The Ganges River runs over 1500 miles long through India: rising in the Himalayas, and falling in Bangladesh. For the majority of this area, the river is not only a source of water, but it also is mother to the millions of Hindus in India who believe that she is pure and holy. The Ganges river is also subject to have hundreds of carcasses of animals, bodies of humans, and gallons of waste thrown into it on a daily basis. Unfortunately, the cleaning of the Ganges is not an easy process as there have been several failed attempts to work out this problem. The scientific, cultural, political and economic implications and concerns of the issue are all so strong that the solution to the river’s ever declining state of health will most definitely require input from all sides. In the informative narrative The Ganges’ Next Life by Alexander Stille, the issue with
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His audience is to Western readers who likely want to solve the river problem in the way that they know best, however if we use Edward Tenner’s work, “Another Look Back and a Look Ahead” as a lens, we can understand how finesse must be taken in order to avoid the detrimental revenge effects that will take place if the river is not cleaned- or if it is cleaned in the wrong manner. The clean up of the river will not be successful on all fronts unless the issue is looked at carefully through the different perspectives in both Indian and global culture.
If we look through the lens of Edward Tenner’s, “Another Look Back and a Look Ahead,” the complexity of the state of the Ganges river comes into focus. In this article, Stille uses two very important men who highlight, understand and represent many of the different complications. In the first section of his account, Stille introduces Mishra, a professor of hydraulic engineering and a devout Hindu. Mishra’s double identity is significant because he understands the religious and scientific implications of the river. It is the hope that every
His audience is to Western readers who likely want to solve the river problem in the way that they know best, however if we use Edward Tenner’s work, “Another Look Back and a Look Ahead” as a lens, we can understand how finesse must be taken in order to avoid the detrimental revenge effects that will take place if the river is not cleaned- or if it is cleaned in the wrong manner. The clean up of the river will not be successful on all fronts unless the issue is looked at carefully through the different perspectives in both Indian and global culture.
If we look through the lens of Edward Tenner’s, “Another Look Back and a Look Ahead,” the complexity of the state of the Ganges river comes into focus. In this article, Stille uses two very important men who highlight, understand and represent many of the different complications. In the first section of his account, Stille introduces Mishra, a professor of hydraulic engineering and a devout Hindu. Mishra’s double identity is significant because he understands the religious and scientific implications of the river. It is the hope that every