Frogs in milk

Never give up on your dream. Perseverance is of utmost importance in order to succeed in life. If you don't have the desire and the belief in yourself to keep trying even after you've been told to quit, you'll never make it.

This story has been told by many but the meaning eludes most till one starts thinking about it. I thought about it and it has given me the inspiration to go on and never give  up. 


It is the story of two frogs. One frog was fat and the other skinny. One day, while searching for food, they inadvertently jumped into a vat of milk. They couldn't get out, as the sides were too slippery, so they were just swimming around.

The fat frog said to the skinny frog, "Brother frog, there's no use paddling any longer. We're just going to drown, so we might as well give up." The skinny frog replied, "Hold on brother, keep paddling. Somebody will get us out." And they continued paddling for hours.

After a while, the fat frog said, "Brother frog, there's no use. I'm becoming very tired now. I'm just going to stop paddling and drown. It's Sunday and nobody's working. We're doomed. There's no possible way out of here." But the skinny frog said, "Keep trying. Keep paddling. Something will happen, keep paddling." Another couple of hours passed.

The fat frog said, "I can't go on any longer. There's no sense in doing it because we're going to drown anyway. What's the use?" And the fat frog stopped. He gave up. And he drowned in the milk. But the skinny frog kept on paddling.
Ten minutes later, the skinny frog felt something solid beneath his feet. He had churned the milk into butter and he hopped out of the vat.

Sri Raghaveshwara Bharathi Swamiji 

The photo given below is that of Swami Raghaveshwara Bharathi who had a similar ordeal when he started a cow shelter to preserve indigenous breeds of cows in Karnataka. Now he finds not only finds volunteers and recognition to help him with his work, but enjoys huge popularity among the locals. He has taken on some other projects like spreading awareness about illegal mining. 

Save And Protect Our Wildlife

Many native animals have to live in developed areas and this means they must navigate a landscape full of human hazards. One of the biggest obstacles to wildlife living in developed areas is that created by roads. Roads divide habitat and present a constant hazard to any animal attempting to cross from one side to the other. So when you're out driving through a forested patch, slow down and keep an eye out for wildlife.

Perhaps the greatest threat that faces many species is the widespread destruction of wildlife habitat. Deforestation, farming, over-grazing and development all result in irreversible changes soil compaction, erosion, desertification, and alteration of local climatic conditions. Such land use practices vastly alter or even eliminate wildlife habitat. In areas where rare species are present, habitat destruction can quickly force a species to extinction.

In the last few centuries new inventions have led to extinction of many animals- those that were present in the wild till a few years ago are now extinct. New inventions which require extensive search of new coal mines to fuel industries and vehicles that only create more pollution in the environment has caused many species to get wiped off the face of the earth. Sometimes human beings kill these animals for money; they sell their skin and fur. Take for example the wretched tale of tigers and lions. In India many tigers and lions are getting killed for their skin which is sold at extremely high prices to other countries. Unless better monitoring agencies and facilities are provided, protection of animals against poachers can take the longest to achieve.

Reducing pollution, creating new wildlife parks for animals and making stricter punishments for those involved in animal trade like life sentences for killing wild animals are some ways we can curb the large scale extinction going on during our lifetimes.  

1.    The steps to reduce habitat destruction and in some ways try to reverse the effects of human encroachments will be to shift to eco-friendly vehicles and industrial processes that would help to keep the environment pollution free. In areas where such measures have been implemented, the results are astounding. Tree frogs had become a rare sight along the Malabar hills; but their now common sightings reinforce the view that the survivals of many species are within our control.

2.    We should also have harsh laws for persons engaged in game or poaching/ smuggling of animals. Those who kill animals should get life imprisonment or heavy penalties so that people think twice before hunting animals for skin and fur.

3.    Limits on cutting trees in jungles have to be strictly adhered to, so that animals that live there can live freely and survive for longer time with regular reproductive and life cycles.

4.    New wildlife parks have to be established where critically endangered animals can be kept and studied. Once we learn their life cycle patterns- their feeding, their breeding, and offspring rearing habits, it would be easier to help maintain their populations and ensure species survival.

