Jaya's Green by Dr.Jaya Kurhekar

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

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POPULATION

We are a young country, with average youth population very high! Bright minds, huge man power, beautiful country, ample natural resources but..........! I have penned my thoughts, in a poetic form, see if you agree!

India is a beautiful country,

With rich flora and fauna in bounty!

It has a rich cultural heritage,

Handed down through ancient age!

With all its colors and fragrances,

With its educational background and sciences,

Why is it taking a back foot, as yet?

It’s development not at an imagined gait?

One word instantly springs into mind,

Isn’t it the vast population, that’s being unkind?

Population can be a virtue, not a vice,

Its strength can be turned to our benefit and choice.

Population of youth, at its highest peak,

That’s India, our motherland, green and sleek!

What really needs to be done, at bay?

Population should remain united, come what may!

People have always tried to divide and rule,

We are really the ones who hand them the tool.

It’s up to us, what we want our mother to be,

Whether we want her bound, submissive or free?

Population with expertise of all kinds and level,

Can become a boon for our progress real!

Population with a mindset to bring forth innovations,

At personal, social and intellectual stations!

If all countries of the world can do good,

How can countries with rich population, be subdued?

Let’s salute our dear motherland, on that green note upright,

Let’s preserve and propagate its greenery bright!

Dr. Jaya V. Kurhekar

Green Blogger

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

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Broken Promise

We are in the last week of August and yet trying to fight with the present enemy, CORONA! Have we been successful? God Alone Knows! We have lost so many lives, so many still battling! Have we done something wrong? Why is God angry with us? I have penned my feelings about this, in a few lines, hope you will agree with me!

Hey Mother Earth, please pardon us!
We haven’t been thoughtful, We have been callous!
Unthinkingly and continuously,

we have grabbed your resources,
We have been selfish,
We have crossed our limits and our senses!

Your green pastures are drunk with chemicals,
Who else, but we, can be blamed for the scruples?
Our bodies are being overloaded with medications,
How can we blame the microbes for the super infections?

SARS, MERS, CORONA are our own doings,

Our aspirations to conquer other human beings!

We know no limits for our greedy endeavors,

We hardly care for you, our environment or the green pastures!

We think of only conquering and only about this moment,

Let others go to hell, who cares?

Our want of things, materials, riches, you bet,

Has crossed all lines of wild despairs!

Your serene water bodies are battered with litter,
Even an iota of conscience would have proved better!

We have even manipulated the genes,
Thinking of producing Gods umpteen!
How imprudent could we be,
Does one behave such, even with an enemy?

It was a promise, to live here a safe and peaceful life indeed,
But a broken promise is the sole thing we have achieved!

Prof. Dr. Mrs. Jaya Kurhekar,

Green Blogger

Thursday, August 6, 2020

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KRISHNA KRISHNA!!!

Once again, we are in the first week of August 2020 and fearing heavy floods! Our goddess Krishna river, flows very close by and is a life giving, huge natural water body resource, known to never dry up! Though, we, once again fear facing heavy floods and are apprehensive about what will be the extent of damage this year? I have penned a few lines about her, she being the reason behind the GREEN prosperity in this region and highly worshiped in the golden belt of Western Maharashtra! I am sure, many of you will identify with me! Even now, its not too late, lets stop playing with nature!

She dances through the city, happily and merrily,

Taking twists and turns, feeding her bank gulley,

Usually she is calm and in a happy mood,

Playfully irrigating as many fields as she could!

She is the mother of one and all,

Bringing fertility, stability, prosperity for big and small,

Her waters are clean, serene, calm and quiet,

She comes from the mountains, thirty three rivers in her, unite!

But slowly the human babies whom she nurtured,

Have started throttling her veins, wherever they captured,

Unnaturally, unhygienically, unwittingly, they have blocked her playful streams,

Built houses, homes, hospitals and grounds, choking her, up to the brink!

In the want of riches, luxuries and accessories,

Plastics, bottles, non-degradable have been dumped, inhumanly in her tributaries!

She doesn’t know where to turn, how to reconcile?

Her waters are miserable, her mind in turmoil!

She is fed by rains and mountain waters,

Which sometimes go beyond her quarters!

Confused she flows wherever she can,

Taking all under her wings, rich, poor and clan!

Blessed as she is, she blesses others too,

Bringing in greenery, as she flows through!

But how long would she do that, how long can she bear?

When everything goes beyond measure, she has nothing but to despair!

She then runs wild, she gets bloated unlimitedly,

She has no choice, she tries to shrink repeatedly!

Her wrath knows no one, when she herself frays here and there,

Finding her way through, in and out of gullies, and nothing to spare!

If she is angry, who is to blame, if nature is upturned and situation aflame?

Let’s think of this, one and all, let’s be wiser, Big or small!

