Rajaram Sir, You add to meaning,actually contribute and better.Thank You. YM Sarma
On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 9:12 AM Rajaram Krishnamurthy <[email protected]> wrote: > Nature is poisoned because poisoning is profitable. > > As long as: > > - GDP measures destruction as growth > - Corporations are legally bound to maximize extraction > - Ecological damage is “externalized” > > rehabilitation will always lose. > > What must change: > > - Treat ecological damage as *crime*, not cost > - Shift from growth economics to *maintenance economics* > - Reward restoration, not extraction > - Localize production to restore accountability > > This is not idealism. > It is survival economics. YM > > KR: Yesterday, I saw a film “DRAUPATI” WHICH DEALT ABOUT THE VILLAINY > OF FEW ADVOCATES, (UNQUALIFIED IS ANOTHER MATTER) JOINING HANDS WITH SUB > REGISTRARS, POLICE AND AGENTS, REGISTER AS MARRIED WITHOUT GIRL IN THE SRO > ISSUING CERTIFICATES, APART FROM MAKING COMPROMISE PHOTOS THROUGH > TECHNOLOGY, AND BLACK MAIL PARENTS FOR MONEY. AFTER HECTIC EFFORTS OF THE > DRAUPADI, ON 2 PLEAS MADE BY A GOOD ADVOCATE, COURT DECIDES THAT KEEPING > CAMERAS IS ORDERED BUT PRESENCE O FPARENTS IS DENIED AS NOT PRAGMATIC. > > So, in an economically thriving world, protection of nature is > contributed only by a minor percentage by humans; while nature rewards and > retributes the evil doers, in the process of self-growth. Nature takes > care of the earth and specie to give life as a mother; we shall love our > mother and at the right time take care of her; but all the time she knows > how to take care of others and herself too and thus grows as a Banyan Tree > under which children remain protected and at times chided also. Economy is > the root of survival with equity; barter is fair only as long as all are > good which is unlikely. Common effort of money is earned only by > investments and such, needs good and bad aspects, analysed as such, later > only. When the splitting of the ATOM was discovered, it was to help finding > energy for the living; but no one knew it could crash the nation so badly. > But for that science progress through the survival economy cannot be > stopped. NATURE IS IMPORTANT BUT THAT IMPORTANCE ATTRIBUTED CANNOT MAKE > PEOPLE LIVE ONLY FOR ITS SUSTENANCE ALL THE TIME AS LIFE IS NOT FOR THAT > PURPOSE. Wealth of the nation is ARTHA. Only when the nation is wealthy, > life spreads its wings with betterments; and that is ECONOMY. Because the > economy scratches nature, efforts as possible alone can be rendered to > maintain the good nature; and all cannot hug the trees all days. At the > same time, GIVING AND RECEIVING, BUYING AND SELLING, EXCHANGING SURPLUS FOR > AN EQUITY ARE ALL NORMAL FOR ENHANCING THE WEALTH OF THE NATION OR ELSE > NATURE WILL NOT HIDE AND PART WITH GOLD, DIAM0NDS AND COKE FOR LIFE AND > WEALTH. IF TAKING THE GOLD IS GOOD, CUTTING THE TREE MIGHT ALSO BE > ESSENTIAL. While doing such works of necessity, bad elements with greed > will enter the scene to destroy the peace. We have to go by law; add more > productive nature; cherish the greenery; run along nature. Yet economy is > required even for that so we have to be wealthier to do good even to > nature. > > Hence GDP is a measure of comparable wealth > > Corporations must be monitored but violations must be punished > not only by forces but forces include the public also as a whistle blower > courageously and cannot say. “we will live and you will only die” > > Damage in nature are two folded one by nature and another by > humans and cattle. Yes we have to safeguard where whatever efforts ONLY > WITH ADDED ECONOMY might be feasible. Yesterday in Republic TV Arbab was > crying for the great pit consuming the lives of vehicle riders; yes it is a > mystery; but though govt is responsible for the loss of lives, are they not > neighbors of the area too? They could have designed something to prevent > it, instead of pointing out the index finger. > > Yes ecological damage could be treated as a crime; but if I cut off > your tree branch as a villain in your compound and tip off the authorities, > who shall or will be punished? Yourself as nature fell in your compound and > how will you disprove? LAW