SPARSH – Down to Earth Experiences with
Mother Earth
SPARSH in most Indian languages means TOUCH. Birth to
death we ‘live, move and have our being’, in touch with
Mother Earth, a tiny speck in the Universe. We and all living
beings on Earth are cared for and nurtured by Mother Earth.
She provides us earth, air, water, fire and space. If any of
these fundamental elements of the Earth is destroyed, our
existence would be snuffed out.
Today, many of us see, experience and are aware of what we,
human beings, ‘the climax of over 13.8 Billion years of
evolution of the Universe’, are doing to Mother Earth. Her over-
use, misuse, abuse, pollution and destruction. An increasing
number of people in India and the world want to reverse this
accelerating rush ‘to cut the branch on which we all are
perched’.
‘It is better to light a lamp, than curse the darkness’. SPARSH presents some experiences of women and men across India who have or are venturing to stop this suicidal rush. You are invited to read it, and share it widely, in English or translated into any language. Let not our children question us “What were you doing when all this environmental destruction was happening all around you?”
let us get to our roots, or else, before its too late we will be uprooted.
“those who have ears, let them hear and take action”.
being ‘natural’ has to be the aim.
Very well done
let us get to our roots, or else, before its too late we will be uprooted.
“those who have ears, let them hear and take action”.
being ‘natural’ has to be the aim.