Let’s care for nature, let’s not be uncaring,

If nature retaliates, it will only be our doing!

We remember God, when the situation is odd,

We start believing in Divine Force,

Only when there is no hope or recourse!!!

Dr Jaya Vikas Kurhekar,

Green Blogger

Thursday, July 23, 2020

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खंत !!

खंत ही जीवा, का बदलली ही हवा,
ऱ्हास हा मृदाचा, कळ लावी जीवा!

खंत ही मनी, का वृक्ष तोडले वनी?
ऐश्वर्याची खणी, का नष्ट केली कुणी?

खंत ही जनी, कुठे थुंकले कोणी,
आरोग्य मानवाचे, दावी लाविले त्या क्षणी!

खंत ही कि खोदिले, पर्वत कठीण सारे,
रहाण्या मानवा, नको हस्तक्षेप फुका रे!

खंत ही कि सागरा, दूर सारी मानव,
भर घालूनी सारखी, बिघडवी साखळी जैव!

खंत ही सतत, ओरबाडले निसर्गा,
संपवूनी संसाधने, गोंजारती गर्वा!!

खंत ही ध्यानी, कुठे चालला माणूस प्राणी,
पुढच्या पिढीचा, ना विचार कुठेही मनी?

डॉ. सौ. जया कुऱ्हेकर,

GREEN BLOGGER

Saturday, July 11, 2020

Don't do different things, do things differently!!! 10 July 2020

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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

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TSUNAMI!!!

Today, on the context of the just departed "Nisarga" cyclone, I can't help but remember the one day in my life, which was sooo unique and nightmarish, like a bad dream!

I put down here, before you, my nightmare on a day, when I witnessed a natural calamity, one of its type, probably and hopefully the only one in my lifetime, for your quiet introspection! I was lucky to have escaped it, unscathed, happy to be alive and overjoyed to be able to come back home! Many were not so lucky! It was in 2004, 16 years back, but still the memories are very vivid and clear!

As I think retrospectively, once again, I am appalled at the way we have played with nature, manipulated it and taken it for granted! Now, it is manipulating us! And you cant blame it at all! Sharing my experience, hoping that you will realize the gravity!

It was a star- spangled night in December 2004! After a fortnight of vigorous planning, we were on our way to Kanya Kumari, the southernmost tip of India! We were about to join a parasailing camp, organized by a private sea-sports group, a few kilometers away from Kanya Kumari. It was a dream, about to come true! Excited about the adventures in store for us, we boarded the train, which shot through the dark, cold night, cutting into the darkness, crossing all the dark tunnels. With the rhythmic movement of the train, we all succumbed to the tranquility of deep sleep.

After a day in the train, the smell of the sea, the clear skies, the crisp, cold wind, indicated our ensuing joy! We were nearing our destination, the holy Kanya Kumari! The scenes passing by reminded me of all the beautiful landscapes, in oil and paint, which I had only seen on canvas, till today! We were silent, each one of us absorbing the environment, the beauty and the tranquility around us! Where else could heaven be? Spontaneously, we bowed to Mother Nature, our salutations splurging right from the bottom of our hearts! We had arrived at our destination. Before joining the camp, we had one whole day at our disposal. With elated spirits, very silently, we were off to the world famous spot, stories of Swami Vivekananda, the meditation centre, the temple, revolving in our minds!

We started off to the sea shore, close to our residential place and flopped down on the sparkling white sands. The endless sea lay in front of us. The waves came softly towards us. Moon light bathed the sea. The sea seemed meditative and tranquil! It was purely magic! Words eluded us. We were drinking in, the magic of the moment! The memories are still etched in my mind!

We had decided to run into the sea water but it looked so sacred that none of us felt like disturbing the tranquillity surrounding us!

The next day, the temples, the museum in the city, were a feast to our eyes and cameras. The time had now come to visit the famous temple. We had to sail in small boats to reach the temple, some miles off the sea shore. It was a clear sky and we set off singing merrily. Mesmerized by the surroundings, we reached our destination. The meditation centre was the pinnacle. After about two hours, we were standing at the southernmost tip of the Indian continent. We could see the inter mingling of the waters, colored differently. I had heard a lot about this place. Three oceans embraced each other at this point, a sight beyond imagination. I was capturing all the images in my mind and my handicam. I decided, after reaching the shores of Kanya Kumari, I would capture the temple from different angles. Getting inside a small boat, we started our journey back. The winds had changed direction. We could feel a slight change in the weather too! We reached the shore and I trotted off to capture the pictures of the temple from different angles, for the dear ones, at home.

