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Posted on January 24th, 2021 Ashley de Vos Stemming from the advice given by Arahat Mahinda to King Devanampiya Tissa (3 C.BCE), that all beings including the animals in the forest and the birds in the air have a right to live, tradition dictated that all precious resources, are always protected. The thick forest covered hills and mountains, referred to, by Ferguson (1815) as black, leach infested and full of animals”, were dedicated to the Gods or Devas, and as a royal decree ensured its continuous protection, very few went in to desecrate it. The central highlands...

Language, Landscape and Our World of Many Worlds 27/12/2020 A view of Svalbard from Earth orbit. Photo: Google Earth. “In our faith there is no heaven or hell,” spoke Mayalmit Lepcha in the Janata Parliament – an Indian people’s parliament which happened online this year, on account of COVID-19. Her network is spotty. She’s in the mountains. I listen hard and try to piece together what she’s saying. Mayalmit is from the Lepcha tribe in North Sikkim, and she is among the people on the ground fighting the Teesta dam project in her state. In the virtual parliament she expl...

The Coming of Spring in Kashmir Every year, spring started with expedite and hope since winter had exhausted existing stocks. The slogan Yus karih gongul, Sui karih krao (meaning “He who ploughs shall reap”) echoed everywhere in order to catch convince peasants to initiate agricultural tasks early with zeal and zest. On the eve of gongul (meaning “tilling land”), sweets, nuts and almonds were distributed among the children to build confidence among the ploughmen and convey the message to every household that Alan chhuh phal, Tah nendan chhuh danih (translated as “ There is fruit...