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The book was released by Adv. K. Raju, Minister of Kerala for Forests, Animal Husbandry, and Zoos, released the book here on Wednesday (9\/11\/2016). Several famous personalities including Dr. G. Madhavan Nair Former ISRO Chairman and ERRC President, Shri S.C. Joshi, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Dr. G. Achuthan Nair, Director ERRC, were also present and talked about the book and the significance of the book in this day and age of digital proliferation.<\/p>\n
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In this age of Internet where information is available fast at your fingertips, author V. R. Krishnan Nair\u2019s book is indeed a rare gem. The book is probably the first of its kind in India as it details about trees from their evolution to their multifarious utility to some of the most engrossing stories.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2019To primitive man, trees symbolized life, regeneration, strength, solace, food, security, and sanctuary. For ancient man, trees were objects of wonder. The mystery of their growth from tiny seeds to lofty trees, the movement of their leaves and branches, the way they seem to die (the deciduous trees when they shed their leaves) and come to life again with new flush of leaves – all these happenings appeared as miracles<\/em>,\u2019\u2019 Krishnan Nair says in the introduction to his work.<\/p>\n The book tells us about the forgotten history, little known yet illuminating information, and long forgotten yet intriguing tales regarding trees. For example, the place ‘Palashi’ in West Bengal where Battle of Plassey took place got its name from the Bengali word for the red flower P\u00f4lash or known as Butea monosperma.<\/p>\n This book is for those who want to learn about the closest and oldest relationships in nature how trees have supported human race, and the tales and secrets they hold, and its impact on our history and beliefs. After learning about the complex life of trees, a walk in the woods will never be the same again.<\/p>\n The author V.R. Krishnan Nair has retired from Indian Forest Service of Kerala cadre on 31 December 1983. Sri Nair underwent logging training in Sweden and Agro-forestry training in Nairobi, Kenya. For 8 years he was an Instructor in Government of India\u2019s Forestry College at Coimbatore and after that, he became the HOD of Forestry, University of Calicut for 3and half years. After retirement, he joined Kerala Agricultural University as Special Officer (Forestry) and later became Dean, Forestry of that University. Currently, he is a Member of the Governing Body, Environmental Resources Research Centre (ERRC), Thiruvananthapuram and Senior Executive Committee Member, Friends of Trees, Thiruvananthapuram.<\/p>\n Sri Nair, now in his early nineties, is the recipient of a Gold Medal in 200 m and 800 m running and 5 km walk in the All India Masters Athletic Championship held at Chandigarh in 2011. He went on to bag a Silver Medal in a Global meet held in Taipei, Taiwan.<\/p>\n \u2018Trees – The Sacred, the Cultural and the Beneficial\u2019 is promoted by the Environmental Resources Research Centre (ERRC), Thiruvananthapuram.<\/p>\n Trees are considered sacred in many cultures. Tree worship, in one form or another, has been practiced almost universally by ancient peoples in every corner of the world and India is no exception. \u2018Trees – The Sacred, the Cultural and the Beneficial,\u2019 written by V R Krishnan Nair, a former Indian Forest Service officer is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":27236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city-news","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27230"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27230"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27244,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27230\/revisions\/27244"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"the_table\"](\"http:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/files\/2016\/11\/the_table.jpg\")
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