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Debal Deb

"Get rid of developmentality."

Barrackpore, West Bengal, India
male, age 51
open marriage
Speaks: Little Kannada, Little German, Bengali, English, Hindi
Joined Jan 27, 2003


 
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I am extremely fortunate to have many exceptionally intelligent, kind and generous people as my friends who have supported me in all my work. Yet, I feel solitary, because my dream of a free world - where the community bonds are strong, where individual profit-maximization motives are subordinated by community interests, where an inclusive freedom and rights of everyone abrogates the perverse privileges of industry to destroy the world, where the Unreason of greed for money and power is replaced by Reason based on ecological ethic - appears increasingly unlikely to come true. That's because the world seems to be populated by an increasing number of hedonistic individuals, happily immersed in consumerism and greed. The youth in particular seems to be increasingly devoid of altruism and social commitment.
 I am trying to reverse the trend by fostering an ecological sensibility by involving local people in conservation efforts. My research and demonstration farm Basudha (www.cintdis.org/basudha) is the hub of this practice, where zero-external input sustainable agriculture, ecological architecture, ecoforestry and simple living are demonstrated.
 I am a member of care2 community because I hope to find at least a few reliable companions to share my dream, who are already fighting for a more just and free society.
 You may find my latest book Beyond Developmentality (Earthscan: London) interesting. In this book I have critiqued the mainstream economic growth ideals, articulated my ideas of a just and sustainable world, and showcased some living models of sustainable community scattered around the world.
 
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Joined Jan 27, 2003 Activist Aspirations Enthusiastic 
Here for Meeting Friends, Dating, Professional Connections, Support a Cause 
Group Host of none yet
Groups (APPPN) A Petition Posting & Peoples Network, (MCIF) Multi-Cultural Interfaith Forum, A Village in India, Alliance for Sustainable Communication, BAN FOIE GRAS!!, Christina Aguilera Fancorner, Club Earth, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund - Electing Pro-Wildlife Leaders, Earth Cyclist - zero emissions, Greenpeace, H2onE2, Glacial Respiration, Conceptual Ring of Ice, End of Religion, Hot Debates & Shocking News, International Green Party Discussion Group, N - LUV more »
Hometown Barrackpore, India 
Homepage http://www.cintdis.org  
Birthday Sept 19, 1961  
Languages Little Kannada, Little German, Bengali, English, Hindi  
About Me Heterosexual, free-lance scientist, avid reader, social drinker, solitary individual, with great respect for people of the Fourth World and their traditional knowledge base. Ecologist - in both profession and lifestyle.
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  Lifestyle
Pets  
Activist Aspirations Enthusiastic
Political Leaning
Religions Atheist  
Eating Habits Keep it Healthy  
Wild Fact About Me I am polyamorist, in principle.
My Philosophy Enjoy life. Do no harm. Try to make this world a place for better living for the poor and posterity. Captured in my latest book "Beyond Developmentality" (Earthscan, London: 2009)
What Gives Me Hope Children's curiosity, enthusiasm of some young people, honesty of some poor people, courage of some old people.
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by Stop industrial growth and foster indigenous environment-friendly technologies.
What/who changed my life and why My post-doc work in west coast of India - that experience made me understand diversity of culture and lifestyles, and enjoy LIFE itself. And then, my visit to Menominee Nation, Wisconsin during my Fulbright fellowship period (2009) reinforced my vision of a society that fosters inter-generational environmental rights.
What Bugs Me Cowardice, Rich and Power fools, My own follies  
Passions  
Inspirations M N Roy, Contemporary pre-industrial societies, Giordano Bruno, Christopher Caudwell  
What Scares Me is How consumerism infects everymind  
  Favorites
Role Models Madhav Gadgil, Vandana Shiva, Steve Gould  
Quotation Things naturall for the Species are not always so for the Individuall. - John Donne
Interests Anthropology, ecology, chess, semiotics, painting  
Books One Dimensional Man (Marcuse), Isla Negra (Neruda), Utopia in the Western Thought (Manuel), The Golden Bough (Frazer), An Anthropologist on Mars (Oliver Sachs), Love in the Time of Cholera (Marquez), God of Small Things (Arundhati Roy), Anna Karenina (Lev Tolsto  
Music Mozart (ninth symphony), Beethoven (Moonlight sonata), Baul songs of Bengal, Tagore songs  
Movies Tarkovsky: The Sacrifice, Benigni: La Vita e Bella, Chaplin: The Great Dictator  
TV Shows Star Trek  
Favorite Foods Osso buco, Moussaka, Rabri, Gokul Pitheh  
Favorite Places Berkeley (CA, USA), Cinque Terre (Italy), Aghanashini village (Karnataka, India), Rodos (Greece), Ko Chang (Thailand)  
Can't Live Without sex and love, Steve Gould's essays, a camera, Tagore songs, my notebook computer  
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    May 3, 2008 9:05 AM

