disappearance.
But the main cause of its downfall was the effect of Jupiter's curse. Though
the Holy Trinity saved the civilisation from total destruction, Lord Saturn
outwitted them. And the Harappans were finally engulfed in the diamond
dust that followed.
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The Harappan civilisation flourished between 2600 B.C. and
1900 B.C on the banks of the holy river, Saraswati. It was known
throughout the world for its wealth and prosperity and had had
trade contacts with the other ancient civilisations of Egypt and
Mesopotamia. It spread over a vast area that is represented by the
present-day Pakistan and North-western India. What you now call
the Thar desert was once a vast stretch of greenery that was fed by a
number of tributaries of the mighty Saraswati.
Harappa prospered due to favourable climate, a vast river
system, fertile soil, and rich biodiversity which included an extra-
ordinary variety of plants and animals. Such was the importance of
biodiversity to Saraswati civilisation that the whole area was then
known as “Pashupatipura” after their deity Lord Shi va or Pashupati,
the Protector of biodiversity.
As the Earth prospered under the protection of the Supreme
Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara, Saturn tried his best to
destroy her. But he failed every time because of the fool-proof
protective mechanisms/air layers created by the Supreme Trinity all
over the Earth. Such mechanisms have been created by them in
response to Lord Saturn's bombardment of Earth with massive
rocky meteors that almost destroyed the Earth, 320 million years
ago. (Those events and protective mechanisms are explained in
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greater detail in the chapter titled “The Treasure and the Alien Ship
- II”.) Those protective air layers have reduced many of the massive
meteors (fired by Saturn) into small meteorites by vapourisation, which then fell into the oceans without causing any destruction.
Finally, Saturn came up with a strange idea and decided to test it on
Earth.
On one pleasant day, Lord Saturn released some of the massiveice boulders, present in his concentric rings, with a tremendous
force towards Earth. As those ice missiles approached Earth, Lord
Brahma laughed at Saturn's tricks.
“The protective layers that we have created around the Earth caneven vapourise massive rocks. Why does he send these ice boulders
which can be melted easily?” asked Lord Brahma.
“But look at the sheer size of those missiles. They are super
massive and are about one-fourth of the size of the Earth. So, I feel
that they might not get vapourised completely. And I am sure they
will hit the Earth,” observed Lord Vishnu.
“If they cannot be vapourised completely, Lord Shiva’s Trishul
will divert them into the ocean and their impact can be greatly
reduced,” said a confident Brahma.
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“Saturn is a highly intelligent God. We cannot take him lightly.
So, let's be cautious,” warned Lord Shiva.
As the ice boulders approached the Earth, they blocked the Sun
rays completely and the Earth was engulfed in darkness. The ice
began to vapourise as they passed through the atmospheric layers of
the Earth. But Lord Vishnu predicted an impending danger and
said, “Each ice boulder is so massive that only three-fourths of it canbe vapourised. So, I am sure these missiles will hit the Earth. Hence,
I urge you, Lord Shiva, to deflect them into the ocean immediately.”
Lord Shiva immediately released His weapon, the Trishul,
towards those ice missiles. But to everyone's surprise, the Trishul was unable to deflect the missiles into the ocean. Instead, the
massive ice boulders exploded into huge fragments, in mid-air, as
the Trishul pierced them.
“This is unexpected. Since these ice missiles are not as hard as
rocks, my Trishul has pierced them, instead of deflecting them,”
exclaimed Lord Shiva.
“Maheshwara, those scattered fragments of ice are travelling
towards the densely populated regions of Egypt, Mesopotamia and
Pashupatipura. All these areas will be destroyed if those fragments
hit them at their current speed. Those fragments need to be
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destroyed within the next five seconds before they touch the
ground,” said a tense Vishnu.
On hearing this, Lord Shiva opened His third eye immediately.
Massive gusts of high-energy flames radiated from His third eye and
vapourised all those ice missiles into massive clouds in a fraction of
a second. And the world was saved from a catastrophe. But it
produced a strange weather phenomenon over Pashupatipura.
The vapourisation process resulted in a drastic reduction of
temperature all over the world. This global cooling forced the
massive clouds of vapour to condense rapidly producing a very fine
dust of snow. This snow dust glittered and twinkled like a diamondshower in the sunshine. Hence, people called it the diamond dust.
People enjoyed and played in the snow which was a rare
phenomenon in Pashupatipura. But to everyone's surprise, the
snowfall continued for weeks and months without any interruption.
Many animals were killed for wool and fur. But it failed to meet
the massive demand for woollen textiles. Since coal and petroleum
were unknown to them, the people of Pashupatipura felled the trees
and burned them to keep their houses warm. The rampant felling of
trees for firewood continued for months. It was during this period
that Meluhapala, the great priest king of Pashupatipura, made the
most famous eco-prediction of ancient times.
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He declared, “My fellow citizens... trees sustain life on Earth.
The rampant destruction of forests for firewood will certainly createan ecological imbalance on Mother Earth. And I feel this will result
in an environmental disaster that may even wipe out our entire
civilisation. I understand we do not have any other alternative to
firewood to protect ourselves from the freezing temperatures. But
we should all be prepared to leave Pashupatipura when the disasterstrikes. And move eastwards into the dense forests and fertile plains
of the Ganga. Be prepared...” But people did not understand the
importance of his declaration.
Within two years of his prediction, Earth's first man-madeenvironmental disaster struck Pashupatipura in 1700 B.C. The
massive destruction of forests for firewood resulted in endless
stretches of barren waste land all over Pashupatipura. Those barren
lands were unable to withhold and absorb the rainfall which
resulted in run-off of rain water and soil erosion. That in turn
produced massive floods which caused enormous destruction in
Pashupatipura.
The next year, even before people recovered from the
destruction caused by the floods, another catastrophe had struck
them. A severe reduction in natural water harvesting and ground
water recharge the previous year (due to the unhindered run-off of
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rain water over the denuded forests) failed to recharge the streams
and tributaries that fed the mighty Saraswati. In addition to that,
reduced transpiration over those denuded forests produced very fewrain bearing clouds. And that resulted in a severe drought in
Pashupatipura.
Frequent droughts over the years started the process of
desertification particularly in north-western India. People finallyrealised the truth in their king's eco-prediction and they migrated
towards the Gangetic plains in droves.
The migrants from Pashupatipura readily integrated with the
Rudra (Shiva) worshipping Dravidians and other indigenous tribesof India. Supported by their newly invented iron technology and the
fertile lands fed by the great rivers, the people of Hindustan made
colossal strides in science, architecture, art and literature. And
Hindustan sustained as the oldest living civilisation in the world
because of its respect for Mother Nature and her biodiversity. And
that was aptly represented in the Sanskrit phrase “Vasudhaiva
Kutumbakam” which means "the Earth is one family".
The importance of the conservation of forests, trees and
biodiversity, thus became an important part of Indian culture and
spirituality. And the Holy Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and
Maheshwara made India their permanent home.
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King Vikramaditya
The Immortal Batman
Do you know that many of the iconic American superheroes like
Superman, Batman and Spiderman have Indian connections?
It is often said that the American creation of Superman was deeply
inspired by the Indian God, Hanuman. For example, the name “Superman”
was derived from “Sundarman” who was none other than Hanuman, the
hero of Sundarakanda (of Ramayan). Even the prominent S-shield on
Superman's chest, which is the Kryptonian symbol for hope, reminds one of
Hanuman's open chest revealing Lord Ram, who was Hanuman's strength
and hope.
Not just that. The Americans were so obsessed with Hanuman that
they even tried to copy the traditional silk dhoti covering the waist and
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thighs of Lord Hanuman. What else can explain a fashion conscious
American's “Superman” wearing under wear on his trousers?
And then comes the “Batman”, again an American creation. But very
few know that the great Indian king Chandragupta Vikramaditya was the
original batman!
Why was Vikramaditya called a batman? And why did he become an
eco-warrior which made him the greatest king of the Golden Age (320 AD -
550 AD) of Ancient India? Read on.
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Once upon a time in Ancient India, there lived a king named
Samudragupta who was famous for his conquests, bravery, wisdom,
and love for Nature. His love for science resulted in the
establishment of the Department of Science and Technology, which
funded scientific research and encouraged innovation in his
kingdom. All this led to the advancement in military, agricultural
and communication technologies which made Samudragupta
further expand the kingdom aggressively by conquering many
neighbouring kingdoms.
Samudragupta's younger son, Chandragupta II, was brave and
intelligent like his father, but was not a keen lover of Nature. As a
child, he was exposed to scientific research which further increased
his interest in science.
The most interesting aspect of research conducted in the
kingdom was immortality. That was a highly guarded secret, known
only to the king and a few of his top ministers and scientists. After a
few years of research, the scientists were able to induce immortality,
to a certain extent, in animals.
After a few years, the king died and the young Chandragupta
became the king. Chandragupta, with his youthful zeal, expanded
his empire by conquering many powerful kingdoms. The Gupta
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Empire reached its peak during his reign and he took the title of
Vikramaditya.
Though the empire achieved greatness under Vikramaditya in
many areas like art, literature and science and technology, the
weakness lay in its rampant destruction of forests to make way for
urbanisation and agricultural expansion throughout the empire.
The destruction of forests resulted in water and soil erosion whichcaused floods that frequently destroyed agricultural lands and cities.
Forest destruction also increased pest and disease outbreaks in crops
and animals. People suffered due to diseases and famines caused by
huge crop losses. Noted physicians like Dhanwantari discovered
many herbal medicines and plant extracts that cured variousdiseases. Vikramaditya was deeply impressed with the curative
powers of plants and Nature. He also realised the importance of
forests and the ecological balance that they maintained.
In the mean time, as the empire weakened because of those
hardships, a group of Barbarian kings of the peripheral kingdoms
thought that it was the right moment for them to attack the empire
as Vikramaditya was busy tackling the calamities. So, they
simultaneously attacked and plundered the Gupta Empire which
was unprepared.
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King Vikramaditya was caught and was given cyanide poison by
the enemies to kill him instantly. His 'dead' body was given to his
family and ministers to cremate it. His ministers were very happy toreceive his body because they knew that the king could not die of
cyanide poisoning. He was, in some sense, immortal. They took his
body to a secret underground laboratory where the royal physicians
and scientists put some plant extracts in his mouth that reduced the
concentration of cyanide in his body. After sometime, the kingopened his eyes. Everyone around cheered him as the immortal
king. He was indeed immortal to cyanide poisoning.
Are you wondering how King Vikramaditya had acquired such
immortal powers? Read on.
A few years ago, when Samudragupta was alive, his scientists
discovered a strange biochemical mechanism in plants which made
the plants resistant to cyanide poison. In turn, the scientists
employed the same complex mechanism in animals and achieved
immortality in animals against cyanide poisoning. As cyanide was
the most powerful poison commonly used to kill the enemy kings,
the scientists, on the advice of Samudragupta, induced the same
cyanide resistant mechanism in Chandragupta. That was done using
some plant extracts and a complex surgical technique on the young
prince. And that was the reason for Vikrama’s cyanide resistance.
Wonderful! Is it not?
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Now, after he recovered, King Vikrama, along with his group,
escaped (from the underground lab) into the Dandakaranya forests,and gradually regrouped his loyal commanders and followers. There,
they decided to test a brilliant plan to attack the enemy. The plan
was unique and had been in the research stage since the time of
Samudragupta. It was basically based on the Ultrasound Bat
Communication Network (UBCN) of the Gupta Empire. Are youexcited to know more about this bat network? Here it is...
Just before the Barbarian attack on the Gupta Empire took
place, the Military Intelligence and Research Agency (MIRA) of
Vikramaditya was in the process of releasing trained batsthroughout the empire. That was meant to gather intelligence
through “Ultrasound Bat Communication Network” which
consisted of a battalion of trained bats that communicated through
ultrasonic waves. The bat battalion consisted of commander bats
and messenger bats which were trained accordingly. Sophisticated
metallic equipment that produced inaudible ultrasonic sounds was
developed by the MIRA to convey messages to the bat commanders.
On the other hand, the bats were trained to deliver messages to the
Intelligence personnel through a system of colour codes. That
consisted of bats dipping their snouts in specific water colours and
then touching their wet, coloured snouts on specific points on the
empire's map. Thus the bats were able to indicate on the map, the
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actual ground positions and the movements of the enemy armies
and spies. And they were able to differentiate the enemies from
Vikrama's own army through colour codes. Red indicated theenemies; and green, King Vikramaditya's army. What a brilliant
plan! Had the plan been tested before the Barbarian attack, Vikrama
would have easily defeated the enemies.
Now, in the Dandakaranya forests, using that technology, Vikramaditya's Intelligence Agency alerted the bat battalion, which
in turn delivered messages regarding the ground positions of enemy
armies. In the mean time, the kings loyal to Vikramaditya were also
informed of the plan to attack the enemy. Vikramaditya's army
commanders worked in tandem with the bat commanders.Coordinating with the loyal kings, Vikrama attacked the relaxing
enemies with lightning speed in the darkness. Vikrama emerged
victorious and regained his throne.
