Comments on: Karpagam and Sriram

By: Viswanathan

Viswanathan — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 05:46:06 +0000

Hi!!Sriram & Karpagam. I guess it’s now almost 8 months that u r there at PR. How r u both doing? Do believe u r enjoying every bit of it. My best wishes to both of u. Take care

By: pointR

pointR — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:18:20 +0000

hello osai chella…
it was my personal statement. i had been working alone since 2006. i had hoped that someday people would come and join me to further the work. then suddenly, unexpectedly and most pleasantly karpagam and sriram extended their helping hands. this article celebrates this development. it is meant to underline my belief that when you sincerely undertake something worthwhile you will receive all the assistance you need.
-dv

By: Osai Chella

Osai Chella — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:59:40 +0000

Your heading of the article says “Karpagam and Sriram” and then you talked so many things but nothing about THEM ! May i know what is it this esssy wants to convey to a new reader, me?

anbudan
osai chella
Blogger and Writer

By: Naveen Das

Naveen Das — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 18:03:26 +0000

Dear Sriram and Karpagam,
When Vinay told me about you and your experiment, I had no idea what I was about to witness. Let me tell you when I saw you I was awed at the ease with which you guys have transformed your thought process, your very being, and it has put me in a serious rethinking on the very essence of whatever we are desperately trying to achieve in the world outside!
May you succeed in your point of return! And, hoping to see you again soon,
Naveen

By: karpagam and sriram

karpagam and sriram — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 13:56:23 +0000

dear Dr Swatantra,
we thank you for the great gift of fruits. we will meet you on your next trip.
wrt the replacement of jaggery with banana peels, it is certainly an acceptable option for making manure. in fact over-ripe bananas are commonly recommended for making amrut pani/jeevamrit and other organic concoctions.
we have a regular supply of fermented jaggery (gone unusable due to moisture ingress) from a source in chennai and that takes care of all our needs.

we concur with DV on the toilets. instead of moving the toilets around, we move the composted humanure around to where we require.

regards,
sriram

By: pointR

pointR — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:10:53 +0000

dear swatantra…
i enjoyed meeting shyamala, yourself and the two young men. i appreciate your interest and thank you for your warm words- and the huge gift of fruits.
when i mentioned the gandhi designed toilet – which is a hole that is left alone after full, and then planted- i neglected to tell you that he used to leave it alone for months. pointReturn’s approach factors in other considerations: 1- separation of urine and faeces, 2- ease of use for everyone in all weather, 3- total avoidance of any leaching, 4- and recovery of compost for managed use. the last feature gives us the freedom to use the compost where we want. we need to plant trees over 15 acres and can’t be moving our toilet hole everywhere. thanks for your thoughts though.
karpagam and sriram are the foodies and am sure will answer your question on fructose from banana peels. yes, you missed meeting an interesting couple. the lemon you gave has been planted as a whole as you suggested.
dv

By: Dr Swatantra

Dr Swatantra — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:41:58 +0000

Hi Sriram and Karpagam,

I am a retired pediatrician, and my friend Shyamala is a retd GP..we visited pR 2 days ago…yes..we went all the way….missed you both….will come again…my scientific mind tells me banana peels can make good manure..of course you will need animal/human excreta too..but instead of jaggery, banana peels with fructose sticking to the inner surface…could do the work of jaggery…which is sucrose…i would like to know your thoughts…secondly…..the shifting toilet where a team of three ppl could use a toilet for say a week, the toilet is nothing but a pit dug in the ground and after each usage we put a small spadeful of mud and dry leaves…put some crushed banana peels and leave it for 45 days….then plant a tree

let me know your and DVs views

By: Preeti Patil

Preeti Patil — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 03:46:55 +0000

Hi Sriram and Karpagam and DV

You are truly inspiring, for may of us who wish to take this step and don’t have the courage to do so, citing various reasons.

A thankful prayer to god, for you both found each other. Most of the times the couple do not share these passions, and You are blessed to have found each other to live your dream.

Sriram, it will be wonderful if I can come and spend some time there with you. Let me plan this with you.

The Amrut Mitti has been briefly documented here” Amrut Mitti in six steps”.

http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B_dgmMwooSjeNjA0YTAwNWUtMjA5OC00MDBhLTk2NjMtM2JmYmI2YjdmNjA0&hl=en&pli=1

Dear DV ( what is your name? ) Wish to meet you soon. I can well appreciate your your thoughts and happiness on having these two angels around. do read our blog at http://www.urbanleavesofindia.blogspot.com . U will know why.

Warm Regards
Hope to meet you soon
Preeti
urbanleaves@gmail.com

By: Carolyn Robbins

Carolyn Robbins — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 15:51:16 +0000

It is so warm in my heart to hear the stories of you both, Sriram and Karpagam, infusing your dreams and passion at point return. I have been following DV’s progress sometime now, from his first hauling of soil and his first sketch of a farm. I have prayed for him to find the right partners. You have brought the star of hope to his dreams. Congratulations for finding such a man of discovery and commitment. Never forget you are admired from those far away, that read your posts and news and generous ideas!

For me personally, I would love to read a journal of arts that you entertain, living there. The design from an engineering perspective of course is an art, but the other arts like weaving the grasses into a mat, or boiling local plants to find color for dying cloth, are interesting too. Perhaps you use local materials to sculpt an instrument of some kind reed. With all your hard work, what pleasures come with the quiet times, when the sun fades and tasks are completed for the day? What beauty are you building into pr? I would be so interested to learn from you, how you balance the work and play.

Thank you for all your hard work and being an inspiration for all of us!

By: Shalini

Shalini — Mon, 10 May 2010 01:01:03 +0000

Truly inspiring, Sriram… I’m really very curious now…