Anil T Prabhakar

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

എസ്ട്രെല്ല പൂക്കൾ

അവൾക്ക് നൽകാവുന്ന

ഏറ്റവും വിലയേറിയ സമ്മാനം

എന്റെ സമയവും സാന്നിദ്ധ്യവുമാണ്,

കാത്തു നിൽക്കുന്നുണ്ടാവും

സ്നേഹത്തോടെയുള്ള ആലിംഗനത്തിനായ്...

ഇരുട്ടിൽ സുന്ദരിയായ് നിൽക്കുന്ന

എസ്ട്രെല്ല പൂക്കൾ പോലെ

വിരിഞ്ഞു നിൽക്കാനായ്.

🖊 അനിൽ ടി പ്രഭാകർ

അവൾ

ഇതൾവിരിഞ്ഞു

അതിസുന്ദരിയായ

റോസാപൂക്കൾപോലെ

മനസ്സിൽമായാതെ

വരച്ചിട്ടുണ്ട് നിന്റെ

ചിത്രങ്ങൾ.

ഇതൾ പൊഴിയാതെ

നിറം മങ്ങിവാടാതെ

ചേർത്തുവെച്ചീടണം

ഇനിയുള്ള കാലങ്ങൾ.

✍🏿 അനിൽ ടി പ്രഭാകർ

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

II The Journey Has Just Begun II

"Each step is the pulse of the journey, let it take at least one step a day to cover the miles of your billion dreams. Once you start the journey, you need to realize that you are alone in your journey to reach the destination. You may meet strangers during the journey, some will leave with gold marks, some with black marks, but both will contribute something to your life of journey. You may experience joys and sorrows during the journey, but do not get excited or depressed, it is like the crest and trough of the waves of the journey. It is true! the soul will lead your way where the destination meant to be."

Anil T Prabhakar

Saturday, May 15, 2021

II സുവർണ്ണയിലകൾ II

ഞാനും നീയും നമ്മളും
ഒരു ഇലയായ് പൊഴിയാൻ
ശരതകാലം വരവായ്
ഒരു തളിരായ് വിരിഞ്ഞു
പടർന്നുപന്തലായ്
കായ്ക്കും കനിക്കും
കരുത്തായ ,കാലങ്ങൾ
കടന്നു പോയതറിഞ്ഞില്ലാ
നമ്മളാരും...
എങ്കിലും ,
ഇത്തിരി നേരത്തിൽ
ഞാനും തണലായി
ഒത്തിരി പേർക്ക്
മറ്റാരുമറിഞ്ഞതില്ല
എന്റെ സാമീപ്യമെന്നാലും,
ഞാനും
ഇവിടെയുണ്ടായിരുന്നു
ഒരു സുവര്ണ്ണ ഇലയായ്
പൊഴിയാൻ....
- അനിൽ ടി പ്രഭാകർ

പ്രപഞ്ചസത്യം

നിങ്ങൾ ദൈവത്തെ കണ്ടിട്ടുണ്ടോ..? ഞാൻ കണ്ടിട്ടുണ്ട്‌, നിശബ്ദതയുള്ള രാത്രിയിൽ ആകാശത്തോട്ടു നോക്കി കിടന്നാൽ കാണാൻ പറ്റും. അതേ, ഈ പ്രപഞ്ചം തന്നെയാണ് നമ്മൾ തിരയുന്ന,വിശ്വസിക്കുന്ന,ആരാധിക്കുന്ന ആ സൃഷ്ടാവ്...!
ഒരു മതമോ, ഭാഷയോ ശാസ്ത്രമോ വേണ്ട എനിക്ക് അതിനെ തിരിച്ചറിയാൻ.എന്റെ നാഡിമിടിപ്പുകളാൽ ഇന്ദ്രിയങ്ങൾ അതു തിരിച്ചറിയുന്നു.
ഒറ്റയ്ക്ക് ആകുമ്പോളാണ് നമ്മൾ ഈ പ്രപഞ്ചത്തിന്റെ ഒരു കാണികയാണന്നും,
ഈ ജീവനും അതിന്റെ ഉൽപ്പത്തിക്കും,
കോടാനുകോടി വർഷങ്ങളുടെ മാഹാത്മ്യമുണ്ടന്നും ഉള്ള തിരിച്ചറിവാണ് നമ്മെ കുറച്ചു കൂടി ഉത്തരവാദിത്വമുള്ള മനുഷ്യന്മാരാക്കി മാറ്റുന്നത്.
ജീവൻ ദൈവ കണങ്ങളാണ്, നിഷ്പ്രഭമാണ്.
അത് സകലചരാചരങ്ങളിലൂടെ പ്രത്യക്ഷമാവുന്നു.
ഇതാണ് പ്രപഞ്ചസത്യം ..!!!!

