Changing Moods of Nature

NATURE PROTECTION TŘEBOŇSKO

Hi ! I am back after a long gap as I had a forced holiday due to heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh, paralysing the normal life here with no power supply and dead telephone lines. Nature is a blessing but sometimes it shows a very differernt picture before us. This is what happened here in last few days.Continuous heavy rains caused land slides at several places resulting in many deaths and collapsing of houses and also destroying electricity and telephone lines which was so severely affected that it took about four days to repair. As the Himalayan Eco - System is very fragile, it is worst affected during natural calamities like earthquakes and continuous rains. Heavy land slides are one of the biggest disasters for local people and tourists during the monsoon season. It may be strange and unbeliveable for people living in metros and big cities but the life of people living in hills is very tough. Sometimes they have to walk on foot for more than 40 miles to reach their destination on uneven distorted path crossing land slides and water streams during heavy rains and snowfalls. There are many areas which are cut off from the world for more than a week during these extreme seasons. A Deodar Tree which is about 50-60 ft in height get uprooted during the landslides and block the roads and some times destroying the houses if fallen on the roof. It is expected that more than 1500 such trees have fallen down during the past heavy rains in different areas of Shimla District. It will take a long time to recover the loss and make life normal in certain remote areas. Any way the things are getting normal over here. I am writing this Post for you. As I am talking about the nature I have a beautiful Miniature sheet to show you here on Nature issued by Czech Republic on 28 May 2008. A note from our member Mr. Niket Bubna on one of recent issues of India. India Post issued 3 stamps on personalities on 17 September 2008. Our sincere thanks to Mr. V.K. Sabharwal for the images of these issues. In our regular series some se-tenants from the album of our distinguished member Mr. Shrikant Parikh. This is all for Today !.....Till Next Post have a Great Time.....


NATURE PROTECTION TŘEBOŇSKO
Třeboňsko, the flat fishpond basin of 700 km2 crossed with the Lužnice river, was declared a protected land area in 1979. In 1977 it was designated a UNESCO biosphere reserve. The originally monotonous wetland region of Southern Bohemia became diversified in the process of creation of extensive fishpond networks started already in the 16th century. The present harmonic pattern of water and farming areas changed with the typical residential areas and forests makes it an internationally significant area from the ornithological point of view. It is the home of many kinds of song-birds and most of the Czech water and wetland birds, e.g. white egret, grey heron, marsh harrier, white-tailed eagle (reintroduced). A significant part of Třeboňsko flora are the large oak trees growing on pond dikes and a most precious variant of Třeboňská pine. Like the meadows and ponds and pools with white and yellow water lilies, bladderworts or pondweeds, the sand hills, peat lands, marsh meadows are also a place of specific flowers. The area is the home of different kinds of insects, amphibians, about twenty-five kinds of fish, several couples of Eurasian otter and the reintroduced beaver. The most precious small protected locations are Červené blato, Stará řeka, Velký Tisý and Malý Tisý, Novořecké močály, Meandry Lužnice, etc.


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Niket Bubna writes from US.....
I want to bring to notice one more error by the Department of Posts, Govt. of India. Firstly, I would like to just voice my feelings for such neglect for designing and printing of the postage stamps. It is greatly appreciated that Tamil Nadu personalities are being commemorated with umpteen number of postage stamps and the Hon'ble Minister of C& IT also belongs to the same state. I would just like to request the Minister to allow or persuade the employees to take greater care for issuing a postage stamp.

This request of mine, arises from the latest postage stamp release on the stalwarts of the Justice Party of Tamil Nadu. The postage stamp on Sir Pitti Theagarayar, a former President of Madras Municipality is beautifully designed and well thought upon. The spelling of Sir Chetty's name, in the vernacular language (Hindi) is incorrectly mentioned as 'Thagarayar' and not 'Theagarayar'. The correct spelling is although carried on the FDC!

It is just frustrating to know that a government department commemorating such important events and people cannot get its act right with this regard. The philately division at New Delhi has, to my knowledge only this work attached and has artists and people working exclusively for preparing new postage stamps.

It would be much advisable that the new employees hired, in case that is done, have taken there Hindi lessons and not just be Anglicised. It is sheer disrespect to a language of the country and its people. We should not forget that Hindi is still the most widely spoken language in India and also may be an official language of the United Nations soon.

EIPEX-08 Eastern India Philatelic Exhibition, Bhubaneswar

ORGANISATION, VENUE AND DATE:
EIPEX-08, Bhubaneswar is being organized by the Eastern India Philatelists’ Association with active support of the Department of Posts. The exhibition will be held on 25th and 26th,October, 2008 at the Jayadev Bhawan, Unit-II, Bhubaneswar-751001.

CONDITION OF PARTICIPATION:
The participation is limited to the members of the Eastern India Philatelists’ Association whose membership is accepted by 31.08.08 only. No previous award is required for the exhibition. The exhibition will be a Non-competitive one. Only one exhibit from one family is allowed. The maximum number of frames per exhibit is limited to 5 only.

ENTRY FORM:
Exhibitors will submit their entry form in duplicate to the Organizing Committee, EIPEX-08. The last date of submission of entry form is 15.10.2008. The details of Rules, entry form can be down loaded from the website http://eipadownload.blogspot.com/ or can be collected from the Philatelic Bureau, Bhubaneswar GPO personally.

PARTICIPATION FEE:
The fee for the participation will be Rs.100/- per exhibit.For further details the in charge Philatelic Bureau, Bhubaneswar GPO may be contacted.The same can also be obtained from the website http://eipadownload.blogspot.com/ or the following persons can be contacted:
Ajit Kumar Dash,Secretary, EIPA,D-13/6, Rental Colony,IRC Village, Bhubaneswar-751015 Ph.0674-2553330, Mobile-9437162474 Email: akdash2000@yahoo.com
Anup Kumar Raut, Organising Secretary, EIPEX-08, D-13/3, Rental Colony, IRC Village, Bhubaneswar-751015 Ph.0674-2553336, Mobile-9437153336 Email: anupraut2000@yahoo.com

From Se-tenant album of Shrikant Parikh

Theme - Children

Date of Issue - 14 November 2007