Development Vs Destruction

One of the Biggest topic of Debate Nowadays is the above one!
I Invite like minded environmentally aware individuals to share their ideas on this topic?

1. Which is beneficial for the Environment/
2. Whether Technology can offset the illeffects of Development?
3. Better said than Done.Is it feasible?
4. What is the fate of the Innocent but knowledge treasure Tribal people/
5. How to strike a balance (If any exists) between the two?

Are we Indians vulnerable to Racism?

Racism is any action, practice or belief based on the ideology that humans are divided into separate and exclusive biological entities called races. Also, it promotes the prejudices that a person of particular race has a certain amount of intellect which often goes wrong. India with its vast cultural diversity (can aptly be called vast human diversity), the word 'racism' hardly has any meaning at all! In India each of the umpteen numbers of caste systems, linguistic groups and cultural groups have their own identity but they keep 'Indian identity' above such caste systems. Such a view often gives a healthy entity which is envied by the entire world. How a country of such diversity (differences!) can coexist? Look at the situation in the middle east wherein people of same religion fight among them for dominance. In India, North Indians call the south Indians 'Madarasi' and North Indians are called as 'Vada Naattan (North Indian)' in the south. The recipient of such remarks often doesn't bother about such petty things.

The Shilpa shetty 's drama cannot be taken as a case of a Indian being bullied as it is an entertainment show for which she has been paid. Moreover, she is not an average Indian to have a level of tolerance and carefreeness to pooh pooh the so called racist comments. A common Indian will have more tolerance than many of the bollywood stars. But unfortunately, it is these bollywood stars who represent Indian on the entertainment shows around the world. What does it mean to a common man (think of R.K.Laxman's Common man) when a little known actress cry over a racist remark which is not at all racist as India is not prone to any sort of racism. The issue has occupied a vast number of pages in the print media in the last few days. Let us not get deviated by these petty issues for which we Indians are completely not prone .Let us not give opportunity to these things in our media lest it will introduce a new concept of racism into the Indian society.