Tag: Chipko

On the World Environment Day, one of the most inspiring stories of environment protection. Story of one of those rare incidents in the world, when people sacrificed their lives for the sake of the environment. A story that happened more than hundred years ago before the famed 'Chipko Movement' of Uttarakhand led by legendary Sundarlal Bahuguna. This particular story is from area just bordering India's great Thar Desert in Rajasthan. This story is from close to Jodhpur, from a place made famous by that infamous episode of Bollywood actor Salman Khan and others hunting a black buck and then finding themselves under the wrong side of law. A place where sights like this are common and so pleasing- This is story of Khejadi Kalan, a village 25 kms from Jodhpur on the Sardarsamand road ...