In his victory celebrations, Vikramaditya declared that his
empire would follow a sustainable development model, which
would be based on respect for Nature and conservation of natural
resources like forests, land, water and mineral resources. And thus
the Gupta era became the Golden Age of Ancient India. And in the
hearts of all Indians, the great emperor Chandragupta Vikramaditya
remained immortal.
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The Treasure
and
The Alien Ship
Part - I
That was 2014 A.D. The Archaeological Survey of India failed
to discover the gold treasure under the fort of Raja Dhaanya
Bahadur, a nineteenth century king of Sangrampur of Uttar
Pradesh. The priest's dream, based on which the excavation was
carried out, did not help in the discovery of the treasure. But the
treasure was true and remained hidden in the fort.
The American and the British Intelligence Agencies watched the
situation with great interest as Sangrampur was always under their
secret surveillance. They even operated a secret satellite that kept an
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eye on the fort and its surroundings. Such was the importance of
Sangrampur!
Sangrampur was part of Hayamukha of ancient India.
Hayamukha, which was also reported by the seventh century
Chinese traveller Hiuen-Tsang, was a Buddhist centre of learning
which specialised in plant and ayurvedic sciences. Such centres of
learning, supported by the renowned Nalanda University ofPataliputra, flourished all over Hindustan at that time. It was also
claimed that the Nalanda University funded those centres using the
gold that was produced by the legendary Syamantak diamond. The
diamond had the ability to produce certain amount of gold every
day. The diamond was given as a boon by the Sun God to Satrajit inthe Dwapara Yuga. Satrajit was a noble in the kingdom of Dwaraka
that was ruled by Lord Krishna. He later became the father-in-law of
Lord Krishna.
After the reign of Sri Krishna, the diamond was passed on to
several rulers. The kingdoms and the dynasties like the Mauryas and
the Guptas to which the diamond was passed on, prospered. Finally,
it ended up with the Buddhists of the Nalanda University in
550AD. After the Muslim invaders destroyed the university in 1193
AD., the diamond passed into the guardianship of the sages of the
Himalayas.
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Centuries later, they passed it on to Akbar, the great.
Hindustan, under the Mughals, once again became a powerful
empire in the world. Finally, in 1845 AD., the diamond was handedover to Raja Dhaanya Bahadur of Sangrampur by the famed Sikh
warriors of Punjab. That was done as per the advice of the Sun God
who had appeared in their Sikh Guru's dream.
Though Sangrampur was a small kingdom, it had neverencountered famines, which were quite frequent in those days. That
was because of the prosperous agriculture practised with minimum
destruction of forests, in and around Sangrampur. Raja Dhaanya
was a Nature lover and a keen conservator. He used to travel and
collect many rare, wild and domesticated varieties of plants andanimals all over Hindustan. His scientists bred them in his vast
research farms and thus helped in the propagation of many precious
indigenous varieties.
King Dhaanya was also a great Shiva devotee. He visited the
Shiva shrines in the Himalayas every year. During his pilgrimages to
the Himalayas, he used to carry the seeds of endangered plant
varieties with him. He deposited them with the saints of the
Himalayas, who preserved them in the cool temperatures of secret
caves, for posterity.
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During one of his pilgrimages, a saint at the Amarnath cave
temple in Kashmir advised King Dhaanya thus: “Raja, you shall
soon receive the legendary Syamantak diamond from the Sikhs. Thediamond needs to be protected from the British since the gold
produced from the diamond might be spent on extensive coal
mining by the British industrialists. Already, the diamond has lost
some of its divine powers due to unprecedented coal consumption
for the ongoing industrial revolution.”
“What is this strange relationship between coal and the
diamond's powers, Acharya?” asked the king, unable to resist his
curiosity. The king was then enlightened about Jupiter's curse on
Mother Earth.
As per the saint's order, king Dhaanya constructed a Shiva
temple in his fort at Sangrampur. A long horizontal iron beam was
placed in the temple. A panchaloha Shiva Linga was fixed on that
end of the beam that extended into the sanctum sanctorum
(garbhagruha) of that temple. A huge rock idol of Nandi (Holy Bull)
was placed on the other end of the beam, in front of the temple.
That end of the beam with the Nandi was in turn supported by a
huge, vertical rosewood pillar, three-fourths of which was buried in
the ground. The Syamantak diamond was placed in a small chamber
atop the dhwaja stambha (flag pole) of the temple, and that fact was
kept a secret.
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The most interesting aspect of that temple was the architectural
splendour of the vimanam, i.e., the towering roof of thegarbhagruha. The inner surface of the roof of the garbhagruha was
concave and was constructed using a special metallic alloy. The
outer surface of the metallic roof was raised into a huge metallic
tower which resembled Lord Shiva's jatajutam – the long tangled
strands of hair piled up into a conical bun on Shiva's head. From adistance, the vimanam looked like a jatajutam placed a few inches
above the Shiva Linga that was installed in the garbhagruha.
During the first war of Indian independence in 1857, King
Dhaanya was betrayed by one of his nobles and was killed by theBritish. The British searched not only for the diamond but also for a
huge, disc shaped, golden coloured unidentified flying object (UFO)
in the fort. The UFO was reportedly sighted by the people during
the final stages of the construction of the temple. Based on the
intelligence reports, the British believed that the UFO was an alien
flying ship from another planet. But the British search for the UFO
and the diamond remained unfruitful.
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Himalayan Tsunami
The Wrath of Lord Shiva
The Supreme Lord of meditation, Lord Shiva, was disturbed.
And He emerged from His deep state of meditation. The Ganga,
bound by the hair-locks of Shiva, used to keep Shiva's mind peaceful
and fit for meditation with her freshness and purity. But these
divine powers of Ganga seemed to be fading.
When Shiva enquired Ganga, she poured her woes before Him.
“My Lord, I have been subjected to unhindered pollution. My
freedom has been severely curtailed due to the encroachment of my
river banks by humans. My glaciers began to shrink due to man-
made global warming which in turn has reduced my voluminous
flows. Apart from this, O Lord, the rampant destruction of forests,
which catch the rain water, filter it, and feed my streams, resulted in
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soil erosion and muddy tributaries. I am no more the
personification of purity. Humans have defiled me. I feel pathetic,
My Lord.” With such a distressed Ganga on His head, Shivaunderstood the reason for his disturbed focus during His
meditation.
Shiva went on a stroll around the Himalayas to rejuvenate His
mind. As He walked by, He found Nandi, His favourite vehicle, in adistressed mood. When He enquired, Nandi replied, “O Lord, the
virgin forests and pastures, containing many nutritious and
medicinal herbs, have been destroyed by humans to build houses,
dams, etc. With no natural food to eat, we are finally forced to feed
on the trash left by humans. We feel sick, My Lord.”
Thinking of a long-lasting solution to this, Shiva entered His
house only to find His wife, Parvati, in a pale condition. This
surprised Shiva. Goddess Parvati was well-known for Her child-like
exuberance. She was also fond of nurturing Her family that
consisted of all the diverse animals and plants in Nature. But She
too was found in a gloomy state. When Shiva enquired Her about
Her poor condition, She replied, “Maheshwara, much of the
wildlife and biodiversity, which I love and nurture, has been
declining rapidly due to rampant destruction of forests by humans.
So, when my whole family is suffering due to such mindless
destruction by one of my own kids (the humans), how can I be
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happy, My Lord?” Lord Shiva understood that much has changed
during His long years of meditation. So, He decided to meet
Brahma and Vishnu, the Supreme Lords of Creation andPreservation, respectively.
Meanwhile, Lord Brahma and Vishnu, along with Mother
Earth, appeared before Shiva. Shiva was shocked to see Mother
Earth in a devastated condition. He recollected how magnificent she was before He went into deep state of meditation, ages ago. When
He enquired her of her pathetic plight, Earth replied, “O Lord
Pashupati, I had been subjected to mindless destruction by one of
my own kids (the humans) in the name of unsustainable
urbanisation. My holy body has been polluted by harmful effluentsfrom industries and households. My beautiful body has been
abraded due to erosion caused by endless denudation of forests.
Due to this, I have lost my ecological balance without which I
cannot sustain biodiversity. And without biodiversity, I feel lifeless,
Devadeva.”
Vishnu said, “Maheshwara, I am ready to extract these harmful
human-generated pollutants from the Earth. But these pollutants
have the ability to destroy anything that comes into contact with
them. Hence, I do not know where to discard them.” Brahma, who
was hearing this, immediately responded, “Maheshwara, ages ago,
when a deadly poison was produced from the Ksheera Saagara
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mathanam (Churning of the Ocean of Milk), You protected the
Universe by storing the poison in Your throat. Hence, I plead You,
Devadeva, to get rid of these harmful pollutants that will beextracted by Vishnu from Mother Earth.”
Shiva thought that it was a very easy task for Him and hence he
readily agreed. Lord Vishnu said, “I shall first start with the Ganga.”
Vishnu extracted all the harmful pollutants of the Ganga andconcentrated them in a small bowl so as to make it easier for Shiva
to drink them.
After sipping a small amount, Shiva fell unconscious. Lord
Brahma treated Him with a herbal potion which helped Shivaregain His consciousness. “These pollutants are extremely poisonous
when compared to the poison I drank, ages ago, to save the
universe,” exclaimed Shiva. “But I will not give up.” Saying so, Shiva
transformed Himself into His most powerful form, the Bhairava,
and consumed the whole pollutants and stored them in His throat.
But the poison in the pollutants was so intense that it made
even Bhairava semi-conscious. He realised that it was impossible
even for a Supreme Being like Him to withstand so much amount
of poison. And hence, Shiva thundered, “O Rain God, I order you
to burst on Me with full might, immediately.” That led to torrential
rains which resulted in flash floods. The floods destroyed everything
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that had unsustainably encroached on the banks of the Ganges and
the slopes of the Himalayan foothills of Uttarakhand, where holy
shrines of Lord Shiva were present. Gradually, the flood levelreached the throat of Lord Shiva and diluted the concentration of
the poison in His throat, there by bringing Him back to
consciousness.
The Gods, including the Ganga and Mother Earth hailed Shiva,the Lord of Destruction. By destroying some of the evils affecting
the Ganga, Shiva purified her, to some extent, and tried to establish
the ecological balance in Nature.
But Lord Shiva proclaimed, “I now realise that even the mostpowerful Trinity of Gods cannot save the Earth from destruction. It
is up to the humans to act now and save their Mother Earth and
themselves from the impending man-made environmental
catastrophe.”
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7
Indy Bishnoi
The Wonder Woman of India
Can a human being become a fish or a bird? Yes. That was possible for
Indy Bishnoi, the wonder woman of India.
It is a universal truth that the higher animals evolved from the
lower animals. This can be clearly observed during the development
of an embryo of a higher animal. For example, a human embryo, in
its mother's womb, passes through various stages which are similar
to some of the developmental stages of its ancestors like fish,
amphibians and reptiles!
This is due to the presence of some of the “ancient genes” of the
lower animals, in human cells, that get expressed during the initial
stages of human embryo development. Later, these “ancient genes”
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get “silenced” and some other “modern genes” get activated which
finally results in the development of a human foetus. Scientists, in
various institutes around the world, had carried out research on thisevolutionary phenomenon.
Indian scientists at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
(TIFR), Mumbai, also worked on the same phenomenon. After
decades of research, in 2036 A.D., they became the first in the world to successfully activate the silenced “ancient genes” in adult
mammals like rats and guinea pigs. And the results were fantastic.
The adult rats turned into fish when placed in water! And when
they were placed on the top of a tall stool, or when suspended in theair with the help of a rope, the rats were able to develop wings,
similar to that of a bat. When the stimulus of water (or altitude) was
removed, the fish (or winged rat) once again turned into a normal
rat.
One of the brilliant students of the research team of TIFR that
developed the methodology for activation of “ancient genes” in rats
was Indy Bishnoi. She was born in 2010 A.D. in the legendary
Bishnoi community of western Rajasthan. The Bishnois were a
Hindu sect who gave utmost importance to the conservation of
plants and animals around them. Killing of animals and felling of
green trees were prohibited. Their main religious philosophy was
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based on the principle that “harming the environment means
harming yourself.”
The Bishnois loved Mother Nature to such an extent that they
would even sacrifice their lives to prevent the killing of animals and
trees. One such example was of Amrita Devi Bishnoi, who along
with hundreds of fellow Bishnoi women, sacrificed her life while
preventing the felling of trees for the construction of the king'spalace in 1730 A.D. And Indy Bishnoi too inherited such fierce love
for Mother Nature.
Indy's father, Prithvi Bishnoi, was an Indian Revenue Service
officer who worked in the Income Tax Department. Her mother, Jwaala Bishnoi, was an Indian Forest Service officer. Indy's parents
sensitised her to the harmful effects of unplanned urbanisation,
rampant corruption and illegal exploitation of natural resources. For
example, Indy, who had witnessed the catastrophic Mumbai floods
in 2020 A.D., learnt that the frequent occurrence of floods in
various cities was the result of illegal encroachment of natural water
bodies (for real estate construction), destruction of greenery,
mindless concretisation of natural pavements in the name of
beautification, and poor drainage system.
The illegal burial of lakes, which acted as natural water
harvesters and ground water rechargers, resulted in water erosion.
