Stone, R. “A Remedy at Last for The Ailing Ganges?” Science Magazine, Volume 332. 22 April 2011. Genre: General Information About Ganga & the Issues Articles, Varanasi ArticlesSubjects: General Information About Ganga and the Issues, Varanasi
Stille, A. “The Ganges’ Next Life.” The New Yorker. 19 January 1998. The Ganges’ Next Life By Alexander Stille, The New Yorker January 19, 1998 ABSTRACT: A REPORTER AT LARGE about the sacred Ganges river in India, which is polluted with sewage, human remains, and industrial waste. The river, which…
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Sampat, P. “The River Ganges Long Decline.” World Watch, July/August 2009, Volume 9, No.4. The river Ganges’ long decline. By Payal Sampat, World Watch July-August 1996 Abstract: The Ganges River is slowly declining due to the steady flow of municipal and industrial waste. Municipal sewage accounts for 80% by volume…
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Salemme, E. “The World Dirty Rivers.” Time Magazine. 22 January 2007. The World’s Dirty Rivers By Elisabeth Salemme Monday, January 22, 2007 The Ganges the most sacred river in India, is so gunked up with industrial and human waste that many Hindus were understandably hesitant about diving in recent weeks…
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Reeves, Philip.”The Ganges: A Journey into India.” National Public Radio. April 2007. In 2004, NPR’s Vice President for Legal Affairs, Neal Jackson, traveled to India with producers Julian and Martine Crandall Hollick to gather material for their radio series on the river Ganges. Read about their journey from the source…
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Pokharel, K. “India’s Holy Ganges to Get a Serious Cleanup.” The Wall Street Journal. 11 March 2010. India’s Holy Ganges Gets A Cleanup By Krishna Pokharel February 13, 2010 VARANASI, India—More than a million devout Hindus bathed in the Ganges River Friday, braving the risk of terrorist attack, stampede and…
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Pepper, D. “India’s rivers are drowning in pollution.” CNN Money. 4 June 2007. India’s rivers are drowning in pollution The Indian government has spent half-a-billion dollars trying to clean up Delhi’s Yamuna River. It’s only gotten worse, says Fortune’s Daniel Pepper. By Daniel Pepper, Fortune June 4, 2007 (Fortune Magazine)…
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Mishra, V.B. “The Ganga at Varanasi and a travail to stop her abuse.” Current Science, Volume 89, No. 5. 10 September 2005. Click here to read this report. Genre: General Information About Ganga & the Issues Articles, Varanasi Articles, Wastewater Issues Articles, What Has Been Done & Current Activism ArticlesSubjects:…
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Hammer, J. “A Prayer for the Ganges.” Smithsonian Magazine. November, 2007. pp. 75-82. A Prayer for the Ganges By Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine November, 2007 A blue stream spews from beneath brick factory buildings in Kanpur, India. The dark ribbon curls down a dirt embankment and flows into the Ganges…
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Gurudev. “The Sacred Secrets of Ganga.” 31 January 2008. The Sacred Secrets of Ganga Gurudev January 31, 2008 I am the shark among the fishes, and the Ganges among the rivers. – Krishna in Bhagavadgita In his book Discovery of India, Jawaharlal Nehru says: The Ganges, above all is the…
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