To conclude, the animals can be saved from extinction, but only if we take definite steps to prevent hunting and make sure that the environment becomes pollution free and enough area is reserved for parks for animals without human interference so that they can live freely and safely.

By protecting their habitat, entire communities of animals can be protected together and when communities are kept intact, less conservation intervention is required to ensure species survival. Parks, reserves, and other protected lands are too often the only habitats left untouched by habitat destruction.

Lifting the ban on tourism in core areas of India's tiger reserves and its impact on its inhabitants.

As many of you have already been reading the online articles regarding the ban on Tiger Tourism, I thought I would give a better explanation of what is happening.

Banning tourism in core areas of tiger reserves helps increase tiger population. Reduced human access should lead to more intact wildlife habitats. Well, that’s what activists like me say. However, if its tourism is banned Indian government tourism revenue will be affected. 

Wildlife Tourism started in India by middle of 1980s. There are 40 tiger reserves across the country, according to the National Tiger Conservation Authority of India. Tiger reserves are set up throughout India to provide a protected environment for animals still in the wild. Resorts and villages were set up for tourists, local as well as foreign, to see the tiger habitats and perhaps catch a glimpse of the big cat. 

Some states, such as Madhya Pradesh, with six tiger reserves, will be hit hard by the ban on tiger tourism. Following the ban, hundreds of tourists who were looking forward to staying in hotels within the forests will have to cancel their plans and book other rooms outside of the core areas. This way many hotels and resorts will be in great loss.

My point is why should tourism be permitted in core areas? Whatever statistics may say, the fact remains that the tiger population in the country has diminished,
if the ban remains in place, however, it is expected to have a significant impact on the livelihoods of communities in and around the reserves whose income depends on wildlife tourism.
Conservationists have argued that resorts and hotels have over-expanded in the reserves, encroaching on the tigers’ habitat and have largely excluded local people from most of the industry’s profits.

I worry that the large number of tourists visiting tiger reserves may be disturbing their habitats. India has 41 tiger reserves. The most visited among them Corbett, Kanha, Periyar, Ranthambore and Bandhavgarh—attract 150,000-200,000 visitors each every year. A tiger task force constituted in 2005 to review the management of tiger reserves had recommended that “tourism activities should not be allowed in the core of the national parks and the tiger reserves,” and that wildlife tourism need to be regulated. Tourism in tiger reserves needs to be extremely well managed to ensure that the direct impact on the habitats due to tourism is mitigated. The chain of command as well as the management of tourism in tiger reserves has suffered from multiple governing institutions as well as confusion in policy and regulations so far,” the task force said in its report, adding, “Tourism can lead to further stress on the tiger’s habitat.”

This Is the Reason -To Stop Tourism in Core Areas of Tiger Reserves

How will you feel if all of a sudden a group of people barge into your house and start looking at what you are doing? To add to this unpleasant situation, they start talking in loud decibels and throw things here and there and after some time they leave. If this continues for a few days won’t you feel irritated? This is what is happening to the wild animals and it’s leading to a change in their psychology, behaviour and their habitats are getting destroyed. Just like a disturbed human being the animals who are disturbed spend very little time for their normal activities and they are on the constant run to avoid being spotted by the tourists. This may lead to several problems like their migration to less favourable feeding grounds, hampering their mating cycle and improper care of the young ones by the scared mothers. This can further lead to dire results for the entire population of the species. To make the matters worse, the tourists are very interested in watching the behaviour of the mother around her young ones. The other dangers can be due to increased dependencies of some animals on the tourists for their food.

Banning tourism in India’s tiger reserves will prevent tigers from becoming extinct.

However, so far, the tourist industry and international conservation groups have failed to provide any solutions of their own that have led to any measurable successes. In the past ten years, despite donations to tiger conservation projects totalling over $41-million and the hundreds of millions of dollars earned in tourist revenue, India’s tiger population has more than halved and their numbers continue to decline at an alarming rate.

