Ancient India's land ethic—reflected in Kautilya’s Arthashastra—balanced military, economic, and religious priorities to preserve vast elephant habitats, a legacy lost in China’s agrarian surge.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
Some of the fasts and protests by activists had positive results too. We must remember Prof G D Agrawal whose fast to stop dam projects in the Gangotri region led to PM Manmohan Singh setting up an EGOM headed by Shri Pranab Mukherjee. This EGOM then decided to withdraw all planned projects in the upper Gangotri region , for which the nation should be ever grateful.
Some of the fasts and protests by activists had positive results too. We must remember Prof G D Agrawal whose fast to stop dam projects in the Gangotri region led to PM Manmohan Singh setting up an EGOM headed by Shri Pranab Mukherjee. This EGOM then decided to withdraw all planned projects in the upper Gangotri region , for which the nation should be ever grateful.