    Ivy S. (2169)
    My dear friend, thanks for your invitation. But as of now I am very busy, so will surely visit your place when I'm more free ok?
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    May joy, peace, happiness & good health reign in your heart forever!
    Be happy always!
    hugssss - ivy

    Apr 22, 2008 5:56 PM

    Ana M. (1141)


    Earth Day

    I am the Earth And the Earth is me.
    Each blade of grass, Each honey tree,
    Each bit of mud, And stick and stone
    Is blood and muscle, Skin and bone.
    And just as I Need every bit
    Of me to make My body fit,
    So Earth needs Grass and stone and tree
    And things that grow here Naturally.
    That's why we Celebrate this day.
    That's why across The world we say:
    As long as life, as dear, as free,
    I am the Earth And the Earth is me.

     - ? -

     

     ... have a green Earth Day my Friend.
    With Love
    Ana



    Apr 19, 2008 10:46 AM

    Ivy S. (2169)
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    Something special for you....here.....
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    Thank you ever so much for your beautiful comments, ecards and videos that you sent me. You will always be my special friend.
    Take care...& may your weekend be the most relaxing one ever!
    Be happy always!
    Love & hugs - ivy

    Apr 19, 2008 3:36 AM

    Ivy S. (2169)
    My dear friend, I am ever so grateful and wish to....
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    I'm also touched by the beautiful greetings you sent me - be it through your comment, ecard, or video. U really make me feel so special. I do appreciate it very much. U will certainly  make my day bloom with joy! No wonder, my friend - U are the Best! So once again I say....
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    Take care....& have a most relaxing and gorgeous weekend!
    Love & hugsss - ivy

    Mar 30, 2008 9:53 PM

    Ana M. (1141)


    "What is Life?
    It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
    It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
    It is the little shadow
    which runs across the grass
    and loses itself in the sunset."
     
    - Crowfoot -  Blackfoot warrior and orator

     

     I wish you dear Debal, a week full of Life
    and with Peace.
    With Love
    Ana



    Feb 27, 2008 1:36 AM

    Ana M. (1141)


    "There are 32 points to the compass,
     meaning that there are 32 directions
    in which a spoon can squirt grapefruit;
     yet the juice, almost invariably,
    flies straight into the human eye."


    - Sattler's Law -

     


    ... just laugh or simply smile dear Friend
    With Love
    Ana



    Feb 11, 2008 2:16 AM

    Ana M. (1141)


    What if you slept?
    And what if,
    in your sleep, you dreamed?
    And what if, in your dream,
    you went to heaven
    and there plucked a strange
    and beautiful flower?
    And what if,
    when you awoke,
    you had the flower in your hand?
    Ah, what then?

    - Samuel Taylor Coleridge -

     

    ... I wish you my dear Friend
     a week full of dreams
     With Love
    Ana



    Feb 2, 2008 8:32 PM

    Ana M. (1141)



    ... dear Friend.
    Thank you for your positive Thoughts,
     your precious Friendship and endless Love

    Ana



    Jan 30, 2008 5:44 PM

    Ivy S. (2169)
    Debal, I really am sorry I missed your birthday. Hope it had been a special one, as special as you my friend. But I believe it's always "better late than never" though - what do you say?
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    hugs - Ivy

    Jan 10, 2008 6:52 PM

    Ana M. (1141)

    "This is my simple religion.
    There is no need for temples;
     no need for complicated philosophy.
    Our own brain, our own heart is our temple;
    the philosophy is kindness."

    - Dalai Lama -




    ... with Love my dear friend Debal
    Ana



    Jan 3, 2008 9:05 PM

    Ana M. (1141)

    The Heart

    Each day I try to find a path
    Between my head and my heart
    Mind makes words
    But heart makes you feel them
    In a world of unexplained mysteries
    An empty heart doesnt care
    An empty heart has no love to share
    A happy heart makes you sing
    A happy heart makes you smile
    Some are old and some new
    Always making you feel something
    And we wonder how and why because:
    What is a heart?
    A muscle that has no pain
    But beats for you and the world
    Over and over again...