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The absence of trees and natural vegetation, the presence of which
could have otherwise reduced the water erosion, further intensified
the flood phenomenon. Poor water infiltration into the ground dueto concretisation of pavements, and improper drainage system
finally resulted in catastrophic floods in the cities.
In addition to this, Indy's parents enlightened her about the
scams involving corrupt bureaucrats, politicians and businesstycoons who plundered natural resources for their personal gain. All
these experiences left an indelible mark on the young Indy's mind.
One day, when Indy was conducting research in her laboratory
at TIFR, she was accidentally exposed to the “inducer mist”. The“inducer mist” was composed of tiny liquid droplets containing a
mixture of hormones and DNA fragments. The mist was regularly
used to activate the “ancient genes” in rats by making them inhale
the mist. None, including Indy, was aware of her accident.
On one moonlit night, Indy and her friends visited the famous
Chowpatty beach of Mumbai, in a caravan, to collect a few jelly fish
for their research. After the work, Indy said, “Friends, I would like
to relax on the beach. I will join you in the caravan after an hour.”
As she was relaxing on the beach relishing the vast body of
moonlit water, an irresistible love for water overpowered her. She
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sensed a gradual change in her body and felt suffocated. In a fit of
delirium, she sprang into the sea, swam in a semiconscious state and
got lost in the deep sea. After a few hours, when she came back toher senses, she was surprised to see herself alive. In fact, she was
breathing and moving effortlessly among some big fish in the ocean
depths. She was no longer a human, but a matsyakanya (mermaid)!
She swam for hours in the sea and felt amazed at theextraordinary variety of plant and animal life under water. She
rested for a while on the Lakshadweep Islands, under the star
studded sky. She then continued her journey towards Kanyakumari
located at the tip of the Indian peninsula.
At Kanyakumari, she rested at the Vivekananda Rock Memorial
and meditated for a while. She realised that the Earth was not some
non-living object supporting the living organisms. It's a unique,
living superorganism that not only supported interdependent plants
and animals but was also in turn nourished by the eco-friendly
biological activities of those plants and animals! She dreamt of the
curse of Jupiter and foresaw the imminent man-made global
environmental catastrophe. The visuals of the global doom woke her
up from deep meditation.
After enlightenment at Kanyakumari, she continued her journey
towards the Andaman and Nicobar Islands through the holy Ram
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Setu (Adam's Bridge) that connects India and Sri Lanka. After a day
of continuous swimming, she finally reached the islands. She swam
around the islands and reached the volcanic Barren Island locatedin the Andaman Sea.
She relaxed on the shore for a long time and transformed into a
human being again. Feeling hungry, she walked around in search of
some fruit trees. True to its name, the Barren Island was almostbarren because of its volcanism. Unable to walk further, she fell
onto the ground. Staring at the starry sky, the starving Indy longed
for a fruit tree that could satiate her hunger.
Her intense hunger and her inability to walk further producedstrange changes in her body. Large, strong flaps of cartilaginous
tissue emerged gradually from the lateral portions of her body. After
a few minutes, they produced webbed wings similar to that of a bat.
Having experienced the life of a fish, Indy was then sure of her
ability to fly. She ran for a while to gain momentum and leapt into
the air with expanded wings. But expectedly, she fell onto the
ground.
She tried and tried till she lifted herself up into the air. She
quickly learnt the nuances of flying and savoured the aerial view of
the Earth below. Forgetting her hunger, she flew to a great height in
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a few minutes. After losing herself in flight for an hour, she then
alighted on a fruit tree and ate the delicious fruits with great relish.
Having regained her strength, she started her return journey to
Mumbai. She flew over the Bay of Bengal, Andhra Pradesh,
Telangana and Maharashtra, and finally reached Mumbai. After
hovering for a while over the concrete jungle, she alighted on the
balcony of her multi-storey apartment. In the darkness of the night,she transformed into a normal human once again. She draped
herself in a night gown hung in the balcony, and knocked gently at
the door of the adjoining bedroom.
There were a few uneasy whispers inside the bedroom.Understanding the uneasiness of her friends, Indy said softly,
“Don't be afraid, my dear friends. It is me, Indy Bishnoi.”
“What?” her friends exclaimed. They turned on the light in the
balcony and peeped through the glass windows. “Oh my God,
where were you all these days? You have been missing for four days.
We have even lodged a complaint with the Police.”
“Will you please let me in? I have an incredible story to tell,”
Indy said excitedly. Her friends opened the door and hugged her.
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“Why did you leave your clothes on the beach? Did you go for
swimming that night?” one of her friends asked, curiously.
“Yes. I did go for swimming. But, first of all, you should trust
me. Will you?” said Indy.
“Yes, we trust you,” said her friends.
“I seem to have been accidentally exposed to the “inducer mist”
in the lab. Hence, I can partially transform into a fish and a bird.
And I can swim and fly with ease...,” Indy narrated her story.
Even before her friends started wondering if her story was true,Indy transformed herself into a winged woman, jumped from the
balcony and flew around.
“A bat woman!” her friends exclaimed in delight, tasting the
success of their evolutionary experiments.
The next day, hazy pictures of a flying “batwoman”, captured by
the surveillance cameras and stargazers the previous night, went viral
on the internet. After a week of thorough medical examination of
Indy, the Government of India officially declared the identity of the
“batwoman” as “Indy Bishnoi, the wonder woman of India”.
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Lepola
The Mysterious Disease
As if the deadly natural calamities caused by man-made global
warming were not enough, a mysterious disease emerged in the
tropical forests of Africa, Asia and Amazon, in 2039 A.D. But
unlike any other disease, the crippling, deadly disease spread
throughout the world in no time. And it affected both the rich and
the poor alike.
Initiall y, doctors thought that the disease was “Ebola” which had
appeared in a severe form in 2015 A.D., particularly in Africa. But
after a few days, they were shocked at the horrific symptoms of the
disease. The victims lost all sensation at the tips of their fingers and
toes, which got amputated naturally after a couple of days. And
death followed within a week! The crippled appearance resembled
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leprosy. The mysterious disease attacked anyone who has not even
come into contact with the affected persons.
Within a month, one-fifth of the world human population was
wiped out. Kings, presidents and prime ministers of some of the
most developed nations fell victim to the disease. Scientists were
clueless about the cause of the disease and hence they were unable
to find any vaccine for its cure.
A global emergency was declared by the World Health
Organisation (WHO), and billions of dollars were invested in
research to find out the cause of the new disease which was named
“LEPOLA”.
Indy Bishnoi, who was leading various agitations against illegal
destruction of forests in India, decided to find out the cause of
Lepola. With her unique evolutionary powers, she transformed
herself into a fish; and later, into a bat. And she studied various
habitats as an animal travelling all over the world. Within a
fortnight, she discovered the cause of Lepola.
The next day, an Indian newspaper published the news of her
discovery. The news item read thus: “The root cause of Lepola is
human being. His excessive use of fossil fuels (coal and petroleum)
in industries and automobiles released enormous amounts of
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Carbon dioxide (CO2) and other pollutants into the atmosphere.
Further, his rampant destruction of dense forests drastically reduced
the number of trees on the Earth. We all know that trees absorbCO2 and release pure Oxygen (O2) into the atmosphere. But man’s
mindless destruction of forests resulted in an unprecedented
accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere that not only caused global
warming but also produced some unknown mutations and
biochemical toxins in plants. These toxins in turn got accumulatedin even larger quantities in the herbivores (like cattle, goats, sheep,
poultry, etc) that fed on these plants. But these toxins are not
harmful to plants and animals. All these toxins were in turn
transmitted to human beings, the final consumers, through milk,
meat, eggs, etc. Extremely high quantities of these toxins thus gotaccumulated in humans due to the above-mentioned
biomagnification process. And this finally resulted in the dreaded
disease Lepola. Finally, the spread of Lepola can be controlled by
prohibiting the destruction of forests, which will help recycle some
of the excess CO2 into O2.”
Some people wondered how those toxins were harmful only to
the human beings but not to the animals and the plants that
produced and accumulated them.
“Why not? A mosquito harbours and transmits the malaria
parasite to a human being who in turn suffers from malaria. But the
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mosquito remains unharmed. So, these are human-specific
diseases,” argued some other scientists, in support of Bishnoi's
discovery.
After intense global research, scientists identified and isolated
the mysterious toxins, and established their role in causing Lepola.
But after a fortnight of research, the WHO declared, “It isalmost impossible to develop a vaccine for Lepola. This is due to the
continuous mutations in the antigens present on the Lepola causing
toxins. In these circumstances, the incidence of Lepola can be
decreased by temporarily reducing the consumption of animal
derived products like milk, eggs, meat, etc so as to reduce thebiomagnification of Lepola toxins in humans. Instead, consume
plant derived products like fruits, cereals, pulses and vegetables till
further research findings. Plant as many trees as possible and stop
the destruction of forests immediately.”
Instead of reducing the consumption of animal derived
products, people, out of fear, shunned those products, completely.
Instead, the whole world became vegetarian! That resulted in a
colossal wastage of animal products, particularly milk, all over the
world.
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Indian agricultural scientists then came up with the age-old
Indian concept of “Panchagavya” to prevent the wastage of milk.
Panchagavya is an organic fermented mixture that mainly consists offive different products derived from cow. They are dung, urine,
milk, ghee and curd. Panchagavya acts as a natural, eco-friendly
fertiliser, pesticide, plant growth stimulant and an immunity booster
in plants because of the hormones present in it.
The concept of the usage of Panchagavya in agricultural fields
and grazing lands was immediately adopted by all the European and
other Western countries which had a huge population of dairy
cows. They also exported excess cow milk, free of cost, to the poor
developing countries which faced a shortage of cow milk.
After two months of massive tree planting and a complete
prohibition on the destruction of forests, scientists observed that the
amount of Lepola causing toxins in the plants reduced by eighty per
cent.
But Dr. Madhav Sahyadri, the famous environmental scientist of
the renowned Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, argued,
“Massive tree planting and a ban on the destruction of forests alone
cannot reduce the enormous amount of pollutants (CO2) present in
the atmosphere in just two months. These seedlings should grow
into trees which can then recycle CO2 on a very large scale. Our
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research too does not indicate much change in the global
atmospheric CO2 concentration in the past two months. Hence,
there should be some other reason for the reduced amount ofLepola toxins in the plants.”
After a few days, Dr. Madhav's guess proved right. A joint Indo-
US research team declared, “The usage of Panchagavya, on a global
scale, produced certain beneficial biochemical changes, including anincreased immunity, in the treated plants, which helped in the
reduction of Lepola toxins in the plants.”
Meanwhile, based on global research reports, the United
Nations Organisation (UNO) declared, “Humans can now consumeanimal derived products without any hesitation owing to the
negligible levels of Lepola toxins in plants and animals.”
The UNO further declared, “Since only a small amount of milk
is required in the preparation of Panchagavya, we request people
not to waste huge quantities of milk for the same. We also urge
people, all over the world, to participate in massive tree planting
operations, and also nurture the tree seedlings till they sustain
themselves. Our future is in our hands. And this is the last
opportunity for us to act and save our humanity from self-
destruction.”
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Such was the importance of Lepola and its destruction in the
history of humankind that it produced a major shift in human's
attitude towards environmental conservation. A new ideology called“Ecoism” emerged as an alternative to capitalism and socialism. A nd
it dominated the world for a generation.
Various political parties which supported the ideology of
“Ecoism” and its core principle of “sustainable development” cameto power, all over the world. They took various names like the
Ecoists, the Greens, the Conservationists, the Eco Freedom Party,
the Tree Party, the Eco Saviours, the Eco Warriors, the Eco
Revolutionaries, etc
As mankind was saved from a catastrophe due to Indy's prompt
discovery of the cause of Lepola, she became an eco-hero in India.
Further, people became conscious of Nature conservation, and
appreciated Indy's leadership and her campaign against widespread
destruction of forests in India.
Hence, in 2040 A.D., in those fresh winds of “Ecoism” that
were roaring across the world, India too voted an ecoist party, the
“Sustainable Development Party (SDP)”, to power. And the SDP's
leader, Indy Bishnoi, was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India,
who promised, and in fact, revived the Rama Rajya in India.
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The Discovery
Dwaraka and The Mountain of Gold
In 2040 A.D., the Prime Minister of India Indy Bishnoi shocked
the world by announcing an incredible scheme, “The Indian Super
Deposit Scheme”. None, including her best friend, Zeenath, trusted
the scheme.
The scheme had a tagline- “Let's Grow Money in India.” The
scheme was considered impossible because it had promised a return
of Rs. 10/- after ten years for every one rupee invested. When Indy
asked Zeenath, a gold trader, to invest her money in the scheme,
Zeenath exclaimed, “Indy, how can you promise me Rs.100 crore
after ten years, if I invest Rs.10 crore now? This is impossible.”
Zeenath looked deep into Indy's eyes for an answer. Indy replied
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instantly, “I am confident. And I promise the returns.” But Zeenath
was not convinced.