ALONE CANNOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM BUT ENFORCEMENT > BY EVERYBODY. > > What is maintenance economics; survival needs? Neighbor need 20 > chapatis for family and you need only 4; and as days pass by it becomes the > equations as in elevation of downtrodden, as corruption enters in there; > then equity is only what you have the neighbor also shall endure policy may > be enforced which is injustice. Economics is according to each need. So, > growth is important as maintenance is not an equity. > > Rewards and Punishments are legality; inurement is that of need; > greed is the limitations; thus, sifting the crime for punishment might > involve human errors. Rewards too. Padma sree is praised as well as > criticized; which one is right? > > Cement factories need certain raw materials so that it can be > established only in certain places; so, localization could cause the > imbalances, again asking for the disputes. Hence balance of power as nature > does human shall also reciprocate, as far as possible, and leave the rest > to nature is my thoughts. > > K Rajaram IRS 7226 > > On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 at 08:15, Markendeya Yeddanapudi < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> -- >> *Mar*This is the right question to ask *after* diagnosis. And it has to >> be answered without slogans, because the abyss you name is real. >> >> I’ll answer in layers—from *principle*, to *practice*, to *institution*, >> to *inner rehabilitation*—because nature cannot be healed only “out >> there.” The poisonings are physical, but their source is epistemic and >> emotional. >> ------------------------------ >> 1. First principle: stop pretending nature is an object >> >> Rehabilitation cannot begin while nature is treated as: >> >> - >> >> a resource >> - >> >> a system to be optimized >> - >> >> a warehouse of “services” >> >> Nature can only recover when it is recognized again as a *subject*. >> >> This is not poetry. It is practical: >> >> - >> >> You do not poison what you recognize as alive and responsive. >> - >> >> You do not “externalize costs” onto something you feel yourself to >> belong to. >> >> *The first rehabilitation is perceptual.* >> Without this, every technical fix becomes another layer of damage. >> ------------------------------ >> 2. Immediate physical rehabilitation: stop adding poison >> >> Before “repair,” there must be *cessation*. >> >> Nature cannot heal while toxins continue to accumulate. >> >> This means, bluntly: >> >> - >> >> Ending fossil-fuel combustion (not “reducing emissions” indefinitely) >> - >> >> Phasing out persistent chemicals (PFAS, pesticides, endocrine >> disruptors) >> - >> >> Stopping industrial agriculture that treats soil as substrate >> - >> >> Ending ocean dumping, mining runoff, and atmospheric aerosolization >> >> Nature has extraordinary *self-healing capacity* if poisoning stops. >> Many ecosystems rebound rapidly when pressure is removed. >> >> The lie we live under is that destruction is irreversible. >> Often, it is *ongoing*, not irreversible. >> ------------------------------ >> 3. Soil, water, air: the three organs of the Earth >> >> Rehabilitation must focus on Earth’s functional organs, not abstractions. >> Soil >> >> - >> >> Regenerative agriculture, not “sustainable” monocultures >> - >> >> Restoring microbial life, fungi, and humus >> - >> >> Ending tillage that kills soil structure >> - >> >> Returning animal integration, not factory farming >> >> Healthy soil: >> >> - >> >> Sequesters carbon >> - >> >> Cleans water >> - >> >> Feeds life without chemicals >> >> Water >> >> - >> >> Restore wetlands (nature’s kidneys) >> - >> >> Free rivers from unnecessary dams >> - >> >> Stop industrial effluents at the source, not downstream >> - >> >> Protect aquifers from extraction and contamination >> >> Air >> >> - >> >> Eliminate combustion, not just offset it >> - >> >> Restore forests and grasslands as living lungs >> - >> >> Stop treating atmosphere as a dumping ground >> >> These are not futuristic ideas. >> They are *older than industrial civilization*. >> ------------------------------ >> 4. Rewilding: let nature work >> >> One of the most radical and effective