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Ganges Next Life -- the Poetry of Science, the Holiness of the Hands of the Engineer

The Image of the Ganges

In the essay "The Ganges Next Life," by Alexander Stille, the image that remains most forcibly in the reader's mind is that of the Ganges River, itself. In the folds of this body of water, one finds the center of India's spiritual and commercial life. The water is both purifying to the spirit of a Hindu, yet it is also potentially the center of Indian's modern commercial life. The water may purify the human soul, yet human beings must also take concrete and scientific steps to ensure that it remain pure and a sustainable source of renewable energy.

Why the image is selected

The power of the image of the Ganges is two fold. The river is not merely beautiful as a natural work of God. It is a piece of the environment infused with significance of a human and a religious nature.

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Yet because of humanity's interference, it has become polluted. It is potentially life sustaining to the economy and the soul yet this renewable potential is being destroyed. Veer Bhadra Mishra is like the river itself, a Hindu religious leader and environmental engineer -- a paradox of roles in the body of one -- and he can no longer wash in the waters of his faith though he hopes to someday do so again, as well as harness these waters to serve his nation's future.

Dillard's essay

Annie Dillard has said: "In nature I find grace tangled in a rapture with violence; I find an intricate landscape whose forms are fringed in death; I find mystery, newness, and a kind of exuberant, spendthrift energy." The power of the image of the water is thus metaphorical on a multi-surface level -- it provides renewable human energy in a literal way, but also energy of a different kind. It is,….....

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