We will have more to say about cars in India. Michael made brief mention here, but the environmental questions of an emerging middle class in countries as populous as India, most of whom see cars as a definition of progress and success (thank you Mr. Ford and Engine Charlie!), are blog-cloggingly numerous. So we will tread only occasionally into this terrain. And when we do say more, we will focus primarily on one form of treachery: the horn and its contribution to noise pollution. Reading Mr. Egan’s account of a unusual moment of mass inspiration in an erstwhile car-struck city reminds us of our need to elaborate on our own plans for inspiring tranquility in the land of please-honk…
Author: Organikos
PaperTrail
Guest Author: Diwia Thomas
Two years ago, during the economic crisis that swept over world economies, I encountered many women, in my very own social circles, who found it difficult to keep the home fires burning. Their stories were all different- husband’s who lost their jobs, businesses that had to be shut down due to non-viability, sudden disease that struck the sole breadwinner of the family, etc. Whatever the story, the effect was the same. I felt a strong urge to help them out.
Collecting newspaper from my kith and kin, I taught these women the basics of making a newspaper bag, found customers to buy them and PaperTrail was blazing its own trail.
Park Punditry
Canyon de Chelly; photo by Timothy Egan
Michael’s post dealing with the intersection of man and nature is crossing paths with a bit of wise observation from one of the great observers and writers plying the American West these days.