I was walking towards the sea and to my horror; I could see a very, very, very big wave, over the statue of Swami Vivekanand. It had engulfed the statue and washed over it. I thought, it was a visual trick, this couldn’t be true! I had just left the site! With total concentration, I watched in awe! The huge wave was followed by another wave and another and another! This was not normal! The natives started gathering. Slowly, all turned into chaos. My friends were calling me back, our sacks drenched in the waves. I couldn’t believe, all was so peaceful here, some minutes back! The waves were all around us. We ran back, carrying whatever we could, with us! Our bags were wet and heavy. We went to the terrace of our residential hotel and what we saw was beyond imagination! Huge waves were all around the shore. They were rapidly encroaching the land! Small houses, visible some time back, had disappeared beneath the devilish waves! Water had reached the lower levels of the city. Not knowing what to do, we just locked ourselves in the hotel room, hoping everything would come back to normalcy! When we woke up the next day, there was worst possible devastation around us. We were lost, without lights, electricity, milk, tap water and newspapers! It was the morning of 27^th December, 2004! We didn't know, what truly guided us, but through all chaos around us, not paying attention to our tummies crying out for food, we walked heavily towards the railway station and caught the first train back, which would take us to our “home, sweet home”! We had forgotten why we had come to Kanya Kumari. We wanted to get away, as fast as possible! Loads of people surrounded us, boarding and alighting. They belonged to all ages, castes, creeds and colors! They had lost their homes; some had lost their near and dear ones, some had lost all their belongings while some had lost everything. But they had saved their own lives and they had hope in their eyes! We watched helplessly. Their problems were huge and beyond repair.

After a few stations, we got to see the newspapers and reality stuck! WE WERE THE FIRST HAND WITNESSES OF THE TSUNAMI WAVES! We had seen them coming, we had captured them in memories and cameras. Tsunami waves had engulfed a large portion of mankind. The stories were all over the news papers. My skin tingled with goose flesh. I couldn’t and wouldn’t believe that we were there, when the calamity struck! We couldn’t imagine that we had had such a close encounter with NATURE”S WRATH and we had escaped by God’s grace. We couldn’t attend the camp but I had witnessed the most stunning event, in the history of mankind! The memories are my most prized treasures! We were back home, safe and sound!

It is truly said, “If you are alive, you can capture a hundred forts!”

I am glad to be alive today, although I mourn all those innocent lives, lost in the Tsunami waves. Somewhere deep in my heart, I can’t help but think if, we humans are responsible for such calamities. If these could really be called natural or are they man made?? It’s high time we introspect!!!

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Dr Mrs Jaya Vikas Kurhekar

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वारसा

वारसा द्यायचा, कुणी? कुणाला? कशाचा?
संपूर्णपणे उलथापालथ झालेल्या पर्यावरणाचा?
की ओढून, ओरबाडून, गलितगात्र झालेल्या धरतीचा?
की विविध रसायनं पाजून तर्रर्र झालेल्या मळ्यांचा ?
की जनुकीय अभियांत्रिकीने, मानवी हस्तक्षेपाने,

जन्म घेण्यास आणि जगण्यास लायक ठरलेल्या जनुकांचा ?

भोगतो आहोत आपण आपल्या मस्तीची फळे,

कधी जीवाणू, कधी विषाणू, कधी विषारी भाज्या, न कळे!

आपणच उठलोय का आपल्या जातीच्या जीवावर, हे गूढ ह्याचा न काही मेळ,

मानवी प्रक्रियांचा हा जीवघेणा पसारा, महत्वाकांक्षी खेळ!

वारसा कशाचा? वजाबाकीची सगळी, सगळी गणितं मांडून,
काय शिल्लक उरतंय त्या क्रेडिट आणि डेबिटचा?
की आपण वापरल्यावर काय आणि कसं कसं उरलंय,
त्याची गुणवत्ता, त्याचा कस किती शिल्लक राहिला, ह्याचा?
पुढच्या पिढ्यांना जगायला लागणाऱ्या गोष्टी किमान,
काळजी घेऊन, ठेवल्यात का जपून, राखून ईमान?
हाती आहे थोडाच काळ आत्मपरिक्षणाचा,
नाही तर व्यर्थ आहे हट्ट वंशवृध्दीचा!
थोडंसं ज्ञान, थोडं आत्मभान, थोडा विचार जनांचा,
थोडा विचार, थोडी काटकसर, थोडा सहभाग सर्वांचा,
थोडीशी सद्सद्विवेक बुद्धी नक्कीच सावरु शकेल,
डोलारा डळमळणा़ऱ्या पर्यावरणाचा !
वारसा चालवायला पुढची पिढी हुशार आणि सक्षम आहे,
उत्तम गुणांचा उत्तम पर्यावरणाचा वारसा आहेच, पण जपा़यला हवा आहे !!

डॉ. सौ. जया कुऱ्हेकर

Dr Jaya Kurhekar

Green Blogger