Sorry FN, Do not mistaken it for a joke. Its a warning. The so called Hindu Gods are always depicted with weapon/s in one hand (or more), which believers understand and fear of. But only few notice a warning device in the other hand: Concha of Vishnu or Damaru of Shiva. Mythologically (or philosophically), the manner in which they are sounded, is supposed to communicate the degree of anger or acceptance of what the earthly persons do. And yes FN you have sensed the rape, but if a person of your calibre does not know whom to blame, God help the mankind. It is easy to say: we all share the blame, which is sadly though is the essence. But it is also an excuse to say that I am too small to get rid of it and usurp an excuse to do nothing. What is important is what each one of us can contribute or even attempt to weed out at least one of the thosand evils. When there is a problem, Japanese management practice prescribes something called Fish Bone Analysis as the first step: Brainstorm the thousands of causes, attribute weightages and then arrange them in the order of importance. It was statisically found that top 6 causes contribute 88% (Toyota experience 93%) of the problem. It then becomes easy to plan a solution (+2 to 3 backup solutions) and the modalities of implementing the soluions. Instead of going blah..blah all the time, can we atleast try to identify the main causes of the rape of nature as the first step? I offer to be a part of such an effort. Rains on 3rd December..... is it not telling us that we must do something differently? Rajendra In response to Fredrick's lament: .... it drizzling (lightly though) on the evening of December 3 in Goa. This is a bit much. Even nature should have a limit to the jokes it deems to put us through. But then, giving the manner in which the human race has been raping nature, whom can we blame? FN