- അനിൽ ടി പ്രഭാകർ

Humanity Quotes - Anil T Prabhakar

“Let me Help you? Once Humanity dying in mankind, sometime animals are guide us back to our basics."

- Anil T Prabhakar (Helping hand Orangutan)

“Man” in the forest!!!!

Now a days forest fires and Deforestation is happening worldwide is just like regular phenomenon. Deforestation is a particular concern in tropical rain forests because these forests are home to much of the world’s biodiversity. In the case of world largest rainforest, Amazon around 17% of the forest has been lost in the last 60 years, mostly due to forest fire, monoculture, mining and illegal logging. Deforestation in this region is particularly rampant near more populated areas, roads and riverine, but even remote areas have been encroached upon when valuable mahogany, minerals, and oil are discovered. As per the report from WWF11 of the world's most ecologically important forest landscapes, including forest homes or orangutans, tigers, and elephants will account for over 80 percent of forest loss globally by 2030, the report states. Up to 420 million acres of forest could be lost between 2010 and 2030 in these "deforestation fronts" if current trends continue. The hot spots are located in the Amazon, the Atlantic Forest and Gran Chaco, Borneo, the Cerrado, Choco-Darien, the Congo Basin, East Africa, Eastern Australia, Greater Mekong, New Guinea, and Sumatra.

Why I decided to write something about orangutan?. Yes there are few reasons behind that, we should stand for these voiceless animals in the world whether there is a possibility to protect or not, tomorrow it might not be there to do so... The charismatic and intelligent biggest apes of Asia are saying adieu to the world. The Orangutan / Orang Hutan is called the men of the forest, not because of word meaning, because of their similarity and intelligence like human being, they are in the verge of mass extinction. Other reason is my own personal experience during safari at BOSF( Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation) Orangutan’s conservation forest. The experience shocked me and reminding me about humanity something which we are losing in the present world. I will come to this heartwarming incident in latter part of this article. Let me give some brief idea about this biggest apes in Asia.

Orangutan is first on the list of endangered animals. Due to forest fire and deforestation, many orangutans killed and lost habitat during last decade. Monoculture farmers are cutting down forest for palm and rubber plantation by illegally. This leads Orangutan became homeless, Asia’s biggest rainforests disappearing day by day. Time is running out; it is the time for all of us to take a collectively action to protect our nature and its assets.

Who are they? Where they live? What is the status about this species ?

About Orangutans

The orangutan is one of the largest apes found in Asia, found only on the Borneo and Sumatra islands. Three co-generic species, Pongo Pygmaeus, Pongo Abelii and Pongo Tapanulis are reported in southeast Asia. Most of the orangutans (90%) are located in Indonesia (Kalimantan, Indonesia) and Sumatra, while the remaining 10% are found in Saba (Malaysia) and Sarawak (Malaysia).

Bornean, Sumatran, and Tapanuli orangutans are endangered due to habitat destruction and hunting, frequent forest fire due to human encroachment, these apes are becoming homeless. As per the latest survey, it is estimated that the Bornean orangutan population has been declined by more than 80% over the past three generations, it is huge percentage extinction of any species in the world. The World Conservation Union (IUCN Red Data List 2007) is critically endangering both species of orangutans. Both species are listed in the appendix of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Wild Fauna and Flora. Orangutans are legally protected under national and international law; however, the rules and regulations alone are not sufficient to actively protect this intelligent species. The conservation of orangutans requires the concerted and concerted efforts of all stakeholders in the region and the political arena to ensure its success.

Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) established in 1991, it is an Indonesian non-profit organization, working in partnership with local communities, the Indonesian Forestry Ministry and international partner organizations dedicated to protection of the Borneo orangutan and its ecosystem. The Bose Foundation currently maintains 650 orangutans with the help of 400 dedicated staff, experts in primatology, biodiversity, ecology, forest rehabilitation, agroforestry, community empowerment, education and orangutan health care across Indonesia. There are few more non-profit organizations working seriously to save Orangutan in Southeast Asia.

The orangutan is the only member of the giant monkey family found in Asia. All other members of the Great Monkey family are in Africa; Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), Gorilla (Gorilla Gorilla, Gorilla Beringai), Bonobo (Pan Paniscus). Found in Borneo Island (Kalimantan), Malaysia (Saba and Sarawak), Sumatran Orangutan (Ponco Abeli), Indonesian island of Sumatra and Tapanuli.

