"Humans: Creatures that cut trees, make paper & write ‘SAVE TREES’ On It!"
— Text Message from a friend
Those trees, those giant trees
That locked branches with each other
Once lined either sides of the road
Those trees, those noisy trees
We were ‘shit’ scared to walk under
Homed a crowd of cackling birds
Those trees that dripped water
Long after the rain stopped
Those trees that hid the sun even in summer
Those trees that seemed to
Have stood there forever
Those trees that seemed like
They would stand there forever
Are gone now.
They were sawn across their trunks
And dug out from their roots
Leaving no trace of them
Except in memories.
Well they had to go
To make way to a flyover
There was no choice you know?
(not for them atleast).
-Rawjeev
People who know Indian political history know the significance of the year 1947. Sadly it was also the last year for cheetah in India.
I just learnt from an article that the the last three were shot (in one go) in 1947.
ಹಕ್ಕಿ ಇಲ್ಲ
ಪುಕ್ಕ ಇಲ್ಲ
ಬಣ್ಣ ಬಣ್ಣದ
ಚಿಟ್ಟೆ ಇಲ್ಲ
ಜಿಂಕೆ ಮೇಯೋ
ಹುಲ್ಲೂ ಇಲ್ಲ
ಜಿಂಕೆ ಇಲ್ಲ
ಜಿಗಿತ ಇಲ್ಲ
ಹಾವೂ ಇಲ್ಲ
ಹುಲಿಯೂ ಇಲ್ಲ
ನೀರೂ ಇಲ್ಲ
ನದಿಯು ಇಲ್ಲ
ಇರುವ ಕಾಡನ್ನುಳಿಸದಿದ್ದರೆ
ನಾನೂ ಇಲ್ಲ
ನೀನೂ ಇಲ್ಲ
No birds
No feathers
No colorful
Butterflies
No Grass
for the chital
No chital
nor their stride
No snakes
No tigers
No water
No rivers
No forrests
We protect
No you.
& No me.
"Wildlife competes with some of our poorest and most exploited people for pretty much the same thing - a hope of survival."
— Madhusudhan M. D. (Of rights and wrongs: Wildlife conservation and the tribal bill.)
"The more we exploit nature, the more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for survival"
— Morris K. Udall (via:greenpeaceindia)