Three months after the announcement, none invested in the
scheme. Everyone questioned the scheme. “The whole world is
suffering from severe economic crisis because of natural calamities
like severe droughts and unseasonal floods caused by global
warming and climate change. Plants and animals are unable toadapt to the changed climate. So, agriculture has collapsed. This in
turn resulted in the collapse of agro-based industries which are
dependent on agriculture for raw material. Hence, stock markets,
which offered profitable returns a few decades ago, have collapsed
now. The safest places to invest now are the public sector banks which offer only double returns on investments over a ten-year
period. So, how can one offer such astronomical returns of ten
times the investment? This is impossible,” argued Sam Adams, a
famous economist from U.S.A., in a T.V. interview.
One day, Indy invited Zeenath to dinner. After dinner, Zeenath
said, “Indy, you seem to be restless. What's bothering you?”
Indy replied, “I pinned lot of hopes on this scheme, Zeenath.
The Indian government needs at least one trillion dollars of
investment in the next five years, to boost the economy. India, like
the rest of the world, is going through a severe economic crisis due
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to the catastrophic effects of man-made climate change. But because
of my unique evolutionary powers, I can understand that our
Mother Earth still has the ability to recover from the ill-effects ofglobal warming. All I need is money to make necessary amendments
on a large scale in India. People don't believe me. Even you don't
trust me, Zeenath.”
After hearing Indy's agony, Zeenath replied, “You are my bestfriend, Indy. I trust you personally. But when it comes to
investment, you need to provide some guarantee. You see, as a gold
merchant, I lend money to people who offer their gold ornaments
as a security. Indy, you too should provide similar security to the
people who want to invest money on a large scale in your scheme.”
Indy quickly shot back, “Where can I get so much gold that can
act as a security to some one trillion dollars of people's investment
in the scheme?” Indy waited for an answer from Zeenath.
Zeenath thought for a while and said helplessly, “May be we
should find King Midas of the greek mythology, who can turn
anything that he touches into gold.”
Indy replied, “Why search Greek mythology when we have our
own great Indian legends?”
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“So, Indy, who is the Indian Midas?” asked Zeenath.
Indy thought for a while and exclaimed, “Syamantak diamond!”
“ Are you speaking about the Syamantaka mani that was given as
a boon by Sun God to Satrajit?' asked Zeenath.
“ Yes. Exactly...It had the divine power to produce certainamount of gold every day. And Satrajit's daughter, Satyabhama, later
married Lord Sri Krishna,” said Indy, excitedly.
“So, do you expect the diamond to be present in Brindavan of
the present day Uttar Pradesh?” asked Zeenath.
“No, Zeenath. Sri Krishna was the ruler of Dwaraka of the
present-day Gujarat. And Satrajit too was a noble in Dwaraka,” said
Indy.
“But Dwaraka was lost long ago,” exclaimed Zeenath.
“Yes. But the Archaeological Survey of India had discovered it
submerged in the Arabian Sea, off the coast of Gujarat, a few
decades ago” said Indy.
“Did anyone find the diamond, Indy?”
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“Not yet. Maybe, I should try.” Saying so, Indy left for Dwaraka
in Gujarat.
She reached the Gujarat coast, and entered the Arabian Sea.
After a few minutes, she became a mermaid. And she swam across
the submerged structures that were excavated by the Archaeology
Department. Even after a day-long search, she was unable to findany diamond on the seabed.
As Indy was swimming through the rubble, a school of fish
passed by. Indy interacted with some of the fish in that group.
“My dear friends, do you have any idea regarding the Syamantak
diamond that was given as a boon to Satrajit of the kingdom of
Dwaraka? I am unable to find it in this rubble,” asked Indy.
An old fish exclaimed, “Oh! Dwaraka, the kingdom of Lord
Krishna… We are just coming from that place.”
On hearing that, Indy asked, “Is this not Dwaraka?”
“You are now on the outskirts of Dwaraka that was excavated by
humans. The core city of Dwaraka is eight kilometres away from this
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place, in the deep sea, towards west. And it is present ten metres
below the ocean floor,” said another fish.
“So, it is impossible to see the actual city!” wondered Indy.
“As a matter of fact, we actually live in the Dwaraka city. It is
our home now,” said the old fish.
“But you said that it lies buried ten metres below the ocean
floor,” argued Indy.
“Yes. But there is a maze of numerous interconnected cracks in
the ocean bed that connect the ocean floor with the buried city ofDwaraka. Many of our ocean friends live there,” explained the old
fish.
Indy felt very happy on hearing this. She immediately asked the
old fish, “Can I visit the holy place?”
The old fish agreed and asked one of her kids to accompany
Indy to that place.
Both of them swam into the deep sea and finally reached a spot
where Indy was guided by the other fish through a series of
complex, interconnected fractures in the ocean bed. Finally, they
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entered a magnificent building which had huge rooms, the walls
and pillars of which were richly decorated with gold and diamond
ornaments.
Indy was guided through the building which was occupied by
countless number of ocean-dwelling animals like crabs, crawlers,
snakes, hydras, etc. When they finally reached a majestic hall with a
staircase and a peacock-feather shaped, diamond studded, goldenthrone, she realised that it was the palace of Lord Sri Krishna.
Indy's joy knew no bounds as she experienced the spiritual bliss
before the throne of Lord Krishna.
Indy stayed there for a week, searching for the diamond in the
underground city. Though she found countless tonnes of golden
ornaments everywhere in the super rich city, she failed to locate the
Syamantak diamond.
After a week, she finally decided to leave. She thanked her ocean
friends for their hospitality and started her return journey to the
coast.
When she reached the coast of Gujarat, her fish-shaped body
transformed into her original human form again. People visited the
coast in large numbers to have a glimpse of their charismatic prime
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minister. Indy was later told that the Indian Parliament had
declared a state of red alert as the security agencies thought that the
prime minister was lost after she had ventured into the sea.
Zeenath, who heard the news of Indy's return, rang her, “Indy,
where have you been all these days?”
Ind y replied, “I was on a pilgrimage to the holy land of SriKrishna...”
The next day, Indy declared to the world about her discovery of
the underground Dwaraka. And the whole area, off the coast of
Gujarat, was declared a “marine sanctuary” and a “holy nationalheritage” of supreme importance.
When Zeenath asked indy if she would use the precious treasure
of Dwaraka since she did not find the Syamantak diamond, Indy
replied, “No. I do not consider it a treasure. I consider it holy
because it belongs to Lord Krishna. And the underground holy city
will not be excavated since it would destroy the innumerable marine
animals which made the holy city their home. Instead, a highly
trained team will record the images of the underground city using
camera-mounted flexible cables that would be sent through the
fractures in the ocean bed, without causing any damage.”
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“I am proud of you, Indy,” said Zeenath. Indy smiled and said,
“Praise the Lord.”
“Yes. Lord Krishna will certainly help you find the gold
necessary for your scheme too, Indy,” replied Zeenath.
“Let's hope that His Lotus Feet will bless me,” said Indy.
“Many of His devotees have found great solace at His Lotus
Feet. Indeed, the whole town of Brindavan found comfort at His
Lotus Feet, under the Govardhana Hill that was lifted by Lord
Krishna on His little finger to protect the people from a super
storm. Similarly, you too will be protected by a mountain of gold,Indy. Don't worry,” replied Zeenath.
On hearing her words, Indy kept on repeating, “The mountain
of gold....., the mountain of gold....”
“What is the matter, Indy?” Zeenath asked, curiously.
“Zeenath, there is a mention of a mountain of gold in
Ramayan,” said Indy.
“Where?” asked Zeenath.
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“In Lanka, when Lakshmana fell unconscious while fighting
Indrajit (the son of Raavana), Lord Hanuman was asked to bring
some fluorescent medicinal herbs from the Sanjeevini mountain inthe Himalayas. In the middle of His flight, Lord Hanuman observed
a glittering mountain of gold in the ocean on His right. But He
soon realised that it was not the Sanjeevini mountain since
Sanjeevini was located in the snow-capped Himalayas. So, I am now
wondering about that mountain of gold,” said Indy.
“Since He was in the middle of His flight, from Lanka tow ards
the Himalayas, the ocean on Hanuman's right could have been the
Bay of Bengal. And the golden mountain could have been a part of
the peaks of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, some of which havesubmerged under the sea over the years,” guessed Zeenath.
Indy thought for a while and shouted, “Eureka! The mountain
of gold exists. Gold is often associated with volcanoes. And some of
the peaks in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands were once active
volcanoes. Over the years, the growth of vegetation on those
mountains covered with fertile volcanic soil might have covered the
exposed gold.”
Indy hugged Zeenath, and ordered a team of geologists to survey
the Andaman and Nicobar Islands immediately. After an intense
survey, the scientists discovered that the uninhabited Barren Island,
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the only active volcano in India, located to the east of Andaman
Islands, was indeed the mountain of gold!
Indy declared the next day, “The Barren Island is a mountain of
gold that is priceless. So, I urge my fellow Indians and investors
worldwide, to invest in the Indian Super Deposit Scheme without
any fear. And I promise you that this mountain shall act as a
security to your investments.”
Some people wondered why Indy should not sell some of the
gold of that mountain instead of seeking investments worldwide.
To this, Indy replied, “When I am absolutely confident that I will be able to repay ten times the investment one makes in the
scheme, why should I mine and degrade the mountain which is a
wildlife sanctuary that is home to a rainbow of marine life. And
above all, it is a virgin island where man has not ventured because of
its volcanism and government protection. The declaration of this
mountain as a security is only to convince the investors of the
security provided to their investments."
Within days of Indy's declaration, the total investment in the
Super Deposit Scheme crossed two trillion dollars. Everyone, rich
and poor, throughout the world, invested in the scheme. Such was
the confidence of people in the priceless “mountain of gold”.
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Zeenath, who invested fifteen crore rupees in the scheme, asked,
"What next, Indy?”
Indy replied, "Let's grow money in India!"
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Let’s Grow Money in India
Indy in Action
Flush with funds, Indy Bishnoi was now ready to give shape to
her ecoist ideas. First and foremost, she appointed honest and
efficient Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers in all the
government departments.
She then concentrated on the biggest crisis of India, i.e., climate
change. She knew that India (and the world) was going through a
severe environmental crisis due to pollution, global warming and
climate change, which have caused severe droughts, cyclones, floods,
forest fires, coastal flooding due to a rising sea level, soil erosion and
degradation of fertile farm lands, and disease epidemics affecting
food crops, animals and humans. All these have resulted in
enormous loss of plant, animal and human wealth.
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Hence, she instructed the Department of Agriculture and
Biotechnology (DABT) to identify and record, within three months,all the animal and plant varieties, including wild, traditional and
hybrid varieties, resistant to pests, diseases, droughts and floods in
different parts of India. She urged the people of India to cooperate
in the identification process.
The DABT carried out the work in coordination with the state
and the local governments, including the village panchayats, with
people's participation on a large scale.
She then focussed on the problem of unemployment in India.On the one hand, there was a huge rural population which had lost
its agriculture based livelihood due to the harmful effects of global
warming and climate change on agriculture. On the other hand, the
failure of agriculture resulted in the collapse of agro-based industries
that had employed millions of people, all over India. That had led
to huge job losses, prohibitive food prices due to food scarcity, and
increased crimes in the society due to unemployment.
"I would like to create jobs on a large scale in India," Indy said to
Zeenath, excitedly.
"But how?" asked Zeenath.
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"With the amount of funds I have in the Super Deposit Scheme,
I can easily establish eco-friendly industries, on a large scale, that canemploy a huge number of people in India," said Indy.
"Eco-friendly industries..! I heard only of polluting industries,"
exclaimed Zeenath.
"Yeah... These eco-friendly industries will manufacture
equipment necessary for the generation of electricity from
environment-friendly, renewable sources of energy like solar, wind
and tidal power. In fact, India is blessed with huge solar, wind and
tidal potential. Hence, if implemented on a massive scale, this eco-friendly power will reduce our dependence on fossil fuels (coal and
petroleum) by 75 percent, in the next fifteen years," replied Indy.
"You seem to be more interested in pollution and climate
change caused by the burning of fossil fuels. But what are your plans
to boost the Indian economy, Indy?" asked Zeenath.
"Climate change and environmental pollution and degradation
are the biggest obstacles to economic growth. So, if you target these
problems, you will see wonders, Zeenath," explained Indy.
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“If the solution is as simple as that, then why is the world not
shifting to eco-friendly energy?” questioned Zeenath.
“Lethargy, lack of political will, insensitivity towards Mother
Earth, lack of urgency towards issues of climate change, selfishness,
greed, lack of vision and respect for the future generations, and so
on.....,” replied Indy.
The next day, Indy Bishnoi launched a major scheme, the “Eco-
skill Development Mission (ESD Mission)”. The Mission's aim was
to train millions of unemployed people and develop their skills
required for their employability in the eco-friendly industries, which
are to be established soon on a massive scale.
After two months of announcement of the ESD Mission, a
newspaper headline read, “Crimes in India reduced by f ifty
percent.”
“When millions of unemployed people are being offered very
handsome wages, even during their training stage under the ESD
Mission, why would anyone commit crimes to earn money?” said
Zeenath, to a smiling Indy.
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“Praise the people! It is the money that they had invested in the
Super Deposit Scheme that is being utilised to pay the wages of the
trainees,” said Indy.
“How much?” asked Zeenath.
“I have allocated hundred billion dollars per year for the ESD
Mission,” replied Indy.