The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmyus) is a large size of the body and is characterized by dark or reddish-brown hair.

Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abeli) are small in size and have bright orange hair.

Tapanuli orangutans are more similar to Sumatran orangutans than Bornean orangutans in bodybuilding and hair color. In all three species, male orangutans are much larger than females, usually two to three times their weight.

Male orangutans develop large cheek pads (flanges) that enhance sexual maturity.

Both male and female Tappanuli orangutans have beards, while male Bornean orangutans have beards.

Bornean orangutan

The Bornean orangutan is divided into 3 subspecies: the Betung Kerihun and Danau Sentarum National Parks (Betung Kerihun and Danau Sentarum National Parks) in the north west of the Kapuas River, along the Pongo pygmaeus. South of the Kapuas River in the Western Kalimantan of the State of Sarawak (Malaysia) and the East of the Barito River in the Central Kalimantan. Pongo Pygmaeus Morio is found in Saba and eastern Kalimantan south to the Mahakam River.

Settlement of Bornean orangutans mostly in tropical dryland and mangrove forests in the lowlands, up to 500 m of elevation. The orangutans are the largest arboreal animal, meaning they spend most of their time in the giant trees. However, orangutans, especially men, take the time to spend time on ground during travel, they usually travel to other territories for finding mates. They make a sleeping bed or flatforms with tree branches and leaves. Orangutans are predominantly moderate eaters, however, they are reported by more than 100 species of food items, they have a very broad diet, including flowers, leaves and bark; Rotten, pandans, ginger, and palm trees and also noticed, Orangutans eat insects, ants, honey, fungi and in rare cases small mammals. They have a habit of collecting food, so they can survive in fruitless climates.

Orangutans are lonely by default, with only a permanent bond between mother and child. However, they reside in loose clusters with concerned women, which occasionally grow into two, sometimes allowing for longer periods of feeding, allowing infants to play together, learn, and share new behaviors. At the age of 15 years, men leave their birthplace and become sexually mature. Between the ages of 18 and 20, they become very large and develop secondary sexual characteristics in the cheeks and large throat bags, which can be used to lure women and to alert other men and make them sound longer. Males are competing for dominance; however, non-dominant males constitute a large proportion of infants, especially in the age group of 15–20 years when males do not reach full size and females are able to mate. Female orangutans give birth to a baby after eight and a half months of pregnancy, and another child is not born until the first child reaches seven years of age. It is the longest inter-birth interval known in the animal kingdom, enabling the mother to give full attention to her children as she learns the skills necessary to survive on her own, including making nests, identifying a variety of food, and avoiding predators etc. Once these skills have been learned, it is up to the mother to conserve and create a mental map of the forest, especially to understand where all the important food resources are, until the time it changes. Orangutans are very intelligent creatures with advanced problem-solving skills. They can use things in their environment for equipment and medicines. They exhibit cultural traits, and different populations treat the same problem in different ways. They learn from other orangutans and pass on their own skills when encountered, which is frequently seen when food availability is high.

“Let me Help you? Once Humanity dying in mankind, sometime animals are guide us back to our basics."- Anil T Prabhakar

A glimpse of my memory

Going out in the woods and taking pictures in the spare time is a passion, love to grab lovely moments of wild animals without disturbing them or their habitat. Recently a photo captured during a safari at BOSF survival forest for Orangutan challenged humanity in me, “how we are, what we are “.

The biggest fear of the orangutans in the jungle is the poisonous snakes. BOSF Warden's main task in the Conservation Forest to clean up rivers, if any report about snakes or predators, warden should recuse /catch them and take to other place and secure orangutan’s habitat. I witnessed an unexpected incident during my trekking in the survival forest.

We were trekking near to the island forest; we were in the other side of small island, for the guidance and information one wildlife Guard accompanied with us. He was explaining the typical character and other important information about Orangutan and BOSF. Suddenly I noticed another wildlife guard get into the muddy river.

I asked my trekking guard, why what happened?

he replied me, “that warden is doing maintenance work as usual”.

