Comments for pointReturn http://goodnewsindia.com/pR ..the point is to return Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:26:18 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Falling in love with swales by Chandra http://goodnewsindia.com/pR/2009/12/swales/#comment-224 Chandra Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:26:18 +0000 http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/?p=101#comment-224 Dear DV, Can you give an indication of how much time with the back hoe did you need per 100 feet of the swale digging? Thanks. Dear DV,

Can you give an indication of how much time with the back hoe did you need per 100 feet of the swale digging?
Thanks.

]]> Comment on Why do I trust and admire Anna Hazare? by dv http://goodnewsindia.com/pR/2011/08/why-do-i-trust-and-admire-anna-hazare/#comment-221 dv Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:43:59 +0000 http://goodnewsindia.com/pR/?p=1285#comment-221 i have my views on guha as 'a great writer' and why he may have written as you say he did. i have not read it though as, of late, i have stopped reading him because of his predictable views. in my article i have tried to view the anna campaign in a different light: i see it as a counter to the development economics of MMS, which condones environmental degradation, income inequality, wasteful consumption and indeed, corruption itself as collateral costs of growth. in anna's village level development on the other hand, these costs have no place. i have my views on guha as ‘a great writer’ and why he may have written as you say he did. i have not read it though as, of late, i have stopped reading him because of his predictable views.
in my article i have tried to view the anna campaign in a different light: i see it as a counter to the development economics of MMS, which condones environmental degradation, income inequality, wasteful consumption and indeed, corruption itself as collateral costs of growth. in anna’s village level development on the other hand, these costs have no place.

]]> Comment on Why do I trust and admire Anna Hazare? by Venkat http://goodnewsindia.com/pR/2011/08/why-do-i-trust-and-admire-anna-hazare/#comment-220 Venkat Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:14:16 +0000 http://goodnewsindia.com/pR/?p=1285#comment-220 One question: why are so many folks so vitriolically anti-Hazare? I read an article the other day where one Ramachandra Guha (said to be a great writer) spent special effort in an article on the inefficacy of Manmohan Singh to attack Hazare. Why is there such a class of people who hate him so? One question: why are so many folks so vitriolically anti-Hazare? I read an article the other day where one Ramachandra Guha (said to be a great writer) spent special effort in an article on the inefficacy of Manmohan Singh to attack Hazare. Why is there such a class of people who hate him so?

]]> Comment on The road runs its course by gskishore http://goodnewsindia.com/pR/2007/05/the-road-runs-its-course/#comment-32 gskishore Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:22:51 +0000 http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/the-road-runs-its-course/#comment-32 Dear DV, I wondered how the road is doing now after nearly 4 years? Did you use any vetiver to maintain the road edges? Any plans for surfacing it? Dear DV, I wondered how the road is doing now after nearly 4 years? Did you use any vetiver to maintain the road edges? Any plans for surfacing it?

]]> Comment on Beginning to grow by v.r.janardhanam http://goodnewsindia.com/pR/2010/07/beginning-to-grow/#comment-100 v.r.janardhanam Tue, 18 Jan 2011 08:25:19 +0000 http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/?p=103#comment-100 Dear DV, You continue to amaze me. You are in the same mold as Robinson Crusoe and the hero in the film "Cast Away". It is a pity I am not able to make a trip to pR. Hope I do it in 2011. This is to wish you all the best in 2011 and may your family (of 40) find happiness in pR.God Bless you sarath Dear DV,

You continue to amaze me. You are in the same mold as Robinson Crusoe and the hero in the film “Cast Away”. It is a pity I am not able to make a trip to pR. Hope I do it in 2011. This is to wish you all the best in 2011 and may your family (of 40) find happiness in pR.God Bless you sarath

]]> Comment on Out of ’10 and into ’11 by kedar_til http://goodnewsindia.com/pR/2011/01/out-of-10-and-into-11/#comment-105 kedar_til Tue, 18 Jan 2011 05:45:57 +0000 http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/?p=105#comment-105 Dear DV, Great work done in 2011...congratulations to the whole team. Best wishes for 2011 and ahead... Did not go thru all updates so don't know...you might have given a thought to silkworm and honeybee keeping.. Regards Kedar Dear DV,

Great work done in 2011…congratulations to the whole team. Best wishes for 2011 and ahead…

Did not go thru all updates so don’t know…you might have given a thought to silkworm and honeybee keeping..

