religion and folklore. Indian epics are strongly based on episodes in
forests, portrayed wildlife as holy creatures. Saints led their whole
life in huts called ashrams made of wood and leaves. men worshipped
trees and their sages meditated under them. Ayurvedic medicine - developed
through centuries of knowledge on the medicinal effects of plants - depends
on forest trees and herbs to find cure for ailments. Ancient scholars
educated and trained their younger generation at their home situated inside forests, on the basis of which Rabindranath Tagore -India s renowned poet and Nobel prize winer - founded the open air university at Shantiniketan in more recent times.
Even with such close cultural ties with forests, it is unfortunate that
our forest cover has been dwindling at a fast rate of 1.3 million
hectares per year. The recorded forest area of the country is 75.18 million
hectares...
"DO NOT THROW PAPER TO FIRE"
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