The Death of the Ganges in India 2007
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A journey down the Ganges:
Ritual and realism
Peter Foster and Heathcliff O’Malley are travelling the length of the Ganges to discover the ‘real’ India of 2007.
(For my friends that need http://'s.) http://tinyurl.com/2s938z Opens to the Telegraph U.K. Scroll past Motoring to find the slide pictures that open to a new window. Thnks.
A journey down the Ganges: Ritual and realism Peter Foster and Heathcliff O’Malley are travelling the length of the Ganges to discover the ‘real’ India of 2007.
RITUAL AND REALISM IN VARANASI .. Later that day, Peter Foster talked to Professor Veer Mishra, an environmental scientist who is also a devout Hindu and former Time Magazine 'Hero of the Planet' for his work in cleaning up the Ganges
Dying a slow death, India's middle classes relax, Holy river, Life on the Ganges, Peter Foster embarks on his Ganges journey, Holy River, A journey down the GangesAudio: Peter enjoys an Ayurvedic massage. (most) All photographs by Heathcliff O'Malley
ME: Dispite that there is great sadness in this report, I think it is still beautiful to see the ancient places. But though I know someone who studied very seriously here, as others do pilgramages, I would not go! There are such drastic differences of the poor and middle class. Employees get pennies for raises. The very water that gives life is making them sick. It is said that in 10 years the River Gange will be dead. The industry and government does not care, as they are seeing the immediate profits. The poor are still connected to their Mother as all things revolve around the Water.
RSS - Understanding Hinduism - The India Tree - The All India ...We were lucky to talk to Professor Veer Mishra, an environmental scientist who is also a devout Hindu and who has devoted more than 20 years to trying to [Links to what you'll find with photo slides above.]http://www.theindiatree.com/forum2/index.php?showtopic=3123
Veer Bhadra Mishra - Professor Veer Bhadra Mishra is an engineer and Hindu priest who has dedicated his life to clean up his beloved River Ganges. "I am a part of Ganga and Ganga is a part of me," he says. "I want not a single drop of sewage going into the river." Besides an activist campaign that has educated millions about problems facing rivers around the world. Mishra, a former professor of hydraulics, has launched practical projects. One now provides clean drinking water through new wells to six neighboring villages whose residents were getting sick on Ganges water. He is also working hard with University of California scientists on plans for an alternative technology system. It is powered by gravity rather than electrical power, uses bacteria and algae to eliminate pollutants, and not only purifies river water but can be used to irrigate farmland and grow fish. In 1999 Dr. Mishra was nominated by Time Magazine as "hero of the planet" for bringing the plight of the Ganga to the world's attention, inspiring other "riverkeepers" around the world. [Link included did not work.]http://www.earthsecure.org/html/veer_bhadra_mishra__.htm
Foreign Correspondent - 05/07/2005: India - Water Crisis It’s heartbreaking. THOMPSON: Twenty years later, Professor Mishra says the water is worse than ever.
VEER BHADRA MISHRA: There is no other river system http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2005/s1432441.htm
TIME.com: Heroes for the Planet, 8/16/99 -- Veer Bhadra Mishra Holy War for "My Mother" BY MEENAKSHI GANGULY/VARANASI Lifting folded palms to the rising sun, silver-haired Veer Bhadra Mishra steps into the Ganges to begin his ritual morning ablution. As the mahant, or spiritual and administrative head, of the second largest temple in Varanasi, the main destination for Hindu pilgrims in India, Mishra is a very important man. {This is nice.}http://www.time.com/time/reports/environment/heroes/heroesgallery/0,2967,mishra,00.html
Clean the Ganges "This is not visionary, it is simply essential," says Veer Bhadra Mishra of his ... Dr. Veer Bhadra Mishra is the co-founder of the Sankat Mochan Foundation ... http://www.ecoworld.com/home/articles2.cfm?tid=363
Sankat Mochan Foundation - Home Page The Sankat Mochan Foundation is a non-profit, non-political, secular, non-governmental organization. Founded in 1982 at Varanasi, it has been struggling to ... http://members.tripod.com/sankatmochan/
Varanasi, one of the oldest living cities of the world, is situated on the north bank of Ganga and is located midway between Delhi and Calcutta. it is known as the religious and cultural capital of India. Its known history dates back to about 3500 hundred years, during which it has continuously been populated. However, Hindus believe that the city is eternal. Varanasi has also been known as Kashi and Benares, but its present name is restoration of an ancient name meaning the city between two rivers - the Varuna and Asi. For the pious Hindu the city has always had a special place.
...Ganga rises in the Himalayas, where it is known as Bhagirathi. Then the river cuts through the Himalayas, meets another stream called the Alaknanda at Devprayag. From there on the river takes the name Ganga ...
In 2005 I found this film. There were protests while she was filming and they had to move from the Ganga where they were filming. Mentioned in the new slide show above to Sri Lanka.
Water - Theatrical Trailer-Stills Gallery a film by Deepa Metha Watch the trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/water/ http://www.mongrelmedia.com/films/Water.html
A widow should be long suffering until death, self-restrained and chaste. A virtuous wife who remains chaste when her husband has died goes to heaven. A woman who is unfaithful to her husband is reborn in the womb of a jackal. The Laws of Manu Chapter 5 verse 156-161 Dharamshastras (Sacred Hind texts)
Set in 1938 Colonial India, against Mahatma Gandhi’s rise to power, the story begins when eight-year-old Chuyia is widowed and sent to a home where Hindu widows must live in penitence. Chuyia’s feisty presence affects the lives of the other residents, including a beautiful young widow, who falls for a Gandhian idealist. 2005, Canada, 114 minutes. (in Hindi with English or French subtitles)
Water (2005) IMDb: Featured in The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0240200/ Mar 27, 2007
Awards: Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 9 nominations Directed by Deepa Mehta http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0576548/
The film examines the plight of a group of widows forced into poverty at a temple in the holy city of Varanasi. It focuses on a relationship between one of the widows, who wants to escape the social restrictions imposed on widows, and a man who is from a lower caste and a follower of Mahatma Gandhi.
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