Visitors to Vrindavan and the fabled land of Lord Krishna, called Braj Bhoomi, are often taken aback by its ramshackle, dirty condition. It has dried up ancient water bodies or kunds, denuded forests and lots of garbage. It also has a dreaded mining mafia running around with dynamite, digging holes and blowing up sacred hills.
The United States has had its buccaneering way in the Law of the Sea treaty, angling the proposals on deep seabed mining towards the "free" market and scuttling Third World gains
With the Vatican already on the offensive and various unresolved rifts, fireworks are definitely on the agenda of the upcoming population conference in Cairo
Irian Jaya, in Indonesia, is witnessing the descretion of its rainforests by a mining firm; an oft repeated story, one would think, but the implications are no less frightening
