amazon-rainforest-and-greenhouse-effect

I saw a program recently, which highlighted that the amazon rainforests in brazil were cleared to grow soyabeans, which then served as food for the chicken grown in europe.

Surprisingly, to me, the program was projected as if the people of the area were committing a great crime by clearing the rainforest.

Now, I am all for green, but lets analyse the situation here a bit closely. What the rain forest basically does, is, that it soaks up all the hazardous materials which are produced by people around the world.

I think we all agree that we need land to grow. TO make homes, offices, and other things. Its one thing which always stays - the real estate.

so, what we are basically saying is that - leave the forests as it is, do not cut them. Let them nullify the hazardous materials, which rest of the world produces. But, what about the country which has the rain forest. It, really sounds like charity to me.

I think, the country would probably be right in proposing a green house tax i.e. based upon the amount of hazardous material produced by a country and proximity to the specific rain forest, impose a tax. Isnt it justified ?

literacy levels

As always, I am happy to report anything good about India, which is so rarely reported :). Below, you will find the literacy levels graph in case of males and females. You will notice that the female graph is fast catching up with the male graph.


In the below graph, you will see the rural urban trend. Again, note that the rural line is fast catching up with the urban graph. This is very good news.



The critics would argue the parameters of judging a person as literate or illiterate. I agree that the parameters are pretty basic, but the upward trend in graph is for all to see.