Baigan Ka Bharta - It can be poisonous

I always believed that India's first strength is in its farming and the quality of grains and vegetables our farmers produced. Without much fuss of so called organic food, our food is much more close to purity without any intrusion by great GEAC(Genetic Engineering Approval Committee).

I never knew this kind of committee was existed in India untill I heard a word called "Bt Baingan". Abhi ye kya naya funda hai...was the first thought came to my mind.

Believe it or not , our great environmental minister is proposing the idea of Bt baingan. Jai ho Jairam Ramesh(Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests).

Kya hai ye Bt Baingan.

Well, it is genetically modified Brinjol. What does it do. Basically to give the protection against some anti crop worms or insects , the seeds of brinjol is given a treatment of mild dosage of poison which keeps these insects away.

So when the crop grows, it gets protections against these insects and worms.
In return, what we get, more marcury, more mettalic dioxides in our genes.

This means, baigan ka bharta will come with added poison and this un-natural product is naturally harmful to our body. Why we need this is a big plot or consipiracy.
In India, every state grows brinjol and almost every state has different verity of it, so atleast more then 20 types of brinjol grows naturally in our country.

I have never head brinjol crisis :). Do we need these kind of seeds?, well Mr. Jairam thinks we do. Thanks to the foreign companies who would like to penetrate India now with their bad intesions to sell the seeds and make few people rich.

If this gets into India, they will start experimenting every vegetable and fruit and all we will get is modified stuff. May be next generation will never taste natural stuff, or may taste it at higher price by going to organic farmers.

we neither need toxic pesticides nor toxic Bt. Brinjal.The argument proposed by GEAC that without GM Bt. pests cannot be controlled is totally false.

Dr. Vandana Shiva, Founder of Navdanya in her letter to Mr. Jairam Ramesh has highlighted that the rationale for the approval is wrong since it has totally ignored organic agriculture as the sustainable system for controlling pests

Every state in our country is opposing this idea except minister and GEAC.
Let's do our bit when by spreading word around so that every Baigan Bharta Shaukin will be aware.

Lets always have Happy Bharta, VangBhaat, Vangyache Kaap, Undhiyu..

Chau,
Chandresh