Ultimately, however, like the mountain gorilla, the future of the tiger almost certainly lies in the tourist dollar. But for conservation to be effective it will need government commitment and a willingness to support the only people that can make a real difference – the thousands-strong army of conservationists-in-waiting living around all of India’s tiger reserves, willing to make a difference. Ultimately, it is they – the villagers and communities – who can save the  tiger, if only they were given the chance.

 Some of our indiscretions can have disastrous results. The pictures of Dandeli- Anshi Tiger Reserve road kills are of graphic nature. Hence, viewer discretion is advised.

Be respectful when you go to a wildlife sanctuary. Many tourists demand to be let into core areas that are the only refuge of animals. Don’t bring music, plastic and cigarettes. Even now wildlife parks tie goats so that tourists can see tigers killing them.

Tourist money supports trades that profit from animal suffering. Why don’t you enjoy nature and the culture of the places you visit without taking part in activities that harm animals? 

  

 The way the safaris were run there was no peace and quiet for the animals. There was constant noise and human activity. We should let animals live in peace. Tourists also cause many problems for the local environment; wildlife parks are filled with litter from overuse. Tourists also use cars or coaches to travel to these locations and within the area. This increases the amount of pollution in the air. Animals get more street by human presents is a fact.

The main impact that humans have on animals when it comes to interfering is changing their habitat. That can happens in many of ways, one is to make the environment friendlier to humans like putting in walking or driving roads. This is bad, because if many humans walk on the road the animals will move away to be left alone, then the new road have to be made to get to then animals.

The problem when not biding walking tracks is that the tourist will walk to the animals the way they can, so it can be the fast or the one that everyone else walks. It will still be a big impact ether way, because if people walk their oven way more of the habitat will be affected. But with walking tracks normal paths for the animals can be cut off. The effect that new drive roads can have is that people can get to the animals easier. That will give higher speed on the cars and buses, more road kills and more contamination of gases from the cars.

 It will also give a higher pressure on the location that it can handle more people, like car parks and trash caring. The biggest problem when people are coming in to the animal’s habitat is that they want to go beyond the barriers. So the fact, that in national parks the guides are not well paid, so they will break the law of the park if the visitor bribes them with money. This often happens so the tourist can go closer to the animals and that disturbs the animals more. The way to stop this is to pay the guides more and educate them so they know why it is bad for the animals. Even draw the parallel to that if the animals get disturb too much they might move away and the guide can loss their small income.

The tiger is dying because of two centuries of crime, greed, political apathy and corruption. Tigers face their greatest ever risk of extermination at the time of the weakest ever commitment to their survival. The decision to end tiger tourism was evidence of calamitous failure. 

 GOOD KARMA

 It’s True The Rule Of Treating Others As You Would Want To Be Treated In Their Place Will Ultimately Lead To Your Own Happiness.


Learn the rules of good karma so you know that no one gets harm .When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it"apologize"when needed, do not injure relationship with disputes ,disputes are part of life ! What goes around comes around' is a reminder that good deeds do indeed bring good Karma into your life. 

Take an example of a Sparrows nest :
sparrows never stray far from their own place of birth, and spend their entire lives in the same location both male and female help each other to raise there young .sparrows nests are always noisy .
.Every single day and night we are seeking, searching, looking for ways to understand and to cope with life and with death.

Spend some time alone every day.when you spend time alone you will understand what life is all about with out any one around always Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.learn the good and give up the bad .silence is the best answer then the anger .how long do we live on the earth .we live in a rented house and when god asks us to vacate we have to leave earth Live a good, honorable life. when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time. the  foundation for your life is always give never expect to take never fight with your loved ones .arguments with your loved ones, . Don’t bring up the past.just share knowledge allow others to speak Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.understand what made you success and what have you given up to in order to get it .If you want others to be happy, practice compassion.If you want to be happy, practice compassion. Respect for self, Respect for others

Actions have consequences. The universe responds to you, sooner or later, according to the quality of your actions. Action (unenlightened) gives rise to impressions, which give rise to desire (and aversion), which cause action, a cycle involving rebirth, reincarnation (6.40-45) Bhagavad Gita

Just Say a prayer,Be a child,Don’t control others,Stop criticism,Be helpful ....

