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olla

Cost Effective Solution to save Coconut trees during forth coming water scarcity months due to El Niño : Olla Irrigation - Ancient Wisdom for Modern Droughts. 🏺 Echoes of Ancient Clay pot Irrigation Long before the term olla entered agricultural vocabulary, ancient Tamil farmers practiced remarkably similar methods. In Sangam‑era Tamilakam, clay vessels called “ māṇ paṇai ” or “kulam paṇai” were used to store and seep water near tree roots - especially for coconut, banana, and areca palms.   These pots were often placed in earthen basins (thottam) lined with coir, husk, and leaf mulch, creating a natural moisture‑retention system. Inscriptions and temple garden records from regions like Pollachi, Thanjavur, and Madurai mention such paṇai neer vaḻi (pot‑water channels) as part of sustainable irrigation networks.  This continuity of wisdom - from ancient Tamil pot irrigation to modern olla systems -  shows how indigenous knowledge can guide regenerative farming in the...

Twenty First Century Life

How every one should live in twenty first century: With all the development and sophistication everyone should live in A place with fresh air, A place with clean water, Fresh Air and Clean Water A place where one can produce, eat unadulterated and non artificial chemical induced food. Artificial Chemical Free Foods - Mangoes from EA FARMS An Earth with no wars, racial and religious tensions. A place with no greed, where everyone helps each other and join hands to work towards betterment of Environment (incl. Flora and Fauna) and Human Kind. A World where poverty does not exist. Need truthful leaders who want to give good to people. All the above points look like a dream now. What have human kind done and What is really happening: POLLUTION IS KILLING MORE PEOPLE (I did some google image search (research) on each topic), you can also search and the results would cause heart aches. Air Pollution  is at highest level - see the map . Wa...

Water - Please Conserve

WATER - THE PRECIOUS LIQUID. Please Conserve. March 22, 2017 - Today is World Water Day Water , as we know, is an important chemical compound. I am fascinated towards water as an Environmental Scientist. If water resources are depleted or water management is not properly done,  it will affect individuals, countries and even the whole Globe. Amazing hydrological cycle keeps recycling water and give us this wonderful required compound (Water) to survive. Higher percentage of the human body is water. We all know we need water to survive. But how have we treated this water - we took it for granted. Now, literally we are paying for it. We are conducting wars for water. We are interrupting hydrological cycle by - affecting rain patterns - deforestation - depleting aquifers - pollution  Cutting trees, over usage of ground water without replenishing, industrial effluents, sewage waste, medicinal waste, agricultural run off,  golf course ru...

Save Farmers

I never thought I would write a blog article with a title Save Farmers. Every human at least for now depend on Food for survival. The way it is going, one day we would be living just on Pills. Until then we should respect and support farmers who work in the dirt to produce our food. Every health article talks about fruits, vegetables and grains. These food items do not come magically. It is the hard work that is being put in by the farmers with the help of the nature. Yes they need natures's help such as rainfall. When the rain Gods ditch them they undergo severe hardships that they could not withstand. Some of them in Tamil Nadu commit suicide, which gives us heavy heartache.  Now they are protesting in Delhi . As always I support them. I kindly request the government to work on this immediately and provide support as soon as possible. Those who are protesting and fasting are not Rich, They are the farmers who give us Food on the table by working hard. Because of their work w...

Renewable Energy

Recently visited MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry). At this recent bad times of Environmental Protection and Projects, the presentation there gave some positives. Most of the countries want to phase out non renewable energy sources including Nuclear Energy, They want to focus on Renewable Energy sources: Renewable sources such as Bio, Wind and Solar ( Good News on Solar ): Several countries want to tap into and develop renewable energy: These renewable resources should be obtained sustainably, pollution free and efficiently: Every household should utilize renewable energy: As an Environmental scientist these were the positives. At EA FARMS we already are utilizing the renewable resources (Bio & Solar): Our area is also having biggest solar farm and utilizing wind energy: It is  better  to focus on renewable energy rather than non renewable energy which will benefit humankind and the environment. ...

I am Pi

3/14 - Pi -   is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter and it remains the same for any size. (Planet Jupiter size circle or penny sized circle). Pi is special . A Poem on Pi written by my daughter who is a 7th grader  I AM Pi 3.1415926535…… For years I have been lurking, elusive Pursued by the brightest of minds, mathematicians In the ancient times I have been studied relentlessly By the Egyptians, Chinese, Indians by candlelight Never ceased to be truly lost until one day Archimedes thought of how to say Numerically the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter ... 89793238462… Fast forward to the modern times Believed to have been mastered by computers Better yet, the human brain Calculated to digits you cannot perceive That’s the beauty of me Left alone, I serve you well Needed for all the calculations, the area, the circumference Students toil over me Trying to grasp my vastness, my complex...

Save Fisherman

Heartfelt condolences to the Tamil Nadu fisherman killed. This is now regular occurrence and after a while we forget and then it repeats again. Underprivileged poor fisherman is killed and his family has to undergo severe burden. Thinking of it gives a very bad heart ache. What needs to be done. As we know we have the money ( second GDP in India all that) - so why not implement a project that will help fisherman not to enter other country's territorial waters. There are technologies. There are different types of Buoys already used in Oceans. There are even open source technologie s. Some buoy are manufactured to even generate electricity . Why not build a buoy chain with alerts (In India mobile technology has improved, everyone now has mobile and mobile alerts have become common). The government can  build stationary chained link of floating buoy with alerting sensors on them at least in the sensitive border areas (total coastal line is little more than 1000 Km  only....

TamilNadu Positives

In my previous article, I had listed lots of negatives that are happening in Tamil Nadu. Historically, there have been many positives such as Second-largest State Economy in India Excellent Natural Resources, Wonderful Culture and History, Wonderful Fauna and Flora Excellent former Political Leaders, Scientists including Dr. Kalam, More than 80% Literacy Rate and for more info - Tamil Nadu Wiki செந்தமிழ் நாடெனும் போதினிலே - இன்பத் தேன் வந்து பாயுது காதினிலே - எங்கள் தந்தையர் நாடென்ற பேச்சினிலே - ஒரு சக்தி பிறக்குது மூச்சினிலே If I were the Environmental Minister, what I would do for more positives: I will create an Environmental Team. Now instead of one man (The Minister), This team will work towards the benefit of Environment, First let me go through more details and some numbers: Tamil Nadu Total Square miles - 50,216 mi² Forest Area - 8743 mi² (These have already been preserved and is under conservative area including UNESCO Biodiversity areas)...