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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
I. Romeo and Juliet
III. On Children
V. A sunny morning
dissapear
Travellers
XI. The Voter
XIV. Water
CHAPTER I
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
Leo Tolstoy
On Children
Kahlil Gibran
Vandana Shiva
• Vandana Shiva started her ecological journey in
the forests of the Himalayas.
• She joined the Chipko Movement.
• She liked Bachini Devi who opposed her husband
to cut the trees.
• She used the methods of biodiversity on her
farms.
• She started Navadanya Farm.
• The conservation of biodiversity became the
answer to the food and nutrition crisis. • She
started the Earth University to teach Earth
Democracy.
• Earth Democracy is a shift from
anthropocentrism to ecocentrism.
• Rabindranath Tagore writes an essay "Tapovan".
• Indian culture is with trees, rivers and lakes.
• The forest is the source of beauty and joy, of
harmony and perfection.
• The end of consumerism and accumulation is the
beginning of the joy of living
CHAPTER V
A Sunny Morning
W.B Yeats
The speaker had madly fallen in love.
But his beloved never responded to his love.
One day she would become old and her hair
would turn grey. She would lose the soft look of
her deep eyes.
She would feel drowsy and tired all the time.
She would sit by the fireplace sleeping and
warming herself. He wanted her to read his
book of poems.
The others loved her physical beauty. But he
loved her pilgrim soul.
The poet's sad soul would hide itself behind the
stars.
CHAPTER VII
The Gardener
P. Lankesh
Tammanna came to the garden one day He
was well-versed in agriculture. The income
improved.
The life-style of the owner was completely
changed He became lethargic
His wife felt fear for his adultery. His ten
acre farm grew.
His life was also gradually getting out of
hand. He told a story to the wife of the
owner. Tammanna was Basavaiah's rival.
Tammanna had 1000 acres and Basavaiah had
800 acres. Basavaiah acquired two hundred
acres forcibly.
So Tammanna wanted to put an end to the
rivalry. He started composing poems and
singing them.
The rivalry moved from the visible domain to
the invisible. Basavaiah encroached
Tammanna's land.
Tammanna was ill. His disease was
Basavaiah’s health. He thought of death to
punish Basavaiah.
After a few days he left, Basavaiah died. He
had no more reason to live
Man lives for unbearable vengefulness. He is
so complicated until his death.
CHAPTER VIII
To The Foot From Its Child
Pablo Neruda
Kuvempu
The speaker says that if heaven is not on
earth, it is not elsewhere.
If the people themselves are not gods, there
are no Gods If the people are not nymphs,
they are no nymphs
Murmuring stream, the surf at the end of the
waves, the tender sunshine in the green
gardens and gentle sun-all make this earth
heaven.
Heaven is scattered everywhere in the form
of harvest and moonlight The poet drinks the
nectar of song and creates real heaven on
earth.
CHAPTER XI
Japan And Brazil Through A Traveler’s Eye
George Mikes
The Voter
Chinua Achebe
P. Sainath