Practice compassion."Om mani padme hum is the most important mantra in Buddhism. It is the six syllable mantra of the Bodhisattva of compassion"

Adopt a stray

I am  proud of  my Misha who helped a few stray pups get new homes 2 days ago. She had found them on the street and  bottle-fed them for a month  before they got adopted by their new families. Precious Paws, an organisation for strays, arranged for the adoption camp in a college in Bangalore where many such strays were also adopted by animal lovers. 

Adopting a stray can grant the gift of life not only to the pet but also their human owners. Research indicates that having pets at home helps relieve stress and regulates blood pressure better in humans. Then why not live a life of compassion and get a companion from among the speak-less ones. You will be blessed by the almighty and win yourself a friend for life- (remember the story of Androcles and the lion...) Almost all animals respond with unconditional love to a gesture of love or kindness.

Many dogs are  homeless, but only a few dog lovers in the country come forward  to  adopt stray dogs. The strays are born into this world through no fault of their own. So why put them through the tribulations that this unkind world has to offer them? I'm trying to educate others in my city to adopt and provide a loving home to some of these beautiful creatures. 

Strays are not always born on the streets. Many people just abandon their pets when they become slightly older. Reasons used to justify such behaviour are that they are no longer the size they once were as puppies/kittens, are eating more than they had hoped, or have become old enough to fend for themselves on the street. These animals are not habituated to 'fending' for themselves. Confused and terrified, and driven to starvation, they feed on refuse left by us picking up germs that weaken their otherwise strong immune systems. Some even get hurt in territorial fights during the heat cycle. 

Stray dogs aren't a nuisance or threat, they are our friends. We disregard them, sometimes, to uphold our social status, since they come from the streets and are not Cocker Spaniels, Poodles or German Shepherds. But, why does one think that there is no dignity in caring for mongrels or strays? We can make a pet out of a street dog, and the most compelling reason should be - compassion  for the canine. We can feed many street dogs for the thousands we spend on buying pedigree dogs, when there are so many dogs out on the streets waiting to be loved and cared for. Strays not only make loyal and lovable companions, they are excellent watch dogs. 

My Friend, Debbie, is a dog lover and a volunteer for People For Animals, one of India’s largest animal welfare organizations. She adopted a couple of strays a few years ago and says that they provide hours of fun and love for her and family members. She feeds Pedigree, an expensive brand of dog food, and provides medical attention to other stray dogs as well.

The concept of stray dog adoption isn't a novel one. There are many organisations like Let's Live Together, Precious Paws, and Voice of Stray Dogs, that arrange regular adoption camps bringing together many animal lovers to adopt strays from them.  I dislike the idea of buying a breed dog . There are so many dogs out on the streets without homes, that get hit by vehicles or die without food and shelter . 

Being a dog lover, myself, I adopted 3 strays last year. Stray dogs are more adapted to the Indian climate and have strong  immunity against diseases. Give them a home- a small space, love and care and they will return the love manifold and protect you from burglars or intruders. Some of these strays are so clever that they can even call out for help if they feel that their masters are in some kind of trouble. Stories of how dogs are willing to give up their lives to drag out their owners from a house on fire or one that has been damaged by natural disasters are not only inspirational but also help change the mindset of people still refraining from adopting pets. In my opinion, for a compassionate dog lover, the breed doesn’t matter, they just love dogs who love them back.

Ramya, a friend of mine who runs pet store and works with an NGO, promotes the adoption camps and helps find homes for stray dogs from among her clients. She helps rescue abandoned dogs and finds them permanent homes. Leena, another dog lover and rescuer from Bangalore, says that she is willing to provide nurturing environment to very young pups until they become happy, healthy, vaccinated and dewormed. After that it becomes necessary to find them loving homes so that more pups can be brought home to be readied for adoption.

My motto and the message I would like to share with others is that - Love a speak-less one, adopt stray dog today and help save a life.