“Is it not too much?” asked Zeenath.
“No. A highly skilled workforce that is well-paid is absolutely
necessary for any country's progress. In the long run, their skills willproduce high value-added goods and services that will far outweigh
the present expenditure on their wages,” explained Indy.
“You are a visionary, Indy,” said Zeenath, who felt proud of her
friend.
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The Return of the Rama Rajya
In the meantime, the Department of Agriculture and
Biotechnology has submitted its report on the resistant plant and
animal varieties in India.
Indy appointed a team of experts to prepare an agriculture
training material that was easily understandable to the rural
population. After a month, a beautiful, pictorial farmer training
manual was released by the experts. It contained most of the plant
and animal management practices that farmers already knew, along
with some of the latest technologies which would increase farmers'
income while preventing environmental pollution in the fields.
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Zeenath, who was always fascinated by Mother Nature, procured
a copy of the manual and read it with great interest.
“Indy, I am so surprised that farmers can increase their farm
income by following simple, age-old practices like growing a mixture
of crops, along with farm animals, instead of a single crop on a large
farm,” wondered Zeenath.
“Yes, indeed. Some of our farmers seem to have forgotten these
age-old practices. A mixture of crops acts as a security against pests
and natural calamities. Some of the crops in the mixture may die
due to diseases, droughts and excessive rainfall. But the other crops
in the mixture survive and save the farmer from total loss. Additionally, growing of cattle, poultry and other farm animals
provide extra income from nutritious food products like milk, eggs,
meat, etc. Animals also provide dung which acts as organic manure
for the soil. All these age-old practices, if implemented sincerely, can
prevent farmers' suicides to a great extent,” clarified Indy.
“And the most important thing is to plant trees around the
fields,” added Indy.
“I know that trees reduce the ill effects of climate change. But
how can they help farmers directly?” asked Zeenath.
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“Trees are the visible Gods. They help farmers in many ways.
Trees are very resistant than the crops grown in the fields. And trees
act as homes to thousands of microbes, insects and birds, many of which feed on the crop pests present on the adjacent fields,” said
Indy.
“So these insects and birds on these trees are actually the friends
of the farmers,” said Zeenath, excitedly.
“Exactly ... These are called beneficial insects/birds which act as
natural enemies of the pests that attack our crops,” said Indy.
“But how about pesticides which too kill the crop pests?” askedZeenath.
“Pesticides too control pests and diseases. But these chemicals
are harmful to human beings and environment. Moreover,
pesticides kill the beneficial insects too,” said Indy.
“Should we stop using pesticides?” asked Zeenath.
“We have to use pesticides only when it is absolutely necessary,”
said Indy.
“I don't understand that,” replied Zeenath.
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“See, Zeenath, what do you do when you develop a sore throat?”
asked Indy.
“I take hot ginger tea. Umm…, I love ginger tea. I gargle with salt
water. I stop consuming cool drinks. And if the infection still
persists and increases in severity, I take doctor's prescription. I think
everyone does this,” replied Zeenath.
“Exactly… But why don't you consult a doctor immediately?”
asked Indy.
“I feel that the human body can withstand minor diseases to acertain extent. And I don't like to depend on medicines even for
simple ailments,” replied Zeenath.
“That's it?” questioned Indy.
“I also believe that if I use medicines, unnecessarily, the disease
causing germs become more resistant to the antibiotics. And, of
course, I don't want to waste money on doctor's fees, even for
common illnesses like sore throat and cold,” said Zeenath, with a
smile on her face.
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“Excellent… Zeenath. All these reasons are applicable to plants
too. Plants also have the same inherent ability to withstand some
minor diseases. Moreover, a fine ecological balance exists in thefield wherein a handful of crop plants are fed upon by a small
number of harmful pests which are in turn eaten by beneficial
insects and birds. Thus, the control of harmful pests by Mother
Nature prevents economic losses to the farmers,” explained Indy.
“But how is that balance broken?” questioned Zeenath, unable
to hide her curiosity.
“There are many reasons, known and unknown. As I have
already explained, the cultivation of a single crop variety on a largefarm increases the population of pests, which reproduce faster than
the beneficial insects. And this results in pest domination and
disease epidemics.”
“The other reasons include the destruction of trees and forests
which harbour many beneficial insects and birds. Further,
indiscriminate use of powerful pesticides at higher doses, also kill
many of the beneficial insects, along with the pests,” said Indy.
“Oh, no,” cried Zeenath.
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“You need to remember that beneficial insects are very sensitive
to pesticides, and hence, die rapidly. On the contrary, pests adapt,
evolve, and produce resistant offspring in such large numbers that itrequires manufacturing of even more powerful pesticides to control
them. And the cycle continues. In the meantime, the continuous
use of pesticides will wipe out the beneficial insects completely,”
explained Indy.
“So, it is the environment and the farmers who will be the final
losers if we disturb the balance of Nature! In order to protect the
environment and to reduce the cost of cultivation, pesticides have to
be used judiciously and only when absolutely necessary. Am I right?”
asked an enlightened Zeenath.
“Excellent. And trees, as you see, play a very important role in
maintaining this ecological balance, Zeenath. Trees also provide
food and fodder to the farmers and their cattle. They protect the
crops from extreme weather by obstructing hot and cold winds that
are harmful to the crops. The trees, with their trunks and leaf litter
on the ground, also prevent erosion of fertile top soil by slowing
down the movement of fast running rain water on the ground. And
this slow moving water sinks into the earth and increases the ground
water levels,” said Indy.
“Wow! This is natural water harvesting,” exclaimed Zeenath.
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“I am very happy you understood that, Zeenath. These are just a
few examples of the innumerable ecological services provided byMother Nature. We are indebted to Mother Earth for our
existence,” said Indy to an enlightened Zeenath.
Within a fortnight, the training manual was circulated to the
farmers throughout India, in different languages, free of cost.
Indy Bishnoi ordered the DABT to breed and distribute the
resistant plant and animal varieties to the farmers. Improved
varieties of fast-growing nutritious fodder crops were also distributed
to feed the cattle population. And finally, with people'sparticipation, tree planting was promoted on a massive scale on the
farm bunds around the fields, in the waste lands of villages, and on
the road sides in the cities, throughout India.
After a year of intense training under the ESD Mission, eco-
friendly solar, wind and tidal power generating industries were
established on an unprecedented scale. Apart from those industries,
agro-based industries were also established on a large scale in rural
and urban areas to process, preserve and improve the quality and
value of the farm products so as to benefit both the farmers and the
consumers.
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Within seven years, 1.8 trillion dollars of funds of the Indian
Super Deposit Scheme were utilised. And the results were visible to
everyone.
Renewable power had replaced the fossil fuels by seventy
percent! That has reduced both the air pollution and the
expenditure on the import of the fossil fuels tremendously.
Moreover, the introduction of efficient public transport systems likethe Electric Bus Rapid Transport System and the Metro Rail, which
ran on renewable energy, reduced pollution and traffic congestion
drastically in Indian cities.
Massive afforestation rapidly reduced the intensity andfrequency of extreme weather conditions like droughts and floods in
India. And rural and urban extreme poverty levels were reduced by
eighty percent due to a prosperous agriculture in rural areas and
handsome wages for the work-force employed in various profit-
making agro-based and other industries. India became a major
exporter of various processed food products, eco-friendly industrial
and consumer goods, and other services.
In 2050 A.D., ten years after the launch of the Super Deposit
Scheme, the Government of India, to the investors’ pleasant
surprise, announced a return of fifteen times the original
investment instead of the promised ten times returns!
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Sam Adams, the famous U.S. economist, visited India to
interview Indy Bishnoi, who had won a consecutive third term asIndian prime minister, a few days ago.
“Congratulations, Madam Prime Minister.”
“Thank you.”
"Madam Prime Minister, the whole world is excited about the
results of your revolutionary scheme. The initial investment in the
Super Deposit Scheme was two trillion dollars which was a huge
amount. You have utilised almost all of the two trillion dollars forthe development of infrastructure in India. And now, after ten
years, you have paid around thirty trillion dollars to the investors,
which is an impossible task even for the developed countries like the
U.S.A. And India now has a very high standard of living as a result
of your scheme. How could you achieve the feat, Madam Prime
Minister?" asked Sam Adams.
"Ten years ago, I had travelled extensively, in fish and bat forms,
to study the world as an animal. I had then realised that Mother
Earth had almost reached the point of no return due to pollution
and man-made climate change. The Earth was on the verge of an
unprecedented catastrophe. It was a “now or never” situation for me
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as the Prime Minister of India. Hence, I have introduced the Indian
Super Deposit Scheme.”
"I have invested all the two trillion dollars, during these ten
years, in eco-friendly infrastructure and agriculture. This has
drastically reduced environmental pollution and has revived the
ecological services of our Mother Nature. It was these ecological
services that laid the foundation for sustainable development inIndia. This sustainable development has not only increased our
standard of living but also preserved the Earth's ability to provide
her eco-services to the future generations. And it was these eco-
services of Mother Nature that helped us generate sixty trillion
dollars in ten years, with an initial investment of just two trilliondollars," replied Indy.
"So, Madam, you are growing money in India, as promised in
the scheme. May I know who taught you about these ecological
services and sustainable development?" asked Sam Adams.
"The Vedas... It was this Vedic knowledge which had advocated
respect for Mother Nature and her ecological services that had
brought an unprecedented prosperity during the reign of Lord Sri
Ram. And it was the same sustainable development model of Lord
Ram which has now helped me revive the Rama Rajya in the twenty-
first century India. Jai Hind..." Indy concluded.
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Later, in that year, Indy Bishnoi, the Prime Minister of India,
was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for her extra-ordinary visionand service to the mankind.
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The Mysterious Punisher
Part - I
In 2090 A.D., Rana Thambore was arrested on the suspicion of
kidnapping some highly influential eco-plunderers comprising
corrupt politicians, bureaucrats and business magnates. But
everyone knew that he did not have the ability to kidnap such high
profile people.
Rana was an honest Indian Forest Service officer of Karnataka
cadre, who was passionate about conservation of Nature. After the
death of Indy Bishnoi in 2065 A.D., the eco-plunderers had again
started plundering Earth's natural resources, as if with a vengeance.
Rana, who witnessed the illegal destruction of natural wealth in
Karnataka, revolted against the corrupt bureaucrats and politicians.
The powerful eco-plunderers got him transferred and finally
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dismissed from service on the charge of indiscipline. Rana became a
revolutionary writer who advocated stringent punishment and even
death sentence to the plunderers of Nature. That was the primaryreason why he was immediately arrested after some of the eco-
plunderers had gone missing.
Even after intense interrogation, the investigation agencies were
unable to extract any information from Rana who had denied hisinvolvement in the crime. A huge manhunt was organised all over
India to rescue the missing eco-plunderers. A powerful satellite was
also employed to trace them. Such was their influence in the society!
Finally, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was able to trace
the vehicles of the missing people to the border areas of the TharDesert of Rajasthan. That appeared strange because the eco-
plunderers had disappeared on different dates, and yet, all their
vehicles were found in the same place!
A search and rescue operation team, comprising five helicopters
and hundreds of ground troops, was sent to the Thar Desert. The
whole team disappeared after it entered the desert, and the Mission
Control in Delhi lost contact with the team. A few drones (remote-
controlled pilotless aircrafts) which were sent to survey the area also
went missing. Even the satellites were unable to trace the lost teams.
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After a few days, all the members of the lost rescue team
emerged from the desert and reached a nearby town. When they
were interrogated by the CBI, they revealed that they were caught ina mysterious sand storm and that their helicopters and vehicles were
lost in the sand. Their survival, despite the accident in the sand
storm, remained a wonder.
As there was no clue even after ten years of intense search, Rana was released from house arrest due to lack of evidence against him.
He also agreed not to write any revolutionary literature against the
eco-plunderers. After having stayed alone in his house for such a
long time, Rana wandered all over India in search of pristine
wilderness.
He went to the Himalayas and realised that they were no more
covered with snow. Even the water bodies of the Himalayas and
other wild areas turned into dry lake beds (playas) and dust bowls
due to over-exploitation of water, pollution and global warming. He
discovered that many of India's majestic animals no more roamed in
the so-called protected sanctuaries. He wept at the sight of rampant
deforestation, poaching, pollution of rivers and forest fires that
became too frequent due to climate change. He wrote thus:
“The ambience appeared barren and bleak
When I went to see the Himalayan peak
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And dejected I was at the sight of the playas
When I desired to swim in the lakes of Himalayas.
I went in search of Coringa
To see the elegant water fowls
But instead of a humdinger
I was greeted with dusty bowls.
To Assam from Coringa
In search of the Rhino of Kaziranga
Which now lived only in the songs of folk singers
As it was doomed by the fangs of hornmongers.
Royal tigers in the famed Corbett
Were not seen even in silhouette
And lost are the trumpets of wild elephants
Now heard only in temple pageants.
When I went to see the majestic Gir
The deforestation there made me stir
And so I went to feel the river Pench
Which offered no respite from the filthy stench.
When I went deep into the Bandipur
Wildlife wept at the fire furore
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And so I retired to the Nagarhole
Only to witness the fiery rigmarole.
