passing th8...

Like the flowing water..
meandering past the barricades....

some more pictures.....

If not tired yet , see some more pics of the Bengaluru visit.. ;) ... and this time it is the garden special ... :)


lovely gardens with lot of lush green trees...and nice green cover..unfortunately the cover is being chopped off due to the so called development ... There is always going to be a fight between urbanisation, development and preserving nature and natural resources...its every ones responsibility to protect nature..

Bengaluru glimpses - Part 2 ( Bannerghata special)

People say , Visuals are impactful... that's how I have stopped writing ;) ( leaving apart the fact that I don't have much to write also :) ) . Anyhow enjoy some more pictures of Bengaluru visit...
Playful little soul.. just loved watching it play with the grass...:) (didn't like the shackles in the mommy elephant though..)
how I would love lazying around like this..

afternoonn siesta....

oops quite close..but unfortunately fortunately we were in the closed bus...just wondering over if i could not bear the burden of the closed windows ..how would these creatures tolerate the burden of being trapped into a Zoo with loads of humans coming to see them in closed vehicles every now and then (being the fact that it can smell the food but the food is not approachable ;) )...

bear

sambar

spotted dear..

bannerghata is a zoo in Bangalore

Bengaluru glimpses...part 1

vidhan sabha

few nice roads if not filled with traffic..

hudson circle (mostly ;) )

Karnataka high court

state central library

iskon temple

commercial market - masjid, bus stand and the fly over..

Tipu Sultan's mini summer palace...

bengaluru traffic .... pathetic traffic....realisation comes only when you experince ;)

passing th8s

Most of the times we put faith in the driver (who is unknown to us) who would take us from one destination to another of our journey.. be it flight, bus, train.. we barely think of not reaching our destination safely as we unknowingly put faith in the driver...

but when it comes to putting trust and faith in an unknown( may be the same driver coming to ask for our help ) or some one whom we barely know, our conscience doesn't allow to trust the person at all at the first go..

Only if we put a certain amount of faith in unknown person or unknown situation the situation may seem easier or the person more friendlier..

( this may not hold, trusting all the person all the time .. there is something called as gut feeling and trusting our own instincts..)

passing th8s....

i just happened to discover .. but it was already there......

About 350 movement and more...

Recently at my organisation we had come up with an event to celebrate Earth Day that went by on 22nd of April at Sanjay Gandhi National Park. It was a mega event where we sought almost more than 1200 associates. Various events like check dam building, cleanliness drive, 350 formation, petition drive, wall of support, audio visuals on environment etc were observed.

The importance of Park, its flaura and fauna, how human activity of encroachment, cutting trees etc is affecting the ecosystem which inturn will affect us one day was explained. How we could help save the environment and do our bit to save the Earth , how we could sensitize ourselves towards this cause and motivate others to join our movement was the motive behind this event. The success of this event was not the number of participants but beyond that. We got mails by a few post the event saying how this event sensitized them and how they have thought consciously to leave the unwanted luxuries they have had so far and lead a life by example for protecting the environment.

The event called for associates, his/her family and friends. Three important activities that happened were check dam building, cleanliness drive and 350 formation.

Check dams are small man made reservoirs made with big/small boulders to store the rain water during monsoons. It acts as water holes for animals to drink water and also helps recharge the water table. This activity is normally carried out by forest department before monsoon. Our participants helped the forest department by building 5 checkdams.

Participants also participated into cleanliness drive and collected 20 big gunny bags of plastic and other waste from the Park!! See the damage we are creating to environment. With this pace we may not even leave a clean earth for our future generation.

Another big activity was 350 formation.

350 is a symbolic number. It indicates the safer upper limit of CO2 ( carbon dioxide - the most dangerous green house gas) in Parts per million in our atmosphere.

The present carbon dioxide concentration in our atmosphere is 385 ppm. This is appalling, considering the fact that it was under 275 ppm since the past 6,00,000 years! This increase in Co2 level is largely due to man-made factors and is without doubt coinciding with the industrial revolution era which sparked off since last 200 years.

Snippets from the 350 website:

"350.org was founded by U.S. author Bill McKibben. Its an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis--the solutions that justice demand.

Our focus is on the number 350--as in parts per million, the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. But 350 is more than a number--it's a symbol of where we need to head as a planet.

common call to action: cutting carbon 80% by 2050."

Click on 350 for more information.

Lets do out bit the keep a Clean and Green Earth. !! Let us Live and Let Live.!!