Thank u and welcome KR On Sat, 7 Feb 2026 at 09:19, Markendeya Yeddanapudi < [email protected]> wrote:
> 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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