Deprived of biodiversity
I returned to my ugly city
That appeared from a distance as a lovely glow
Which, in truth, is an iron hand with a velvet glove.
Not even a spot of wilderness
In this urban jungle of concrete mess
Where many shades of pollution
Have achieved superlative distinction.
And nowhere is the lovely wilderness of ancient India
Which is now confined only to historical nostalgia.”
Gradually, over the years, the satellites began to record some
strange changes over the Thar Desert. The images revealed
considerable cooling over the Thar Desert, which was an anomaly in
that age of global warming. The cooling was found out to be the
result of extensive evaporation over the Thar Desert. What could be
the possible source of evaporation of water? Scientists guessed that
the source of water might be the lost holy river, Saraswati that had
flowed in its full splendour, 5000 years ago. Though the satellite
images proved the existence of water movement deep under the
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Thar Desert, the scientists were clueless about evaporation from
such depths. Though it created a worldwide sensation, none dared
to venture into that area for fear of getting trapped in thosemysterious sand storms. But, on one new moon night, the satellites
recorded Rana venturing and disappearing into the desert!
Rana finally came out of the desert after six months. The CBI
cops were astonished to see Rana in a very healthy condition. Howdid he survive in a desert for such a long duration without food and
water? They detained and interrogated him. But Rana did not reveal
anything about the desert. So, they took him to a military research
hospital in New Delhi to study his biological condition.
The study revealed that Rana was not starved during the last six
months. The reason behind his perfect physical and mental health
was the pollutant free food and water, and the optimum
temperature that he was exposed to, in the desert! Scientists were
clueless about the availability of food, water and the favourable
temperature in a desert. Since Rana did not reveal anything
regarding the mystery, the scientists anaesthetised him. They
inserted miniature cameras and micro-transmitters in his eyes to
visualise and track everything he sees. Rana knew nothing of those
experiments and he was released after a few days of stay in the
hospital.
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The Mysterious Punisher
Resurrection of River Saraswati
Since Rana was a single, unmarried person, he decided to visit
the Thar Desert, which he considered the purest and the most
beautiful area in India. And hence, he left Delhi for the Thar.
All his movements were recorded and transmitted to the
Mission Control of the CBI in Delhi, on a real-time basis, by the
miniature cameras in his eyes. A satellite too was engaged to track
his movements. Though the satellite lost track of him as soon as he
entered a particular area in the desert, the micro-transmitters (in his
eyes) carried out their work faithfully.
After walking for a few hours in the endless dunes of sand, he
finally entered the concave face of a huge sand dune, which led him
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into a majestic building. The CBI cops, who were watching the
transmitted visuals in Delhi, realised that the building was none
other than the thirteenth century Balagarh Fort at Pokhran, in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan. Pokhran was completely engulfed by
the Thar Desert, a few decades ago, due to global warming and
climate change.
In the fort, Rana went upstairs, and knocked on a huge woodendoor which had iron knobs arranged on it in a beautiful pattern.
The cops, who were seeing the visuals, were shocked when the door
was opened. All the missing eco-plunderers were present in that
room! The cops realised that it was Rana who had kidnapped all the
eco-plunderers, individually, in their personal vehicles, which werelater abandoned on the fringes of the Thar Desert. But, to the cop’s
surprise, all the eco-plunderers greeted Rana, enthusiastically!
One of them offered fresh water melons to Rana who ate them
lustily. After refreshing himself, Rana, along with the eco-
plunderers, went into a large, well-ventilated kitchen which stored
fresh fruits and vegetables. They used hand-pounded wheat flour to
make rotis on hot black-coated iron slabs. The slabs were heated by
sun rays concentrated through a suspended row of magnifying
glasses. Fossil fuels like coal and petroleum products were not used
anywhere in the fort. After breakfast, all of them, including Rana,
entered a huge store room in that fort. They collected a large
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number of empty buckets and cans and some very long ropes, as if
to fetch water from a well. Each eco-plunderer carried around six to
seven buckets.
All of them stepped out of the palace and walked towards a
beautiful step-well, a few metres away. There was no water in the
step-well and its floor was muddy. The central portion of the step-
well was covered with huge rectangular granite slabs. When the eco-plunderers removed the central slab, it partially revealed a dug well
beneath the floor of the step-well.
Standing on the stone slabs, the eco-plunderers lowered the
buckets into the dug well with the help of the long ropes tied tothem. After more than a minute, the buckets finally touched the
water at the bottom of the well. It took more than five minutes for
them to pull each water filled bucket out of the well. The well was
indeed a deep abyss! From the conversations of the eco-plunderers,
the CBI understood that they took more than two and a half years
to dig the deep well.
It took more than one hour for the eco-plunderers to fill all the
buckets. They carried the water-filled buckets out of the fort, into
the desert, and began irrigating the endless stretches of sand, at
regular intervals. After having emptied all the buckets, they repeated
the whole process of fetching water from the dug well and emptying
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it in the open desert! After four hours of irrigating a vast stretch of
sand, the eco-plunderers finally paused for an hour for lunch.
In the afternoon, they resumed irrigation in a different stretch
of sand. There was no end to their drudgery covering vast stretches
of the sandy desert every day. “The eco-plunderers had gone mad,
for no sane person would toil so hard to fetch water from such
depths only to waste it by emptying it into the open sands,” shoutedone of the cops. But they understood the reason behind the cooling
effect over the Thar Desert.
After further analysis, the CBI put forward a convincing
hypothesis to explain the situation at the Thar. “The vast amount of water drawn from the well is being fed by the underground river,
Saraswati that is flowing underneath Pokhran. The powerful,
underground shockwaves that had been produced by the
underground atomic explosion tests (conducted by India in 1998
A.D.,) at Pokhran, might have widened the fractures in the Earth's
crust. And the eco-plunderers might have dug a deep well along one
of those fractures that connected the underground river, Saraswati.”
But Rana's ability to understand such complex geological
phenomenon and the mysterious disappearances over the Thar
Desert puzzled everyone. Hence, the cops eagerly waited for Rana to
return from the desert.
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Finally, when Rana returned from the desert, he was
immediately arrested on the charge of kidnapping the eco-
plunderers. The CBI also had the proof of Rana's involvement inthe crime, in the form of recorded visuals that were captured by
mini-cams present in Rana's eyes.
Rana was lodged in a solitary cell in the Tihar jail, and was kept
under round-the-clock CCTV surveillance. He was tortured andinterrogated for weeks to extract information about the kidnappings
and the Thar Desert. But Rana revealed nothing and he frequently
uttered the words “Praise the King.”
On one gloomy day, as dark clouds gathered in the skymenacingly, Rana was again tortured by the followers of the eco-
plunderers, for information. As he was tortured, the gloom turned
into a frightening thunderstorm. And the whole city of New Delhi,
the nerve-centre of Indian administration, was blacked out. The
thunderstorm then turned into a terrific sand storm which pounded
the capital city. Rana, who was chained to the chair, broke the
chains, stood up and ripped the chair into pieces, in anger. He
flexed his muscles in the darkness and roared at the height of his
voice. The prison reverberated. What an outlandish roar! It was a
terrifying fusion of eerie winds moaning through the trees, dreadful
howls of jackals and wolves, and deafening trumpets of ferocious
elephants.
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After they came back to their senses, the torturers attacked Rana
and tried to chain him to a chair. Rana shook them off like dust onhis body. The dark silhouette of Rana once again flexed its powerful
muscles in the gloom. Weird thorn shaped structures erupted on his
silhouette. When the torturers attacked him again, Rana hit them
powerfully with his thorny muscles. The torturers fell on the floor,
became passive, and started their journey to the Thar Desert, intheir personal vehicles. In the darkness of the prison room, Rana
roared, “I am the king of the forest ghosts.” He blasted the prison
walls with his hands, jumped into darkness, and vanished.
After the sand storm subsided and the power was restored, thecops retrieved the CCTV footage of that prison room. The CCTV
cameras that were installed in that high security prison had a battery
backup and were highly sophisticated. They could record visuals
even in darkness and in different wavelengths of light
simultaneously. The authorities were stupefied with horror when
they watched the footage. A mysterious shadow had entered Rana's
body and transformed him into a ferocious beast! His chiselled,
powerful physique was not made of flesh but curved, flexible wood
through which long powerful thorns slid out, when Rana flexed his
woody muscles. His eyes had various shades of green. He looked like
a mighty, well grown tree with a human outline. In fact, the
mysterious punisher was not a human but the ghost of a tree!
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Yes. You read it right. The ghost of a tree indeed! Why and how
did the ghost avenge the eco-plunderers…? Is this what is in yourmind now? Then read on…
Earth always had the inbuilt ability to adapt and salvage herself
from destruction. But human's greed and incessant exploitation did
not give the Earth (and her biodiversity) sufficient time for recovery. And hence, many trees and animals which were over-exploited
became extinct. And the once lush green forests turned into
degraded lands which have finally been abandoned by humans.
Pained at this unbearable man-made desertification, the ghosts of
animals and plants of those destroyed forests decided to saveMother Earth from humans.
The ghosts chose the ever-expanding desert as their new home.
And they haunted the eco-plunderers by injecting a poisonous plant
sap into them which enslaved them to the ghosts. The haunted eco-
plunderers were then sentenced to life imprisonment in the Thar
Desert, where they dug a very deep well and harvested the lost,
unpolluted River Saraswati. The water was used to irrigate the desert
that was sown with seeds of diverse plant species.
After ten years of cultivation, luxurious vegetation developed in
the Thar Desert, which was the reason for the cooling effect over it.
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But nothing was visible to humans because of the new mutant trait
of invisibility that the plants had developed as an adaptation to
human's greed! And the violent sand storms kept humans awayfrom the Thar.
Rana, the eco-warrior, was chosen by the ghosts to sing paeans
in praise of the pristine wilderness of the lush green Thar. And the
mini-cameras in Rana's eyes, recording the eco-plunderers'enslavement and drudgery, served as a constant warning to the
corrupt humans about the imminent rigorous punishment for their
greedy destruction of forests.
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The Treasure
and
The Alien Ship
Part - II
By the end of the twenty first century, Earth was polluted so
extensively that man-made global warming and climate change
became an irreversible phenomenon. Thousands of animal and
plant species became extinct as a result. All those global climatic
events had such a terrible impact on humans that the world human
population had declined from seven hundred crores in 2015 A.D to
around seventy five crores by 2110 A.D! Humans were on the verge
of a self-extinction. And global warming, along with pollution (ofsoil, air and water), produced new types of mutant species on Earth.
That was a defining moment in the history of the Earth.
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One such mutant was a termite species that was capable of
destroying even the hardiest and the most resistant of woods. And it was for that very reason that the saints, in 1844 A.D., had advised
Raja Dhaanya Bahadur to construct a Shiva temple with a buried
rosewood pillar supporting the Nandi. The saints had foreseen that
the resistant rosewood pillar would be destroyed only by those
mutant termites.
By 2120 A.D., humans have established full-fledged colonies on
Mars. And every year, around thousand super rich people were
transported to those human settlements. The poor wished to be
taken as slaves to Mars so as to escape the terrible effects of climatechange on the Earth. But their hopes were dashed as advanced
humanoid robots donned the role of tireless slaves, very effectively.
By 2125 A.D., two-thirds of the fossil fuel reserves on Earth,
including coal and petroleum, were used up for endless
industrialisation and extra-terrestrial transportation of humans to
Mars. The powerful oil and coal mining corporations lobbied hard
with the political class to perpetuate a so-called “cheap” fossil fuel
based economy. Little did humans know that they were unleashing
Lord Saturn's harmful rays into Earth's atmosphere by burning fossil
fuels!
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Now...What has Lord Saturn got to do with fossil fuels? Is that
what you felt? If your answer is “yes”, you need to travel back in time
by 320 million years, long before the dawn of the dinosaurs on theEarth. Yes... There you are... amidst the gigantic trees of those dense
forests...
After having failed in his endless efforts to send his radiation
through the magnetic field of the Earth, Saturn finally came up witha brilliant idea. Since those protective layers of the Earth were
resistant only to his rays, he concentrated a huge amount of his rays
in some of the rocks of his concentric rings. He then released those
super radioactive rocks with such a tremendous force that those
meteors pierced Earth's protective layers and crashed into differentplaces all over the Earth. The vegetation in those areas of collision
was either burnt or got buried in the Earth's crust. As those
meteorites exploded on impact, Saturn's rays leaked out and rapidly
spread around the Earth.
Lord Brahma was taken aback at those unexpected events and
immediately informed Lord Vishnu of the spreading rays. Vishnu
immediately released his golden, disc shaped weapon, the Chakra.
The Vishnu Chakra cloned itself into a number of copies which
flew towards those places of collision at lightning speed. The
Chakras obstructed Saturn's rays from spreading further and
restricted those harmful radioactive rays to those places of collision
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in the Earth's crust. The Chakras then sealed those areas to prevent
the leakage of those rays into the Earth's atmosphere.
Over time, those sealed up rays transformed the surrounding
buried vegetation into dark forms of energy, i.e., coal and
petroleum. And the Vishnu Chakras have guarded the Earth from
any such harmful meteorites from Saturn ever since. It was one of
those Chakras that protected the Syamantak diamond atSangrampur from Saturn's rays. It was those golden Vishnu Chakras
that appeared as blurred disc like objects which were often called
UFOs/alien ships by humans.
