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JaNuarY - MarCh 2017 VOl. 14 No. 1
FASCINATING FORESTS

Plants, trees,
birds, animals and
what not! india is one of the ten most forest-rich to check this reckless felling of trees,
Come, look at all countries in the world. Our forests movements like Chipko movement
the wondrous make up about 23 % of india’s land. have been a success. so let us all
things the forests india has rich and diverse forests pledge to take care of forests today.
have got!
ranging from tropical evergreen, dry Save forests... Save Water...
scrub to temperate forests.
Save Ourselves
according to the agni Purana, rules Prithika Pradeep, III, Global Indian International
Dear Green Friends, were mentioned to protect forests School, Pune and Ishita Saraf, VII -F, Delhi Public
Did you know that forests occupy as they are life givers. according to School, Raipur
almost one-third of the Earth’s lord buddha, a man must plant tree
space? Forests are one of the most saplings every five years. During the HARIT SANKALP!!
diverse ecosystems in the world Mauryan period, there was a separate Forests make India beautiful and help to
and home to many of the world’s ministry for forests. it continued bring rain,
unique flora and fauna. during the gupta period. in the
Medieval period, during foreign They dissolve our
Forests have been a significant invasions, the rulers took refuge in drought, tears and
part of India’s natural diversity forests. During the british rule, the pain.
Illustration by: Devesh
and history since pre-historic forests began to lose their sanctity. So friends plant and Kumar Patel, DPS, Mandla
times. Most ancient Indian texts with colonisation there was mindless save trees as they Road, Jabalpur
mention forests and sacred rituals felling of trees and clearing of forests remove earth's dirt and grease.
associated with trees. to make roads and railway lines. Make them happy and the earth will be at peace.
Come let us explore the enchanting Today forests are being cut for Ritika Chittoria, XI, All Saints Senior
world of forests ! expansion of public transport and Secondary School, Ajmer
rapid urbanisation. however, in order

CONTENTS
Fascinating Forests 1
india’s Diverse Forests 2 ARANYANI - GODDESS TAPOVAN TALE
Forests in history 3 OF FORESTS “Not being caged in brick, wood
Forest Fables 4 and iron, Indian thinkers were
Forests and Faith 5 Aranya in Sanskrit means surrounded and linked to the life of
Trees Triumph 6 forest. The Aranyakas are the forest. The living forest was for
Towering Trees 7 the third part of the Vedas
Treasured Trees 8-9 and the sages who wrote the them their shelter, their source of
Faithful Forests 10 Vedas lived in the forests. food. ....The intimate relationship
My Forest Diary 11 Forests were worshipped as between human life and living nature
activity 4 u 12-14 Goddess Aranyani. became the source of knowledge…”
heritage News, subscription Form 15 An extract from Tapovana
by Rabindranath Tagore.
Prize winners, what’s Next? 16

I N d I a N Na TION al Tr u ST f O r a r T a N d Cul T ur al H E r IT a g E

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Illustration by: Shivani Gautam – Suditi Global Academy , Etawah