Regards
Kedar

]]> Comment on Out of ’10 and into ’11 by carolyn robbins http://goodnewsindia.com/pR/2011/01/out-of-10-and-into-11/#comment-104 carolyn robbins Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:29:17 +0000 http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/?p=105#comment-104 Ah, but DV perhaps Inari has visited your village. I believe Inari is similar or the same entity as the Buddhist guardian deity 'Dakini' who is often made reference to through statues at the Zen Temples. I remember often the meditations in The Green Gulch Zen Center, where I attended years ago, had the fox figures displayed at the entrances. The Inari or Dakini deity, has been drawn in the history books riding a fox. Farming families revere the fox, considered a kind of good luck animal. Inari Shrines marking sacred sites are quite common aren't they? Often there are two foxes on either side of a red gate as protection from all evil? Your visit by the fox, certainly is a good sign that all will be well for you in the new year. Wouldn't a pair of red gates be wonderful......or am I getting too artsy for you? I loved reading your article as always and wish you prosperity and abundance this new year. Ah, but DV perhaps Inari has visited your village. I believe Inari is similar or the same entity as the Buddhist guardian deity ‘Dakini’ who is often made reference to through statues at the Zen Temples. I remember often the meditations in The Green Gulch Zen Center, where I attended years ago, had the fox figures displayed at the entrances. The Inari or Dakini deity, has been drawn in the history books riding a fox. Farming families revere the fox, considered a kind of good luck animal. Inari Shrines marking sacred sites are quite common aren’t they? Often there are two foxes on either side of a red gate as protection from all evil? Your visit by the fox, certainly is a good sign that all will be well for you in the new year. Wouldn’t a pair of red gates be wonderful……or am I getting too artsy for you? I loved reading your article as always and wish you prosperity and abundance this new year.

]]> Comment on Inside pointReturn by Preeti Singh http://goodnewsindia.com/pR/2010/07/inside-pointreturn/#comment-188 Preeti Singh Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:46:45 +0000 http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/?p=387#comment-188 Hello All! I am quite fascinated by what you are trying to achieve. Ashwin Ramaswamy forwarded your link to an IIMB group - thats wehere I picked it up. You might be interested in this reclamation through permaculture principles - also fascinating (near Hyderabad). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O38rwc7-puc Good luck and best wishes!!! Hello All! I am quite fascinated by what you are trying to achieve. Ashwin Ramaswamy forwarded your link to an IIMB group – thats wehere I picked it up.

You might be interested in this reclamation through permaculture principles – also fascinating (near Hyderabad).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O38rwc7-puc

Good luck and best wishes!!!

]]> Comment on The Humanure Handbook by Debashis Ray http://goodnewsindia.com/pR/2010/07/the-humanure-handbook/#comment-184 Debashis Ray Fri, 24 Dec 2010 06:37:22 +0000 http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/?p=379#comment-184 Well China was not the only place that had a traditional use for human excrement. In Goa many traditional country houses had a toilet with a large horizontal opening. The excrement would pass out to a pig sty, where domestic pigs would clean up the muck almost as soon as discharged. No septic tanks to maintain, no labor of composting, and free food for the pigs which could later be slaughtered for meat, thus completing the cycle. If one's not apalled, and hygiene is not critical, this system of excrement disposal was hard to beat! If you find this hard to believe, just do a google search on 'pig toilet' and see for yourself. Well China was not the only place that had a traditional use for human excrement. In Goa many traditional country houses had a toilet with a large horizontal opening. The excrement would pass out to a pig sty, where domestic pigs would clean up the muck almost as soon as discharged. No septic tanks to maintain, no labor of composting, and free food for the pigs which could later be slaughtered for meat, thus completing the cycle. If one’s not apalled, and hygiene is not critical, this system of excrement disposal was hard to beat!
If you find this hard to believe, just do a google search on ‘pig toilet’ and see for yourself.

]]> Comment on Yanmar VIO20 , a mini excavator by Cassiny http://goodnewsindia.com/pR/2009/09/yanmar-vio20-a-mini-excavator/#comment-119 Cassiny Fri, 03 Dec 2010 14:43:16 +0000 http://goodnewsindia.com/pointreturn/online/home/?p=289#comment-119 I agree with Stewart. It takes a village to raise a child and your little village definitely shows a society that welcomes new ideas regardless of age. Kudos to Annamalai and Chellamma. You should have made a youtube video featuring them and tagged it as a video response to the 8-year-old kid. I agree with Stewart. It takes a village to raise a child and your little village definitely shows a society that welcomes new ideas regardless of age. Kudos to Annamalai and Chellamma. You should have made a youtube video featuring them and tagged it as a video response to the 8-year-old kid.

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