Wreath for the Earth?

By Subhash S. Naik

Todays environment is full of Pollution, and, people are either not aware of its dangers, or even if they know, they simply disregard them, just like an Ostrich who buries its head in sand when a storm comes, thinking that the storm will pass it unharmed. But, if we allow the pollution to go on uncontrolled, it could be the end of the world as we know it.
Number of technical books have been written on this topic, (and the present author too could have written one, he being an engineer). But, if this topic is covered in a creative way, it could appeal more to the people, and consequently they would pay more attention to solving this problem.
For friends young & old, this is a wake-up call. Please do not disregard it. It would be no use crying over spilt milk, once irrevocable damage is done.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing India
• Release date: Jul 11, 2016
• ISBN: 9781482883770

Subhash S. Naik

The author is an engineer from the Indian Institute of Technology, PG Management from Bajaj Institute, Bombay. He has forty-plus years of experience. He has been a senior executive in corporations. He has written in various publications and websites. Several anthologies contain his verses. He has written verses for a TV program on environment and a story for a TV sitcom. Some books of his have been published.

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Contents

Sr. No.                                       Title

1          The Don

Elegy - 1

2          Description

3          Definition

4          Characteristics

5          Oath

6          Tug Of War

7          Kite

8          Ostrich

9          Help-Line

10       VRS

11       SMS

12       Mayhem

13       The Trickster

14       Poison

15       Yajna

16       The End Of Existence

17       Tape-Recorder

18       Audit

19       Terrorists

Elegy - 2

20       The Dacoit

21       Shravan

22       New Panchtantra

23       Kalp-Vriksha

24       The Avatars Of Pollution

25       Rip Van Winkle

26       Robinson Crusoe

27       Aladdin And The Jinn

28       The Third Eye

29       Water Of Holy Ganges

30       Bhasmasur

31       Ramayan –

Yesterday’s & Today’s

32       Bakasur

33       Shishupal

34       Eklavya

35       Mahabharat Of Kaliyug

Elegy - 3

36       Cricket World-Cup

37       Life-Imprisonment

38       Banished From Heaven

39       Incarnation

40       We Believe

41       One More Bhopal

42       Carbon-Credit

Elegy - 4

43       Some Sher

44       Some Muktaks

45       Rubais

46       More Rubais

47       Haiku & Other Poems

48       Some More Haiku

49       Free Verse

50       Some More Free Verse

Resurrection

51       Endangered

52       We All Are Arjuns

Poet:

Subhash S. Naik

Flat-1, Jay Krupa, TPS-6,

Opposite Sambhaji garden,

Near Milan-Subway,

Santacruz(West),

Mumbai (Bombay) -400054.

INDIA.

M: 91-9869002126.

eMail: [e-mail]

Website: www.subhashsnaik@com

Cover Design:

Girija Kannal Bhadadia.

Eeksha Design & Communication

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Dedication

Dedicated to Mr. Al Gore, (Former Vice-President of USA), for his untiring efforts towards spreading the message of the dangers of damaging the Environment, and his message of environment-protection for a better future of mankind.

Introduction

Nearly 6 years ago, my first book of English poems on Environment & Pollution, titled ‘The Earth In Custody’ was published. It was sponsored by D.L. Shah Trust, Mumbai.

I have been a member of the Solar Energy Society of India, and have been interested in Alternate Energy. Also, a number of years ago, I had read the book ‘Limits to Growth’, which is a Report prepared by a multidisciplinary group of scientists called ‘Club of Rome’. It highlighted that the natural resources in the world will run out in a few years’ time, if the human race does not do anything about it. In spite all this, I wonder whether I would have written any poems on Pollution & Environment, had the D.L. Shah Trust not decided to produce