    ... with Love
    Ana



    Dec 31, 2007 12:03 AM

    Ana M. (1141)

    From old to new!

    Only a night from old to new!
    Always a night from old to new!
    And in the first day,
    My wishes are few:
    The beginning of the end
    Of all wars in the world
    That all the soldiers safe return home
    The beginning of the end
    Of the prejudice, intolerance, racism
    Hunger, greed, attacks to life.
    After that night is the first new dawn
    And may we can start from the beginning,
    Living together, without haste
    In union with kind Mother Earth.



    ... I wish you a new year full of Love and Peace
     my Friend
    Ana



    Dec 28, 2007 12:19 AM

    Ana M. (1141)

    Our friendship is an ocean
    Stretching
    Far and wide
    Never ending
    Filled with memories
    That last a lifetime
    Our friendship is
    Just like the stars
    Both go beyond
    Man's reach
    So best friends it is
    Now and forever.
    That's the best feeling there is
    Nothing could be better
    Now and forever.

     

     With Love
     Ana



    Dec 17, 2007 12:24 PM

    Ana M. (1141)

    This Time Of The Year
     
    The ingredients are all right here
    With warmest thoughts and best wishes
    Good health and happiness and cheer
    To keep you smiling through the year
    And if your heart has lost it's song
    The gift of hope to cheer you on.
    Share your love and remind
    That someone, for you my Friend,
    Always truly cares, and,
    At this time of the end of the year.



    ... I wish you a great week dear friend
    With Love
    Ana



    Dec 14, 2007 5:21 PM

    Ana M. (1141)

    Cry Freedom


    Cry freedom
    With a quiet voice
    Cry freedom
    And rejoice.

    Cry freedom
    See the purest light
    Cry freedom
    With fresh sight.

    Cry freedom
    With a gentle will
    Cry freedom
    And be still.

    Cry freedom
    Till your heart does ache
    Cry freedom
    And awake.

    Cry freedom
    With a quiet voice
    Cry freedom
    And rejoice.




    I wish you dear friend a wonderful weekend
    With Love
    Ana



    Dec 7, 2007 9:38 AM

    Ana M. (1141)

    A butterfly in the wind

    A child is...
    A butterfly in the wind,
    Some can fly higher than others;
    But each one flies the best they can.
    Why compare one against the other?
    Each one is different!
    Each one is special!
    Each one is beautiful!




    I wish you a great friday and 
    a wonderful weekend my special friend 
    With Love
    Ana



    Dec 1, 2007 10:45 PM

    Ana M. (1141)

    "Great spirits have always found
    violent opposition from mediocrities.
    The latter cannot understand it
    when a man does not thoughtlessly
    submit to hereditary prejudices,
    but honestly and courageously
    uses his intelligence and
    fulfills the duty to express the results
    of his thought in clear form."
    Albert Einstein



    ... my dear friend
    With Love
    Ana



    Nov 18, 2007 11:56 PM

    Ana M. (1141)

    A CHILD'S HEART

    A child's heart is full of love
    Bearing all the burden
    A child's tears happy or sad
    Are real from within
    The cry's come from their souls
    Brought on by confusion...
    They love their mom and dad
    But their souls will never mend...
    Hold a child oh so close
    Don't ever let them go
    Unconditional love
    Is all that they say and more
    A child's heart is full of love
    Not to bear the burden
    But to love life to the fullest
    Ever so certain...

     

     ...I wish you dear friend, a wonderful week
     With Love
    Ana



    Nov 4, 2007 10:27 PM

    Ana M. (1141)

    "The Beautiful Earth"

    The glistening sun is shining
    On the sparkling water,
    The sparkling water is
    connecting
    To the pretty ocean,
    The pretty ocean
    is as beautiful
    As a bachelor button flower,
    The bachelor
    button flower is
    yellow and blue
    Like the sunset sky,
    The sunset sky is giving
    peace to the Earth!

    written by Olivia




    ... I wish you a great week sweet friend

    With Love

    Ana



    Nov 1, 2007 1:31 AM

    Ana M. (1141)

    Save the Animals
    Endangered Species are fading away
    Need to stop hunting
    Do what I say
    Animals dying and
    Never being born
    Generations go by
    Extinct they become
    Rhinos being killed just for their horn
    Elephants getting hunted every day
    Destroyed habitats
    Sadly nothing is going their way
    Poachers spying all the time
    Every day animals get killed
    Could and should be put down for their crime
    Incredible animals running away
    Eventually they will become extinct
    Save the animals or go away

    by Jack (aged 11)

     
    ... with Love

    Ana



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