So, this fellow gets into the river for catching the snake and clearing the grass and bushes along the banks of river, usually these poisonous snakes are hiding behind the bushes and grass. While the warden doing his job, I noticed one female orangutan came closer to banks of river and sat over there and watching what is this wildlife guard doing. I clicked few closeup photos of Orangutan. Then the guard is keep searching snake and cleaning banks of river, during that time, he struggled to move his legs from muddy floor of the river, that’s what I think. He was keep trying to pullout his legs and want to move further, suddenly female Orangutan get up and came closer and stretched her hand towards the guard, same as she is lending helping hand. This might be lasted about 3 to 4 mins. I was really shocked to witness this unpredictable gesture from orangutan for a moment. Suddenly I managed to fix my camera and grab this heartwarming moment. I manage to grab 4 frames of this event, but the wildlife guard refused this gesture and managed to move away from orangutan.

After the completion of his work, guard get out from the river and come to us. That time I asked him, why not accept Orangutan’s offer. He said, she is still wild, he doesn’t know how they react. Moreover, there is a guidance for these people to avoid unwanted interaction with them, it may end up with dangerous situation or the safety Orangutan. More than that they kept these animals to adopt more wild nature and bring back to main rain forest in the other side of Borneo Island. Because these apes rescued from forest fire, hunting, habitat lost due to deforestation. They brought to here for medication, because these animals sometime in trauma or wounded or burnt. Once BOSF treat these animals and they fit back to wild, they will release in the jungle. This is the great service BOSF doing for survival of this critically endangered species.

Actually, I have taken this photograph on 8^th September 2019. Month of January 2020 I posted this photograph on the social media such as Facebook and Instagram. There was a thought processing behind this post. I posted this moment photo with a caption. “Let me Help you? Once Humanity dying in mankind, sometime animals are guide us back to our basics. Irony of this, we are the human being destroying their habitat still they are offering helping hand towards human being. The present world, humans are not helping each other, that kind of selfishness, egoistic nature building up among people. So we should think and back to our basic quality, called “Humanity” and protect our values and protect our nature for better tomorrow. I still believe This is the last remaining hope for the mankind, we should change our attitude. That is the main thought processing behind this post, which is widely applauded across the globe. After viral this photo there is marketing company called SWNS approached me to collaborate. Giant media group like CNN and BBC telecasted this photo and news. Few media sector conducted interview to know about this real story of unexpected moment. I am so happy that this moment just happened to me, I should thank amity god and orangutan for witnessing this heartwarming moment in my life. Later on BOSF management contacted me and published a statement about this incident, and stating about the Name of Orangutan Anih and Name of the wildlife guard is Syrhul. They are familiar for quite long and he is the fellow usually going to this Anih’s habitat for maintenance.

There is one thing that Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, a renowned writer from India has written in one of his famous work “The Inheritors of the Earth” (Bhoomiyude Avakashikal), Basheer reiterates the concept of heterogeneity in this world. The universe is a Noah’s Arc for all creatures in this world. Human beings are not very much special. Earth is a retreat for ants, snakes, lizards, termites, birds, bats, worms just like man. This philosophy goes hand in hand with the tenets of Zen Buddhism. The world is not Man made. Instead man is a part of the Nature. The problems of Men are the problems of Nature. All things Man-made must be considered Nature-made and not created by Man. Man has no right to infringe his ways upon Nature. Man-created things are artificial, polished and short living. But Nature is rude, innocent, childish, real and long lasting. The word ‘environment’ is termed as ‘kyogai’in Zen Buddhism. It comes from the Sanskrit word ‘gocara’or ‘vishaya’which means realm or field where any action may take place. Zen masters are totally identified with Nature. Basheer’s main characters have the same approach to Nature and fellow beings.

"Almighty God, who unites the universe without a universe, has created a variety of things for his creation - everyone has the right to eat fruit, roots, grass, corn, flowers, water, air, warmth, and light. You don't feel like it." Don't you think we should always remind ourselves that birds, wildlife, and insects are worthy of earth's produce?

God, how unfortunate that we had to kill rats in order to survive. Can't humans survive without destroying other life on earth?

Anil T Prabhakar , 2021

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

T H E H O P E

ANIL T PRABHAKAR

My sorrows and miseries rain from above,
Efforts to ignore them, all in vain.
My grin masks the tears that flow,
None truly know me, only my exterior show.
But my heart burns, with passion untold.
I yearn to break free from this cage,
And let my wings unfold.
My smile, a facade, a shell,
Trapped inside, I long to dwell.
In a world where I am free,
Where my soul's coldness, I can flee.
Memories that never depart,
Rope in what could have been.
Time, now is the hour,
For me to take my final power.
Hanging on my last breath,
As the light of life, slowly dims.
Let me fly to the sky, where you reside,
My tears, a rain, that will never subside.
Memories, drenching into the sand,
And my pain, forever, will be banned.

T H E J O U R N E Y

ANIL T PRABHAKAR