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...point is the mass planting of a eucalyptus species in India a couple of decades ago that turned out to be disastrous for water levels in some areas. Properly done, the tree bank of the globe will bloom and so will the prospects for our polluted planet. Bhaskar Ganti Kanpur, India...
...Cases have been building before this week. Rangarajan cites a blast in the central Indian city of Kanpur in August as one, in which two people associated with a Hindu right-wing organization were killed while making explosives. In June, the Hindu nationalist political party Shiv Sena got much flak for calling for the creation of Hindu "suicide squads". "Islamic terrorism is on the rise in India and in order to counter Islamic terrorism, we should match it with Hindu terrorism," an unsigned editorial in the Shiv Sena's official newspaper said. Hindu right-wing organizations have been blamed...
...wants to prove that, far from being decadent and in terminal decline as is often thought, late Mughal Delhi was a thriving city, full of poets, artists and traders. Religiously eclectic, Delhi culture freely blended Hindu and Muslim influences. Although Indian nationalist memory glorifies cities along the Ganges like Kanpur as the centers of the revolt, Dalrymple suggests that Delhi was the true locus of the 1857 uprising. Drawing on contemporary accounts from the Indian and British sides, he paints a vivid portrait of a city under siege, giddy with the thrill of being independent, but faced with food shortages...
...photo of the children scavenging for food in Kanpur, India, reminded me of Jean-François Millet's painting The Gleaners. It was really sad to see what these children's lives are like. I hope we can create a better world full of love and hope so that the next generation will not see the conditions necessary to create another, updated version of The Gleaners. Lether Lam Hong Kong
...photo of the children scavenging for food in Kanpur, India, reminded me of Jean François Millet's painting The Gleaners. It was really sad to see what these poor children's lives are like. I hope we can create a better world full of love and hope so that the next generation will not see the desperate conditions necessary to create another, updated version of The Gleaners. LETHER LAM Hong Kong...