Category: Environment
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Rivers of Yesteryears
The world gears up to celebrate its waterways tomorrow, an event founded by Canadian river conservationist, Mark Angelo. ‘World Rivers Day,’ highlights the many values of rivers, strives to increase public awareness, and encourages the improved stewardship of rivers around the world. It was first observed in 2005 and was celebrated across dozens of…
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A Sedgeland in Bloom
I WANDER by the edgeOf this desolate lakeWhere wind cries in the sedge: Thus starts the opening stanza of William Butler Yeats’s poem, “He Hears the Cry Of The Sedge.” Though the lines carry a melancholic note, sedgelands have a wild and wayward beauty, particularly when in bloom. Now why would the poet use the…
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When Words Fail, Pictures Speak
A few sceptics may ask ; what’s the point in tending to a marsh, why waste precious time and resources on a piece of wasteland. The answer lies in the couple of pictures of a well which draws water from the Yedapalli Marsh near Coonoor, and they speak for themselves. The first shows the well…
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