Saving India's Coast

This entry is dedicated to my friend Manas, whom I greatly admire. He started a Facebook page to save India's coastline. We had met through another Facebook site for singer Joi Barua (awesome guy, awesome music...more about that later).  When Manas started his Facebook page I was one of the first to join. I figured even if I am not in India I can try to help save its coast, after all it is a beautiful country.

I love the beach and I think we all need to do our part to save the coasts in any country. (India just happens to be one of my favorites). So what can we do to save the coasts? Let's think about this for a minute, it's common sense really, I personally like to sum it up in one word...education. The more we educate ourselves and learn from our mistakes the better the world will be.
There are many beautiful coastal towns in India, Goa, Gujarat, Maharahstra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal.

An article I found online stated:
Economic growth is pushing the original protectors of India’s long coastline out of their homes and livelihoods. The waste generated by this takeover flows into our seas, endangering the ecology and health of millions. Infochange begins a new series on coastal nightmares, examining the extent of the damage and how coastal communities can respond.

http://infochangeindia.org/Environment/Coastal-Nightmares/Coastal-cities-need-to-clean-up-their-act.html

The picture above is Pondicherry, where my thambi Kannan is from. It is a Union Territory of India. It is a former French colony, consisting of four non-contiguous enclaves, or districts, and named for the largest, Pondicherry.

Manas I would like to personally thank you for giving me the idea of starting this blog!

You know, the more I learn about India the more I love it and I will help my friend Manas in anyway I can, even if I am thousands of miles away from India and its beautiful coast. Visit the Save India Coast Facebook page and learn something new.

saveindiascoast@groups.facebook.com

Love the new logo Manas!