Columnist MadhuJain reminisces about the significance of a tree from her past and ponders over the contribution of trees in society and civilisations. gondergoose Enviornment Trees NewIssue
The tree stood at the end of our driveway. It was just a tiny little thing when we planted it some years ago. But then, like the giant beanstalk that grew from the three magical beans Jack threw on the ground in the old English fairy tale, the tree shot up, towering over our house. Its lush branches prevented the rays of the sun from reaching our increasingly brown and bare garden.
These sentinels of trees are perhaps just doing their job, carrying out orders from above. ‘Environment’ is a big word and getting bigger in government discourse and memos, animatedly discussed in conferences and on social media. This buzzword of our times, or at least decade, is nothing new. The necessity for the preservation of life and the environment in the forests is made abundantly clear in the Ramayana. Valmiki chastises the hunter who shoots a heron bird while it is mating. Hunters are not supposed to kill any animals or birds near penance groves or in forests unless it is absolutely essential. It’s much the same message you glean from theSacred groves
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