Alone,
with many marks,
she is silent, the pain is not,
just untold
Inspired by Becca’s Sunday Trees
Tag: Environment
Parents please note!
I found this chocolate milk trash carton in waterlily pond in museum garden.
To be in your children’s memories tomorrow, you have to make time to be in their lives today. Every day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children. The more present we are, the more deposits we get to make ~Unknown
Sunday Trees from flood affected city
I took these images in mid July after heavy rains. Now the situation has worsened and millions of people are affected due to monsoon rains.
It breaks my heart seeing flood- affected people. Please pray for these people.
For Becca’s Sunday Trees
Sunday Trees:
Whoever has learned how to listen to trees no longer wants to be a tree. He wants to be nothing except what he is. That is home. That is happiness ~Herman Hesse
An ancient Banyan tree for Becca’s Sunday trees theme.
Sunday Trees 112!
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom ~Isaac Asimov
Inspired by Becca’s Sunday Trees
Sunday Trees 103
No matter what one will always find a tree to appreciate -Rupali
Inspired by Becca’s Sunday tree theme.
Sunday Trees
Inspired by Becca’s Sunday Trees theme
Sunday Trees
Inspired by Becca’s Sunday tree theme
Silent Sunday: Noooo
Yesterday was our Independence day. This morning after reading an article in “The Hindu” I asked myself “Are we really independent”? And why was so?
The serene view of the Kodaikanal hills from the ‘Coaker’s Walk’ hides a tale of melancholy and everyday struggle.
‘Kodaikanal Won’t’, a groovy rap video released by the NGO Jhatkaa.org, is the latest social media anthem that highlights the popular outcry against the alleged mercury contamination in Kodaikanal by Hindustan Unilever’s thermometer factory.
In the UK, the permissible mercury level is 1mg/kg whereas the company wants a standard of 20-25mg/kg of soil here. By its own estimation, it let out 1.2 tonnes of mercury into the Pambar Shola forests. This is environmental colonialism,” says environment activist Nityanand Jayaraman,
The mainstream media had turned a blind eye to the pleas of the workers, says environmentalist Nityanand Jayaraman.
Thanks to Sofia Ashraf, the Chennai-based rapper for a YouTube video. ‘Kodaikanal Won’t’, a groovy rap video released by the NGO Jhatkaa.org, is the latest social media anthem.
Do watch this “Kodiakanal Won’t”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSal-ms0vcI
References:
- http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/will-the-mist-lift-in-kodaikanal/article7544562.ece?homepage=true
- http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/how-the-kodaikanal-wont-video-went-viral/article7500019.ece
Timeline:
| 2001 | TNPCB shuts down the HUL thermometer factory after sale of mercury contaminated glass to scrap dealers is detected. Health study of workers done |
| 2003 | Large amount of mercury scrap sent back to the U.S. |
| 2006 | Ex-employees move Madras High Court against Unilever. Health effects such as miscarriages, kidney and nervous system damages, mental disability in children etc. stated |
| 2011 | Committee constituted by Ministry of Labour concludes there was prima facie evidence of mercury-related ailments in workers |
| 2015 | Unilever CEO Paul Polman says he is determined to solve the issue after international focus following rap song |