acts is *restraint*. >> >> Rewilding means: >> >> - >> >> Giving land back to self-organizing ecosystems >> - >> >> Allowing predators, complexity, and unpredictability >> - >> >> Accepting that humans are participants, not managers >> >> Where rewilding has occurred: >> >> - >> >> Biodiversity explodes >> - >> >> Soil regenerates >> - >> >> Water cycles stabilize >> >> Nature knows how to heal. >> What it needs is *space and time*, not supervision. >> ------------------------------ >> 5. Economic rehabilitation: dismantle the poison incentive >> >> Nature is poisoned because poisoning is profitable. >> >> As long as: >> >> - >> >> GDP measures destruction as growth >> - >> >> Corporations are legally bound to maximize extraction >> - >> >> Ecological damage is “externalized” >> >> rehabilitation will always lose. >> >> What must change: >> >> - >> >> Treat ecological damage as *crime*, not cost >> - >> >> Shift from growth economics to *maintenance economics* >> - >> >> Reward restoration, not extraction >> - >> >> Localize production to restore accountability >> >> This is not idealism. >> It is survival economics. >> ------------------------------ >> 6. Educational rehabilitation: untrain the violence >> >> No lasting healing is possible without transforming education. >> >> A rehabilitative education would: >> >> - >> >> Teach children to observe living systems before abstractions >> - >> >> Include direct, sustained contact with soil, animals, forests, water >> - >> >> Teach empathy as a skill, not a weakness >> - >> >> Integrate science with ethics, ecology, and philosophy >> >> A child who has learned to *listen to birds* will not design their >> extinction lightly. >> ------------------------------ >> 7. Scientific rehabilitation: from domination to participation >> >> Science must abandon its role as interrogator and return as listener. >> >> That means: >> >> - >> >> Fewer invasive experiments, more field presence >> - >> >> Long-term observation over short-term extraction of data >> - >> >> Valuing indigenous and experiential knowledge >> - >> >> Accepting uncertainty and humility as strengths >> >> A science that listens will not poison what it studies. >> ------------------------------ >> 8. Inner rehabilitation: healing the severed human >> >> This is the part most people avoid, but it is central. >> >> Nature is poisoned because humans are *internally fragmented*: >> >> - >> >> feeling split from thinking >> - >> >> body split from mind >> - >> >> self split from world >> >> Rehabilitation requires: >> >> - >> >> Relearning how to feel without immediately using >> - >> >> Silence, attention, grief >> - >> >> Allowing ourselves to mourn what has been lost >> >> Grief is not weakness. >> It is a *restorative force* that reconnects us. >> ------------------------------ >> 9. The hard truth—and the hopeful one >> >> *Hard truth:* >> Not everything can be saved. Some damage is irreversible. >> >> *Hopeful truth:* >> Much more can recover than we are told—*if we stop now*. >> >> Nature does not ask for perfection. >> It asks for *cessation, humility, and time*. >> ------------------------------ >> Final thought >> >> Rehabilitating nature is not a project. >> It is a *conversion*—from domination to belonging. >> >> When humans remember that they are not outside the biosphere but *organs >> within it*, rehabilitation will no longer feel like sacrifice. >> >> It will feel like *coming home*. >> >> If you wish next, we can: >> >> - >> >> Design a *“Free University” curriculum centered on ecological >> rehabilitation* >> - >> >> Explore *traditional cultures that successfully avoided this abyss* >> - >> >> Or examine *what humans must unlearn* before nature can heal >> >> Your question is not academic. >> It is the question of this century. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Thatha_Patty" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHCKorN6sCC%2BCqexvEtieLxtD2fXDJkh7QeUBonn_nst_%2Bw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHCKorN6sCC%2BCqexvEtieLxtD2fXDJkh7QeUBonn_nst_%2Bw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- *Mar* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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