Sorry for the late reply, I had not been well since last night due to upset stomach and busy with lot of works since morning. Even now I would be working throughout the night, but thought of giving replies to the two mails, that came against me today…..GOD SAVE ME FROM CRITICISMS!
Dear Mr. R. Selvam, With due respects…if you are a real farmer than I have more respect for you than before as you are one of the main building blocks of the economy of our nation. First of all thanks a lot for sharing your views. As for my view, I don’t think I am against or in favour of genetically modified seeds. As far as my knowledge goes, I haven’t read any single article which says that genetically modified seeds are not good for the health of human beings. Please bring to my knowledge if you or Miss Rashida Atthar comes across such references. Why I wrote against the post of Ms./Mr. Tejal V. was mainly for the reason, that this forum doesn’t suit such informations. Offcourse such information and many other things are important in life, but each group or organisation or community has some purpose of its own. We are here to share our knowledge on identification of plants. PLEASE DO NOT INTERMIX BOTANY WITH AGRICULTURE. They are two totally different aspects of plant sciences. Secondly I don’t know Ms./Mr. Tejal V. personally, but then I checked what posts she has been sending on the community. Here are few of her latest ones: 1. Film Personalities, Writers, Artistes Say No to Bt Brinjal -The Outlook – 20 Jan 2. BAD SEED – video – 20 Jan 3. National Consultations on Bt Brinjal in January 2010 - CEE website - 6 Jan 4. short compilation of links on gmo - know why no to gmo - 2 Dec 2009 5. fwd: 10 reasons to say no bt brinjal - 27 Nov 2009 6. letter by a mother to govt. of india against bt brinjal - 16 Nov 2009 7. workshop on 'how to nitiate your own natueco city farm' at mnp on - 19 Sep 2009 8. resource utilization - 7 May 2009 9. fwd: thu 30 april- bbc documentary on coal mining in jharkhand - 29 Apr 2009 10. repeat telecast- the 11th hour on hbo at 7pm sun, 26 april 2009 - 26 Apr 2009 11. do not miss - ‘the 11th hour’ on hbo at 9 pm wed , 22 april 2009 - 21 Apr 2009 12. documentary film "poison on the platter" online - 18 Mar 2009 Don’t mind my words, but, I didn’t find any of these posts relevant or concerned with the matters discussed in the group. Her latest post, on the topic, “Film Personalities, Writers, Artistes Say No to Bt Brinjal -The Outlook” made me rethink on all her posts. Offcourse they may be important for communities that discuss matters on agricultural issues and for Ms. Rashida Atthar too. Dear Ms. Rashida Atthar, With due respects! During the discussion of Rudraksh, something related to mythology was asked. I am habituated to reply from gmail hence I usually click on reply to all, so some of irrelevant mails went to the community. But when I looked back, I couldn’t find a single post by me to be irrelevant. I discussed about the origin of the name Rudrakhsa, this in botany is called ‘ETYMOLOGY’. “Etymology is the study of the history of words and how their form and meaning have changed over time.” And it is very much related with botany as the concerned organism was a plant. And overall the topic was very much related to another branch of botany that is called ETHNOBOTANY. “Ethnobotany is the scientific study of the relationships that exist between people and plants.”. Not all, but many of the ethnobotanical plants are based on mythology, so is Rudraksha, its not a big deal. Dear Ms. Rashida, I will again request you, if you are enlightened from the knowledge of BT Brinjal, then do find me some references which says that they are bad for human health, or Indian farmers are being forced to use those seeds, or they have caused harm to the Indian agriculture. Please don’t send me information on RAT EXPERIMENTS, as I am already enlightened on that issue…..now don’t ask me what rat experiment has to do with genetically modified seeds!! But, Committing a mistake deliberately, by saying that you are committing it because some one else has committed it sometimes back, is even a bigger mistake to commit. So please don’t make such excuses. Thanks for the patient reading! ---------------- On second thought, it just came into my mind, if I give two brinjals to anyone, then can someone tell me how to differentiate between a BT Brinjal and a normal one. I think this issue does suit to be discussed in our community though it is still related to agriculture. I still insist, these were my personal views and if I have offended anyone then I am extremely sorry for doing so. It was not intentional, but I apologise. Regards Pankaj
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