By 2125 A.D., Saturn's rays released from the burning of fossilfuels increased to such an extent that the Syamantak diamond was
on the verge of losing its divine powers. That was the right time for
Lord Shiva to protect the diamond from destruction. Meanwhile,
the mutant termites became so powerful that they destroyed the
underground portion of the rosewood pillar which supported the
Nandi in the temple.
On a decisive night, the damaged underground portion of the
pillar was crushed suddenly under the weight of the massive Nandi.
All at once, the iron beam tilted towards the Nandi. That end of the
beam which supported the Shiva Linga was hence lifted up with a
tremendous force. The raised Linga hit the metallic roof of the
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garbhagruha at a high speed and finally settled snugly into the
concave roof. The unified structure looked like a Shiva Linga with a
jatajutam at its top. The tremors caused by the impact produced aspectacular phenomenon over the garbhagruha. The vimanam
which resembled the jatajutam unravelled into numerous huge
metallic strands that dangled in all directions. The impact also
produced a massive burst of mysterious, high frequency ultrasound
waves that spread around the globe rapidly.
As those inaudible sound waves propagated through the air
around the Earth, they influenced both the air and the soil in an
unusual manner. The sound waves compressed all the pollutants in
the Earth's atmosphere and concentrated them in the lower layers ofthe atmosphere, with the help of the Vishnu Chakras, all over the
world. The upper layers of the Earth's atmosphere were thus freed
from pollutants. While travelling through the air, the sound waves
also transferred some of their energy to the soil underneath. This
energy purified some of the less polluted soil particles of the Earth
and made them float in the air against gravity!
The progression of the ultrasonic waves around the globe was
accompanied by thunderbolts and other atmospheric disturbances.
Meanwhile, American research sensors pinpointed the source of
those mysterious sound waves in Raja Dhaanya Bahadur’s f ort at
Sangrampur in India. American Intelligence satellites also recorded
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numerous blurred images of disc shaped UFOs all over the world.
None except the meditating saints of the Himalayas understood the
importance of those events.
The saints at once travelled to Sangrampur to collect the
Syamantak diamond. When they opened the chamber atop the
dhwaja stambha of the Shiva temple, they found that the diamond
had transformed into a small, rectangular, golden sheet with somesymbols and Sanskrit words on it. The symbols denoted numerous
locations covering all the major biogeographical regions of the
Earth. The message in Sanskrit read thus: “These specific locations
will preserve a huge collection of diverse plants and animals of the
Earth in the form of minute eggs. And these locations and the eggs will remain invisible to humans till the Earth completely recovers
from the environmental destruction caused by them.”
The scientific community, funded by the superrich
Multinational Corporations, did not understand the mysterious
phenomena of floating soil particles and purified upper atmospheric
layers around the Earth. Anyway, they were less interested in Earth
because they had already established colonies on Mars, and left for
Mars in batches. They had absolutely no clue that the upper,
purified air layers would support life on the “Swachh Bhoomi” or
“The Hanging Heavens” that are to be created by the floating,
purified soil particles of the Earth, over the years to come.
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The Hanging Heavens
A New Home for Mankind
As the Earth heated up further due to man-made global
warming and climate change, the rich migrated to Mars in droves.
But Ashoka, a biotechnologist by profession, felt that the rich
industrialised nations, which were mainly responsible for global
warming, were abandoning Mother Earth mercilessly. “They are
making a beeline for Mars instead of implementing climate change
mitigation and adaptation strategies on the Earth. I have to do
something to salvage our lovely blue planet,” wrote Ashoka in his
personal diary.
One day, while he was conducting biochemical experiments on
bio-diesel yielding plants like Jatropha, he discovered a wonderful
phenomenon. Some of the seeds of Jatropha produced pure diesel
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that was similar to the petroleum derived diesel! He identified the
trees that produced the seeds and confirmed that the oil produced
was indeed pure diesel. On keen observation, he discoveredsomething curious. All those diesel producing trees were border
trees adjacent to the solar fence that encircled the research farm.
After further research, he declared, “The electric power in the solar
fence produced some biochemical changes in the leaves touching
the fence, which finally resulted in the production of pure diesel inthe seeds of those border trees.”
Ashoka became an eco-warrior for discovering eco-friendly,
renewable biofuel that could replace non-renewable fossil fuels. He,
along with a few entrepreneurs, expanded the ecodiesel productionby supplying mild solar electric power to thousands of Jatropha trees
planted on protected farms. The ecodiesel so produced replaced
diesel in transportation systems in many countries in a few years.
But it was unable to reverse the global warming and its disasters
which had already reached a crescendo. The exodus of the rich to
Mars continued.
One day, on a stormy morning, as Ashoka walked through the
Jatropha farms, he observed many soil particles suspended in the air.
“The strong gale might have lifted these soil particles from the
ground.” Thinking so, he returned to his lab to protect himself from
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the dusty winds and thunderbolts. Dark thunder clouds loomed
above the farms as he observed from the glass windows of his lab.
After a few minutes, the whole area appeared extremely bright
due to heavy lightning over the jatropha farms. An electric
explosion over the farms! After the gale subsided and the dust
settled, Ashoka entered the fields hesitantly. What a surprise!
Countless soil particles of different sizes were suspended in the airat different heights! He collected some of those soil particles in a
glass bottle. To his amazement, the soil floated in the bottle instead
of settling at its bottom.
When he invited some of the renowned geophysicists to hisresearch farm, they were awestruck by that phenomenon.
Meanwhile, Ashoka learnt that the same phenomenon was being
observed in all the Jatropha fields where ecodiesel was being
produced by solar electric power. “This strange phenomenon may
be due to some unknown changes in the physical properties of the
soil particles. And this may be due to the concentrated discharge of
vast amounts of electricity on the jatropha farms, during the recent
lightning storm. As a result, the charged soil particles that have
mysteriously become lighter in weight, started defying Earth's
gravity, and hence floated in the air,” guessed one of the
geophysicists, with astonishment writ large on his face. But none
knew that it was all due to the mysterious, high frequency
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ultrasound waves that were produced by the Linga of the Shiva
temple of Sangrampur. On further research, the scientists
discovered that those soil particles had the ability to attract eachother. And that the resulting soil aggregates floated higher in the air
than the individual particles!
As days passed by, scientists observed a strange phenomenon all
over the world. The floating soil particles were being produced notonly in the solar powered jatropha farms but also from the other
areas as well. The particles were gradually being transported by
winds and were getting accumulated in the sky, more often above
the oceans and the deserts. “These accumulating soil particles might
gradually form blocks of rocks and soil profiles over the years,”guessed Ashoka. And hence, he collected thousands of such floating
soil particles, and brought them together forming soil aggregates of
different sizes. He also incorporated the seeds of many trees, grasses
and food crops into those soil aggregates in the hope that the seeds
too would be carried into the sky. Some of the seeds were supplied
to him by the saints of the Himalayas, who had been preserving the
seeds collected over centuries by various conservators like Raja
Dhaanya Bahadur of Sangrampur.
After two to three years of aerial accumulation of soil particles,
huge chunks of floating rocks of various sizes appeared in the sky,
about one to two kilometres above the ground. A huge number of
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them were found particularly above the oceans and the deserts. The
most wonderful feature was the presence of trees, grasses and crops
on those floating rocks. That was due to the germination of theseeds that were being transported in floating soil aggregates by
Ashoka. New moisture bearing winds that arose due to climate
change brought rainfall over those rocks.
An aerial view of those majestic floating rocks appeared so wonderful that people instantly fell in love with that peaceful,
pristine and lush green wilderness. Hence, they were aptly named
“The Hanging Heavens” in tribute to the Lost Heaven, the Earth.
The “Greenpeace”, a famous international non-governmentalorganisation with environmental protection as its motto, took
control of the Hanging Heavens with the support of the United
Nations Organisation (UNO). The UNO wanted it to be a neutral
zone free from environmental pollution. Ashoka became an active
member of the Greenpeace.
The Greenpeace gradually released many common and
endangered animals of the Earth into the unpolluted wilderness of
the Hanging Heavens, in a scientific manner. That was done to
protect the animals from extinction on Earth due to climate change.
Twenty years later, the Hanging Heavens turned into a hanging
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paradise of virgin forests that brimmed with an enchanting
biodiversity.
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16
The Love Story
of
A Terrorist and A Lizard
Terec was a notorious international eco-terrorist who
masterminded terrorist activities like destroying dams using
explosives, initiating forest fires, etc. Those activities resulted in
enormous destruction due to sudden floods and uncontrollable
forest fires which killed many wild animals in those forests. Terec's
motive was to destabilise India and cause terror in the minds of the
people through eco-terrorism.
One day, Terec reached Hyderabad on a mission to destroy the
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam. With the help of his fellow terrorists, he
rented a double bed room flat in a multi-storey building, located in
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a crowded zone in the city. The other terrorists lived with him and
guarded him.
Terec never ventured out of the flat. The other terrorists
regularly went out, locking the room from outside, to recce the dam
and its surroundings. Terec either watched television on mute or
rested idly in his room. As the other terrorists arrived late in the
evening, every day, Terec got bored, and gradually became restless.
One day, as he was resting on the mattress on the floor, he
found a tiny, baby wall lizard nearby. Since he was tired of boredom,
the lizard became the sole object of his interest. As he observed it
keenly, the tiny, light brown lizard crawled towards him, and staredat him with its raised head, on its upright forelegs. Terec tried in
vain to scare it away with sounds and hand movements. Its courage
surprised Terec and so he decided to touch its snout gently.
When he touched its snout, it moved its tail in various patterns
to indicate its affection towards him. Its light brown tail had white
bands at regular intervals unlike in the adult lizards which lacked
them. Terec was amused. “This tiny lizard might have mistaken me
for its mother.” He looked around and found a well-grown lizard on
the wall, which he thought was its mother. Since the baby lizard
looked cute, Terec named it “Cutie”.
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One day, as he was playing with it, it turned its head suddenly,
and crawled towards a tiny fly which landed on the floor. Though
Cutie caught hold of the fly with its jaws, it was unable to ingest itsince the fly was larger than its tiny mouth. Cutie vigorously moved
its head left and right so as to tear the fly. In that struggle, it ripped
the wings apart and swallowed them. Cutie tried in vain to ingest
the body of the fly. Hence, Terec split the body of the fly carefully at
its narrow abdomen, into two parts. Cutie immediately gorged onthem, and wiped its snout and jaws repeatedly with its tongue. It
then stared at Terec and moved its tail as if in gratitude. Terec felt
very happy and was pleased to have found a new, wonderful friend
in his lonely flat.
Later, the other terrorists too were introduced to Cutie, which
befriended them instantly. Cutie soon became a darling of the
group. Most of the time, it stared at them from close range, wiping
its mouth with its tongue as if it was hungry. Gradually, Terec's
affection for Cutie increased. He fell in love with the tiny cute lizard
which eliminated his frustrating boredom. He felt elated and
experienced a strange, heavenly bliss during his interaction with that
lizard. “How much more beautiful Nature and its creations must
have been, if there is so much beauty in such a small creature like
this lizard? Oh, no! How stupid I was in my mindless destruction of
Mother Nature by eco-terrorism. I pity myself for not having realised
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Nature’s beauty.” In that acute pain, he coined lovely poems in
praise of Nature and her beautiful forms.
Terec’s fellow terrorists were shocked at this sudden
transformation. His new-found love for Nature was in complete
conflict with their lunatic goal of eco-terrorism. When they tried to
remind him of their goal, Terec fiercely argued against eco-
terrorism. He also tried to convince them about the beauty ofNature. He opened the back door of their flat to show them the
surrounding patches of greenery, birds and a distant water body, all
of which appeared even more beautiful in that concrete jungle of
crowded buildings.
As soon as he opened the door, some unidentified objects flew
above them at lightning speed into their room. Thick clouds of
smoke engulfed them instantly. Even before the terrorists
recollected themselves, a group of masked police commandos had
stormed into the room and arrested them. As Terec cried out for
the tiny lizard, a police officer frantically searched for the lizard and
rescued it.
People heaved a sigh of relief as the news of the arrest spread.
Terec pleaded guilty to the ecological crimes he had committed and
swore that he would never harm Nature again. He voluntarily
revealed secret information about many other eco-terrorist activities
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that were being planned across the country. He even pleaded for
harsh punishments for eco-terrorists like him.
To his surprise, Terec was not subjected to any physical torture
which was usually meted out to dreaded terrorists like him. As part
of his rigorous imprisonment sentence, he was ordered to plant and
nurture trees in the dry land areas so as to improve the ecological
condition of those parched lands. He was also ordered to coinpoems and short stories in praise of Nature and her conservation.
Terec was more than happy to do such things in repentance for his
ecological sins. He also exhorted his co-prisoners to take part in tree
planting. He finally became a fierce advocate of Nature
conservation.
