tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post3770622575336087168..comments2023-10-24T20:47:13.885+05:30Comments on The Spaniard In The Works: Two Minutes Older: The Dying TreeSpace Barhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-8824211256504647922010-10-19T01:39:42.549+05:302010-10-19T01:39:42.549+05:30A pleasure to read such a piece. Does justice to t...A pleasure to read such a piece. Does justice to the BBT. There is hope still for it to live on a few more years at least. But it is a shame to see it today. Beautifully written.Rohinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09837890247337199086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-77258293982262886742010-07-25T16:23:02.173+05:302010-07-25T16:23:02.173+05:30Banno: I don't remember that! Must have been b...Banno: I don't remember that! Must have been before I joined. <br /><br />Dipali: Well, as I said, there are prop roots that survived. I hope they do well in time.<br /><br />km: That is a dilemma, isn't it? Since (in most cases) human beings are the cause of so much destruction, I suppose we ought to try to rescue things. And figure how not to damage things in the first place.<br /><br />kbpm: the Dipali/you/me thing is quite a coincidence, no? (of course I send my columns off a week to ten days in advance, so in effect...)Space Barhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08251329008160756254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-65956843451545240452010-07-25T13:58:12.210+05:302010-07-25T13:58:12.210+05:30not that different from us, are the banyans... won...not that different from us, are the banyans... wonderful read, sad to hear.<br />i wrote mine before i read yours, so dont call me kavya :(Preeti Aghalayam aka kbpmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11829919187093167561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-39212991337113879232010-07-24T20:15:40.372+05:302010-07-24T20:15:40.372+05:30Another enjoyable column. My first reaction on rea...Another enjoyable column. My first reaction on reading this: "so banyan trees <i>die</i>?". <br /><br /><i>Some friends have been trying to find ways to conserve the main trunk. I’m not sure if it’s an effort worth making.</i><br /><br />I sometimes think about this point in the larger context of conservation movements. Yes, the tiger/bluefin tuna/coral reefs must be saved, but really, just who are we kidding?kmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16040339235134145847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-71590069028165994332010-07-24T13:20:05.465+05:302010-07-24T13:20:05.465+05:30Oh, I'm so sorry- I'd seen that beautiful ...Oh, I'm so sorry- I'd seen that beautiful banyan on my single visit to Rishi Valley. I guess trees are far more sensitive than they are commonly thought to be.<br />As for 'my' tree, I was waiting for my son to photograph it with his camera, which has done more justice to it than mine possibly could have.dipalihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01070862196307376073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28464200.post-3549859712819358732010-07-24T11:01:01.814+05:302010-07-24T11:01:01.814+05:30Beautiful. I remember when we were at FTII, and go...Beautiful. I remember when we were at FTII, and got all worked up about the wisdom tree. Ranasaheb told us that some people had come to check it, and said that because all of us sat around it so much, its ecological balance was disturbed, and pests were eating it. We tried for a while to keep people away, but it didn't work of course. And the tree still seems fine. I hope the banyan tree spreads far.Bannohttp://batulm.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com