The Colour of Love

Most of the time I used to be out of mind while standing in the bus stand. Seldom get destructed from my ham-fisted thought. Many things happen around me in this rush hours but I did not budge out by those activities. It is quite normal in my life style.

On 10th Feb 2010, I started my morning as usual like other days but it was with different stroke. I was destructed, from my un-mindful state, by the tumult, while I was in the Bus stand. It was a middle aged graceful lady who is striding fast along with other morning walker with a bag. The unusual thing was that, all the street dogs are following her. As if she is the Lady Pied piper leading a canine pageant. She was continuously conversing as well as scolding the impatient dogs with specific name loudly. It is indeed a matter of surprise for me that our street dogs too are called with love in distinct name. That too with all western name like Daisy, Tommy etc. And the mode of conversation? Guess! - It is in English. Any body will be astonished with this state of affair, that our street dogs too can follow English.

The lady halted a bit away from me and asked all the dogs to be polite as if they are all her disciples. Then fetched out few small bowls and placed one by one with some costly fresh doggy foods. Even she has taken out a bottle of milk and poured on the bowl very passionately. I watched the smile of satisfaction in her face when the dogs were relishing the food. At the end she washed all the bowls one by one and put it back in her bag and stride past in search of other dogs in other locality.

I do not know why she is so inclined for street canine and why she kept the English name for them. May be she has a grudge or may be encountered with harsh behavior from the English people and in this way she is giving solace to her inner soul. What ever it may be , she has shown her deep love and affection for those hapless street dogs whom we always neglected.

Coincidentally Valentines Day was just knocking at the door and all are preparing how to express their love. Love can be expressed in many ways. It only depends on the mind set of the beholder. This expression of love of the lady may be one of the ways to celebrate the day of love I presume. I admire the courage dedication and determination of the lady for this unusual act. My salute once again for her.

Tsunami Viewed from Rock Temple

A Bolt from the Dish

In the recent past the Bt Bringjal issue is taking the heat of the environment scenario in India. On 19th Jan 2010 the 3rd National Consultation on Bt Brinjal was held in Ahmadabad. The significance is that our honorable minister of state for environment and forest Shri Jairam Ramesh was present and taken account of the views from the farmers and Scientist in support / protest to introduce this Genetically Modified (GM) Brinjal in Indian market. The farmers who once benefited from the high yield of GM Cotton in Gujarat and Rajasthan, are supporting the issue from their commercial point of view. Some scientist from Agricultural University gave their report eulogizing the Bt Bringal growth and produce but yet kept silence on the impact of the toxin of this GM vegetable on the living body.

We are not a genetic expert or a knowledgeable person in this field . But we should not also be washed away with the one sided viewes of some interested people. Still we have to keep our eye open and should know what is going on as this issue may once be a question of our Life & Death. This may be a great impact on our human kind. This may lead to a long range effect which may change the face of the life.

Now what is this Bt Brinjal ? Why there is so hue & Cry on this issue. That is required to be known first before giving any thought on the issue.

This Bt Brinjal was created by inserting a gene from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) found in the soil. This bacteria produces Bt toxin, a protein which has a deadly effect on insects. The insertion of this gene in the Brinjal cell makes the Brinjal plant resistant against insect attack. The Bt Toxin disrupts the digestion process of the insect leading to its premature death and in turn enhance more production of Brinjal. This particular Bt Brinjal was developed by a Seeds company of India.

The long run effect of this Bt toxin on the human being is not yet been established and its cascading effect on the living body is also not known to us. So we should be more cautious before introducing this Bt Brinjal in our dish as nature will not forgive us if we take any upper hand.

I wonder all this modern development should not make us Cibophobic in future.