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Animal Crusaders • Commemorative Issue • October 2010Lord- an inspirationLording it allA true testament to the resilienceof the human spirit lies in the taleof Debabrata Sarkar, aka Lord.Lord lost his father Bibek BrataSarkar, the first supervisor of theCompassionate Crusaders’ Centrefor Animal Welfare (TollygungeClinic), at the tender age of 9,when he was studying in class III.However, this sudden shock in theyoungster’s formative years didnot take away his desire to do wellin studies. This year, Lord provedhis mettle by passing the HigherSecondary examination of theWest Bengal Board from RaharaRamkrishna Mission Boys’ HomeSchool and since joined B.Comcourse of the Calcutta University.Lord’s mother, Gitasree Sarkar, hasbeen working as a supervisor inour Tollygunge Clinic,which wasbuilt almost single handedly byher husband on the erstwhile OldRussa Road Pump Room giftedby Calcutta MunicipalCorporation. Kudos to the effortsof this tenacious individual!Compassionate Law-enforcers- Phulbagan Police Station, Kolkata Police63
Animal Crusaders • Commemorative Issue • October 2010Eco-LogicalThe threatenedcountryside:the agrochemicalextremismDuring one of my village trips, Iwas among a group of villagers,talking with them. I was unhappyto find the children mostlyunhealthy and asked the elderswhy it was so. ‘Why will not thatbe’, bang came the reply from anelderly man. ‘All the paddy fields’,he said, used to grow copiousamount of tasty small fish, whichwas the protein support for mostof the villagers, particularly thesmall children. ‘Because of the useof pesticides, there is no fishgrowing in our paddy fields anymore. This was one of the bestnarratives I have come across inmy life which carries with itself aphenomenal amount of scientificinformation and direction to act.Ask any aged villager, she will tellyou that many bird species arelost, tree species are not beingfound or frogs are absent. Frogsused to consume 20% of theinsects in the paddy fields. Thepoint, however, is that villagersknow it and they apply thesame pesticides as well.Understandably, they have beencaught in a trap where they areperforce to use more and morechemical fertilisers and pesticidesto break even. Although biofertilisersare available, farmersare not showing keenness togradually switch over to a lowerchemical fertiliser-pesticideregime. Unless the matter isaddressed on a war footing, ourcountryside will be irreversiblylost to lifeless landscapes.~ Dr. Dhrubajyoti GhoshFor a successful technology,reality must take precedenceover public relations,for <strong>Nature</strong> cannot be fooledRichard Feynman64
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