Showing posts with label river. Show all posts
Showing posts with label river. Show all posts

Friday, August 15, 2008

rivers have many stories to tell


by the river bhagirathi, summer 2008

che is seen here listening to the river, seeing and hearing stories it tells.

"when we deeply care, we develop capacity to see much more in a moment. the inter-connectedness is so obvious. yet, we choose to blindfold ourselves to feast on rewards for excesses. the challenge is how to get into such discussions in group settings. so many things come into play, our egos, personalities, insecurities, desires, greed, our histories and memory. how can we embolden each other to walk the road less travelled, but one which offers respect, fairness, justice and dignity."

reflections by a river


peren, nagaland, 2008

"rivers have a right to be free. they have a right not to be violated, converted into a sewage or garbage dump. rivers, rivulets and streams are eco-systems supporting complex life forms. river ain't no commodity, it is part of life-support system of the universe. a river's destruction is an act of self-mutilation. well that is too anthropo-centric. so let me reflect again... destruction of rivers or degrading it, is an act of genocide against complex life-forms and its support systems. profits and accumulation cannot trump over life."