Progressive Souls

It's hard to describe the feeling of approaching a desert to someone who has never seen one before. You can describe what you see; a fertile landscape, a greenish of land and a slow appearance of trees and shrubs and signs of life. Before, all of a sudden, the dunes with green oasis appear. A sea of golden greenish mix waves that appears to have no beginning and no end cut by road. You can show pictures and write words but portraying that feeling is harder. Perhaps it's one of those things, like seeing the ocean for the first time that you need to experience for yourself. I've approached to visit many countries but never knew that Tharparkar in my own country would all be turned powerful and desolate and imposing. Yet still, the Tharparkar felt different. Perhaps it was the knowledge and tales from our decenters about the Marvi and Mithi who call the Tharparkar home of MITHAAS and respect. The closer it got ...

Jadav Payeng, an Indian living at the banks of Brahmaputra River is one of the world’s most phenomenal human beings. Undoubtedly, he is the living embodiment of a philosophy, which says that one man can make a difference. The forest man of India has planted 1360 acres of forest all by himself. For 35 years, continuously, every day, he planted a tree in the barren part of the island. As the story goes, he found few dead snakes on the shore that had perished in the sun, so he decided to act, and turned the desolated land into an oasis. Payeng’s life is a remarkable example of micro-winning and its effectiveness. Radicalism in the religious and social approach is discouraged all around the world. Nevertheless, human beings often negate the philosophy, when it is a matter of achieving personal goals and self-improvement. Everyone looks for radical changes, immediate solutions and results as if they are making an instant noodle. Mostly, the outcome of all these efforts is disappo...