Despite such enthusiasm, Terec often felt depressed at the
thought of his first eco-love, Cutie, the lizard. He thought that it
might have died of suffocation caused by the smoke bombs, during
the police raid. The prison authorities understood Terec's agony and
gifted him the lizard, Cutie, to his pleasant surprise. Little did Terec
know that Cutie was in fact a bionic lizard developed by the
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) by
implanting miniature cameras in a lizard's eyes, and minute
antennas in its brain using highly sophisticated techniques, without
harming it. The bionic lizard so produced could receive coded
signals from the remote operators and respond accordingly. Since
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the police were clueless about Terec's identity, they had deployed
the bionic lizard to secretly observe him and establish his identity
before arresting him in the apartment. The bionic lizard thus helpedin identifying the unsuspecting criminals by recording and
transmitting the images and conversations of the terrorists, in real
time, from close range.
The secret operation was a grand success and a win-win situationfor all the people involved in it. The police nabbed the terrorists;
Terec became a Nature lover; the DRDO successfully tested the
bionic technology; and finally, the people, who were already reeling
under the adverse effects of climate change, were spared of major
ecological disasters due to eco-terrorism.
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17
Poornakumbha
Cup of Eternal Joy
Mahavir Harin, who grew up watching the famous Hollywood
film series, 'Indiana Jones', always dreamt of procuring the Holy
Grail that was shown in the 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'
movie. The Holy Grail was a cup that was used by Jesus Christ. And
it was believed that the Grail had the power to grant eternal
happiness and immortality to anyone who drinks from it.
Years rolled on and Harin became a businessman engaged in
real estate business. His sharp business acumen made him a very
successful person within a short span of time. But his greatest
limitation was his utter disregard for Nature. He unscrupulously
encroached on and destroyed water bodies, natural rock formations
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and green cover to expand his real estate construction business. His
other limitation was his impatience, getting irritated very easily.
As days passed by, one day, his business required him to travel
to a far-off place and stay there for about a fortnight. So, on his
friend's advice, he finally decided to stay at a run-down lodge, the
only one existing in that remote village. Feeling tired after a long
journey, he retired to bed very early that night.
After a while, some strange voices woke him up and guided him
through a thick jungle in that moon-lit night. Completely exhausted
and unable to walk further, he finally rested under a tree and
entered into a deep slumber. The chirping of the birds woke him upthe next morning. “Ah! My body feels rejuvenated after such a deep
sleep...” “Whew! How do these small birds chirp so loudly?” As he
was admiring those tiny birds, he suddenly felt floating in the air.
When he came back to his senses, he realised that it was the
pleasant, cool morning breeze that lifted his spirits.
The rustling of the leaves, the wavy movements of the branches,
the lovely squirrel hopping around, and the marching black lines of
ants further elevated his soul. A faint rumbling sound in the
background suddenly caught his attention. As he moved towards it,
the sound became louder. Finally, he emerged out of the forest and
entered a plain landscape with beautiful gardens and a magnificent
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dome-shaped structure in the centre. Gorgeous scenery of hills with
a prominent rumbling waterfall in the background further elevated
the beauty of the landscape.
Harin was awestruck by the architectural grandeur of the dome-
shaped building as he strolled around it. He then went towards the
waterfall where he found a few monks bathing in a tank that was fed
by the waterfall. As he approached the monks, he heard a suddendisgusting noise after which he vanished from the scene,
involuntarily!
When he opened his eyes, he found himself in the lodge room
and realised that it was a dream, shattered by the incessant honks ofautomobiles. “How pleasantly Nature wished me good morning in
the forest!” Harin wondered, as he recollected his beautiful dream.
Feeling nostalgic for that dream, he finally got ready for the day.
As he completed the day's work earlier than expected, he
returned to his lodge room early. He called his wife Roshni and
shared his experiences with her. After a while, he went around the
village to get an idea about the local culture and traditions. He then
had dinner and retired to bed early. He dreamt again of the same
forest, the hills with the waterfall, the dome and the monks. Harin
was clueless about the repetition of that dream. After a fortnight, he
returned to his home, and got drowned in his business as usual.
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After a few days, Roshni observed a striking change in his
behaviour. “Harin, you spoke very pleasantly on the phone when you stayed at the lodge. But now, at home, you are as usual,
impatient and irritable. What is the reason, Harin?” Roshni’s
observations made Harin introspective. “You are right, Roshni. I
was peaceful, energetic and efficient during my stay at that lodge. As
a result, I used to complete my work early and had spare timeeveryday for interacting with you and my friends on the phone. Not
just that. I was even able to able to appreciate the aesthetic beauty of
Nature around me, which rejuvenated me every day,” Harin said
thoughtfully.
After a long introspection, he finally shouted, “Yes, I am now
sure that all that happiness and exuberance was because of the
Nature walk in that repetitive dream at that lodge. He immediately
called up his friend, Gautam, who recommended that lodge.
“Guatam, did you experience anything strange during your stay
in that lodge earlier?”
“Nothing strange excepting a curious repetitive dream every
night,” replied Gautam.
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Unbelievable! Harin then decided to visit that lodge again to
unravel the significance of that dream. He travelled to that town the
next day, and landed in the same room in that lodge.
He keenly observed the room in minute detail. The racks
present in the room were supported by stone slabs which had
intricate floral patterns and a flower vase like design carved on
them. “Oh my God, these designs are similar to those present onthe slabs adorning the dome-shaped building that had regularly
appeared in my dream,” wondered Harin. He then approached the
owner of that lodge and enquired him of those slabs. “Are those
slabs supporting the racks in my room present elsewhere in this
lodge?” The owner replied, “Yes. Those slabs had been quarriedfrom some dilapidated structures abutting the nearby hills, during
the construction of this lodge.”
Harin immediately left for those nearby hills. On his way, he
realised that it was the same route that he took in his dreams. When
he finally reached the hills and the bushy plain land abutting them,
he found neither the building nor the waterfall he dreamt of. On
keen observation, he noticed a hazy outline of a huge mud mound
exactly in the place of the dome shaped building of his dreams. He
approached the mound and found some rocky edges protruding
here and there. He removed the dirt and bushes around one of
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them, and finally excavated a stone slab with a flower vase carved on
it.
He then informed one of his friends, Chowsingha, an Assistant
Professor in History, about his discovery. Chowsingha, along with
Harin, reached the spot the next day. “Wow! This flower vase design
represents the ‘Poornakumbha’. This design which had adorned the
Buddhist stupas of ancient times symbolises prosperity and fullnessof life,” said Chowsingha, excitedly. Chowsingha surveyed the area
and immediately informed the archaeology department about it.
After three months of excavation, a large, partially destroyed
Buddhist stupa, along with some other ancient structures, belongingto second century A.D., emerged from the mound. The whole area
became a major tourist spot and a cultural heritage site of
international importance.
Finally, Harin became a happy man. He realised that Nature,
including rocks, communicated with humans constantly, and
humans should listen to Nature and play a proactive role in
protecting her biodiversity and ecological balance. He amended his
real estate activities by employing the 3Rs principle of Reduce,
Reuse and Recycling of natural resources to minimise ecological
destruction. He also constructed green buildings that were in
harmony with Nature. All those activities were aimed at maintaining
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ecological balance that was very important for peace, prosperity and
fullness of life. And that was aptly represented in the new logo of his
restructured company, “The Poornakumbha”.
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18
The Temple
Where Humans are Worshipped
Though this story was not directly related to me, I shall narrate it here,
since it was the only incident wherein animals built a temple to worship you
human beings! And that was in 2045 A.D…
A group of chimpanzees were moving lazily in the dense forests
of Central Africa.
“What is it?” one of them exclaimed, referring to the knocking
sound that was reverberating in the forest.
“I am afraid this sound is associated with human beings. Are
they back again?” said another chimpanzee with panic on her face.
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On hearing the word “human being”, all the chimps in the herd
trembled. Such was their fear and hatred towards the most
dangerous creatures that had ever evolved on the Earth!
The chimps gathered their courage and walked cautiously
towards the trees where the sound was coming from. As they
approached the trees, the sound grew louder and their hearts
pounded with fear. Unable to control their fear, the chimps climbedonto the dense treetops for safety.
From the treetops, they quickly scanned the area underneath.
To their utter surprise, they discovered a chimpanzee who was
striking a huge rock with a tool commonly used by human beings. Arange of emotions ran through their minds on seeing the human
tool.
“I have never seen a chimp working so skilfully with human
tools. Is he a human in the guise of a chimp?” wondered one of
them.
“No. His scent clearly indicates that he is a chimp,” said another
chimp.
After watching him for a while, one of the chimps in the herd
shouted from the treetop.
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“Hey brother, who are you? We have not seen you here before.”
The chimp stopped working and lifted his head reflexively. He
scanned the green treetops that were dotted with the black chimp
herd looking suspiciously towards him. He was delighted at the sight
of those wild chimpanzees on the treetops, and he shouted back,
“Don't be afraid, brothers and sisters. My name is Sid. I am also achimp like you. Twenty years ago, when I was two months old,
humans had smuggled me out of this forest. And I was sold to a very
rich American man, who has raised me as one of his own kids.”
On hearing this, a chimp on the treetop exclaimed, “So, you area chimp with a human heart and mind!”
“No... Absolutely not. I can never be a human being. And I
don't want to be a human,” replied Sid instantly.
“But Sid, you have been brought up as one of his own kids. So
you are now more human than a chimp. You even walk and stand
like a human. You also use the human tools skilfully. We are really
scared of you,” said another chimp.
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“Please don't be afraid. Trust me. I belong to you. Though I had
been brought up as a family by human beings, I was never satisfied
deep in my heart,” said an emotional Sid.
“Why, Sid?”
“That’s because man is a dangerous hypocrite. He calls himself
the most intelligent creature on the Earth,” said Sid before one ofthe chimps interrupted him.
“Is he not intelligent?” asked the curious chimp.
“Of course, man is the most intelligent species. His intelligentobservations and ingenious research over the past ten thousand
years helped him acquire an extraordinary knowledge about Mother
Nature. He thoroughly understands the importance of
interdependence of plants and animals in maintaining the
ecological balance on Mother Earth. Yet, he destroys Mother Nature
and her biodiversity mercilessly, causing severe ecological imbalance
and natural catastrophes,” said Sid to the curious chimpanzees who
listened with rapt attention.
Sid continued, “On the one hand, a human being loves his kids
so much that he sacrifices many of his personal pleasures to keep his
kids happy. On the other hand, the same human being destroys
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forests, hunts and kills wild animals, and pollutes soil, air and water,
indiscriminately. Despite his intelligence and personal experience,
he remains blind to the natural catastrophes that his kids would facein the future because of his present environmental destruction.
“An intelligent stupid,” wondered another chimp.
“But Sid, why are humans not here these days? Did he forgetthese dense forests of Central Africa that are rich in biodiversity?”
asked a chimp who was still sitting on the treetop.
“The human killer... Ebola! It was the deadly Ebola disease that
had originated in Central Africa that kept humans away from theseforests for decades. In the absence of humans, these forests have
recovered and are now brimming with biodiversity once again,” said
a happy Sid.
“But Sid, why are you striking this rock with those stone tools?”
asked an old, female chimp curiously.
“I am building a temple and I am carving the statue that should
be worshipped in this temple,” replied Sid.
“Whose statue is it? Is it Mother Earth's?” asked the old chimp.
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“No. It is a human being's statue,” replied Sid.
“Have you gone mad, Sid?” thundered all the chimps that havegathered around him.
“No. I am not mad. Humans worship God because they
consider God to be more powerful than them. They believe that
God shows mercy towards those who worship Him with a pureheart. Now, I am building a temple to worship humans. One day, he
will certainly come here to exploit these precious forests. He will see
this temple and will shower his kindness upon these forests by not
destroying them,” replied Sid.
“So Sid, you have made man a God!” wondered the old chimp.
“No. Humans can't be GODs. Humans are neither Generators
nor Organisers of life on Earth. In fact, they pollute the
environment and destroy the biodiversity of Mother Earth,” replied
Sid.
“So man can only be represented by the letter 'D' (Destroyer) in
the word GOD,” said another chimp, with a smile on her face.
“No. In fact, the Lord of Destruction, Lord Shiva, destroys the
evil present in this universe. Thus, Shiva’s holy actions lead to
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purification. On the other hand, the destruction of purity and
ecological balance of Mother Earth, by humans, produces only evil
and natural calamities,” replied Sid.
On hearing this, a smart baby chimp exclaimed, “Then humans
can be represented by the letter ‘D’ in Devil!”
All the chimps laughed heartily and caressed the baby chimp.
After a few months of collective hard work, half of the frontal
side of that huge rock was carved into a human face. The other half
had a few words of prayer etched into it.
“Where the biodiversity is naturally high
Where our Jumbos and Rhinos are not butchered
For tusks and horns
Where our brothers and sisters are not flayed
For skin and fur
Where our avians do not fly
In endless clouds of smoke
Where our aquatic fauna are not overexploited
Where pollutants are not dumped into our water bodies
Where the liveliness of water bodies
Is not buried into nothingness
Where roads and rails do not fragment our forests
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Where noise pollution does not disturb our privacy
Where our forest homes are not destroyed
Where we are left alone Where the wild is for us, of us, and by us
Into that heaven of blissful wilderness
O Human
Let me walk, play, sleep, breathe
And live peacefully FOR EVER...”