THIS IS WHAT I FIGHT FOR...part 1

All pics taken at Bindujethu's house (Ph.D. in Physics, teacher respected by many) ...jethu aged 91, senile. Jethima, 82, still carrying on God's Work feeding 15+ cats and 7+ dogs. Though poor in this material anthropocentric world...

Directly and indirectly Greed of Humans is responsible for these deaths :

....death of the kitten displayed above, fond memories playing with you

....death of 3 to 4 of the dogs lying on the bed....the black one was such a good faithful feller


This is not some cheap donation camp.....Bindujethu frowned 3 times I gave them such a paltry sum I'm really ashamed of...they returned it away... & family are too proud to ask...they never have...AND NEVER WILL.


But I HAD A DREAM....this Legal Case...split 50-17-33 ...17% could have been donated to a Wildlife Fund.....the kitten probably couldn't have been saved, though I have fond memories playing with it.
The 3-4 dogs could have been...I'm 100% sure.

...Make no mistake :

The Eyes of God are Watching You
ॐ नमः शिवाय

West Bengal Forest Cover Status

The statistics that I got is indeed a very encouraging one for environmentalists in
the Indian State of West Bengal. That the forest cover increase considering the whole of India has been maximum in West Bengal.


source indiapost.com :

"8 July:West Bengal has registered maximum increase in forest cover (1650 sq.km) followed by Meghalaya (1255 sq.km) and Tamil Nadu (1161 sq.km) wheras maximum loss has been observed in Punjab (852 sq.km) followed by Madhya Pradesh (836 sq.km) and Maharashtra (617 sq.km).

As far as increases in forest cover in view of States’s geographical area is concerned, Tripura registered 9.8% increase followed by Meghalaya (5.6%) and Chandigarh (5.26%) whereas Lakshdweep has shown decrease of 12.5% followed by Punjab (1.70%) and Haryana 0.54%."

However, since this matter is very close to my heart, I am researching the matter very
carefully...vis a vis previous images, etc. I've seen some spectacular afforestation in the district of Bankura...was really surprised, at least from our driver-cum-guide's story....I'll have to scan a helluva photos to post 'em.

Areas near Mukutmanipur, Bankura-Purulia border jungles, Sususnia, etc...they show healthy foliage of sal, palash and dry deciduous forests...and of course, mahua...as my crazy friend was searching 15 minutes to take a pic of.

Martyred for a Green Blue Planet...

Jill Phipps died at age 31.

The Cause espoused by Environmentalists and Wildlife Activists is probably one of the few that cuts across the barriers of nationality, religion, caste, race and other factors......
Image from wikipedia:




Quoting wikipedia :

" Jill Phipps died at age 31. (15 January 1964 — 1 February 1995) was a British animal rights activist. She lived in Coventry, England.

On 1 February 1995, Phipps was crushed to death under the wheels of a lorry carrying
live baby veal calves into Coventry Airport in Baginton, England, to be flown to Amsterdam for distribution across Europe.

10 of the 33 protesters present had broken through police lines and were trying to
bring the lorry to a halt by sitting in the road or chaining themselves to it. Phipps was crushed beneath the lorry's wheels and her fatal injuries included a broken spine.

Phipps' brother Zab commented
"Jill was crushed and died on the way to hospital. Our mother, Nancy, was with her. The lorry driver has not been charged, not even with driving without due care and attention."

NET RESULT : Through her martyrdom, Veal calf exports from a certain Airport ended months later.

Jill wasn't alone. There were many others who were martyred for the Cause of a Green Blue Planet. J.Anderson, Steve Irwin, amongst others....

Was going thru' the real meaning of Fanaa(Sufism)...a difficult concept to understand without understanding the culture/language, of course. But then, there are so many cultures,languages.....


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Lightning Strikes ! Video

Lightning strikes along the E.M. bypass .....taken with my ole' cellphone. So, pic qual. not very good + foreground light...

15 people were killed that day throughout Bengal...read the news next day..




Video copyright (original 3gp format): Debajyoti Dutta-Roy.

Note : Lightning Strikes at 40 seconds hits ground....vividly clear if you hit pause...slide slowly within 3 seconds here and there.

Another strike is around 3:00 minutes...

some other minor strikes too

There are other strikes can see the whole sky lit up.....but not directly captured..can see silhouettes of trees, buildings against the lightning-streaked brightness.

I'm more afraid of promoters and the mastermind behind them than lightning strikes, BTW....

Really liked the awesome power of Nature.

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