For us, understanding Ganga is evolving into an internal journey,
though it started as an outward quest with a definitive viewpoint.
To those who view her from a specific lens, the meaning is
narrowed down by the viewpoint.
For the development organisations and the government departments
and academicians, Ganga is a water body,
a term that limits her to a physical narrow space.
For economists, its a water resource. Its utility is measured in
output in current timeframes and its uniqueness is of no interest.
For historians and socialogists, its the cradle of a continuous
human civilization, around which races and kingdoms have come and gone, and
philosophy, science and art forms have evolved.
For an environmentalist, its a large fresh water ecosystem that
needs urgent attention, else a large population of the subcontinent will fall
into unrecoverable poverty.
For a religious person, she is a heavenly gift to cleanse humans
of our sins.
For many I come across, particularly the young or rich, she is a beautiful sight and a good place for entertainment.
Many and more such segregated view points put together, influenced by business and profits, have been shaping how we see Ganga in these times.
First we need to come out of a modern , unconnected , non conscious view.
On the other hand, the collective consciousness has known Ganga
as pure, eternal or ever flowing, holistic, and benevolent.
It takes some surrender to start observing differently than the
invested or sponsored viewpoints, and just believing the expressions of the
collective consciousness.
The natural instinct that has since ages, sent destitutes to
mother Ganga then starts making sense;
The raw natural empire of even a diminished Ganga is felt far
away beyond its physical plains, from the Himalayas to the seas, having a
strong relationship with all her fellow rivers and terrains;
And the kings and their kingdoms appear ephemeral, and largely inconsequential.
When we envisage Ganga Project, the guiding principles remain pure, eternal or ever flowing, holistic, and benevolent.
Hence correspondingly, it translated to Full transparency,
Sustainable and Natural, All facets of an economy including a representative
value token named Green Earth, and inclusive of weakest sections first.
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