Tag: Assam
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Integrating Traditional Knowledge into our Contemporary Society
Bijendra Gogoi perfectly expresses my sentiments about traditional knowledge in the June 2nd issue of The Sentinel. The great Indian philosopher Swami Vivekananda said, “But out of the past is built the future. Look back, therefore, as far as you can, drink deep of the eternal fountains that are behind, and after that, look forward,…
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Indian man single-handedly plants a 1,360-acre forest
Jadav Payeng turned a barren sandbar in northern India into a lush new forest ecosystem. By Stephen Messenger Fri, Dec 21 2012 at 1:20 PM Forests & Trees, TreeHugger The forest, called the Molai woods, is a safe haven for numerous birds, deer, rhinos, tigers and elephants — species increasingly at risk from habitat loss. (Photo:…
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