THE SIGHT

Hindu culture has been very conscious to conserve the environment since its early epoch. It is necessary to make it intact with the changing of time, which will command us to celebrate our festivals in an Eco-friendly way. The autumn season is a very joyous season for Hindus because of Durgapuja and Deepavali are two main festivals. Hindu rituals mainly based on agriculture. Autumn is the time of harvesting of paddy also. It is a time of richness and complacency for farmers. They worship mother Sakti a goddess of power in Durgapuja and Deepavali. Durgapuja is the festival of truth and power and Deepavali is the festival of light or knowledge. Many myths are related to these festivals. Gathering of kins, chanting prays and enjoy the various traditional recipes on the occasion is another important part of the festivals. Hindu texts paid high concerns to the conservation of the environment. We found many contexts thereof devotions to every component of Nature. According t...

Save the environment from the lethal plastic element for a safe future.  A  few months ago I met a Denish senior couple John and Leena along with a Nepali assistant in a Bus when I was heading to Kathmandu from Pokhara. The bus was full of passengers and most of them were enjoying a Nepali audio song playing loudly in the device. Few passengers were sleeping in the sitting position as they were traveling by bus only to sleep. I felt the couple sitting before my seat was feeling some uneasy. Their Nepali assistant Kamal Lama was sitting comfortably on another seat. The bus stopped after two and a half-hour in Muglin Bazar. I met John out of the bus and asked him about his journey to Nepal and his experience in Nepal. He expressed deep concern about the issue of the environment, especially the growing plastic wastage in the urban area of Nepal. The plastic wastage was scattering around us when we were in gossip. I felt really it is a serious problem.  According to...