Dinesh Rawat

Green Mall arrangedthis press conference in august presence of nature lovers and social activist where Sri Dinesh Rawat the icon of international trade and business turned “Green Miracle Man” along with the eminent writer and intellectual Smt. Mahashweta Devi conjointly shared the dais. In his keynote address Sri Rawat emphasised the necessity to protect Mother Nature with our might contributionand all out effort in the way Mother Earth needs andrequires. Considering the threats of erratic climatic change with global warming our Mother earth has been faced for a few decades last.We are all responsible for creating such cumulative deplorable situation and therefore we have to find out all possible means of solution by ourselves only. Under this back drop Rawat started his tireless efforts for last twelve years to redress somehow the nature’s agony and distress. His own creation of Green Mall at Samukpota, Bakhrahat Road, South 24 Parganas is another set of landmark in this direction. His album ‘PrakritikiPukar’ speaks of the calls from nature in different tune to arouse the peoplewhile his other album ‘PrakritiVandana’ speaks of as to how people should love, adore and worshipMother nature. All the lyrics of the albums are exclusively composed by Sri Dinesh Rawat. While reviewing the book “Green Your Surroundings” authored by Sri Dinesh Rawat, Smt. Mahashweta Devi has spokenhighly in her own style as to how Sri Rawat withhis all limited capacity and resources has contributed his best to save Mother earth. His continuous and tireless efforts for last twelve yearsdemand genuine social recognition from all corners and there by encourage the most common people to come forward and exert their best in this direction. This book is of great help to all as it is written in lucid way to make it comprehensible to all section of people in our society in general and city dwellers in particular. Besides, the pictureand the image of the plants referred in this book are very useful indeed. It is also to be mentioned in this context that his earlier publication “Palms for India” authored by him already earned a name both India and aboard. His Green Mall is not mere a nursery but displays best possible collection of all varieties of plants nearly a little over 2500 in nos. out of 250 variety only of palmsthere along with all sorts of garden implements, planter and pots and organic manure under one roof. This campus provides altogether a lovely retreatboth in mind and spiritto one and all and is made by itself a pilgrimage to all nature lovers.