Thread by @bigfundu

There is a complete meltdown of the #left ecosystem in India with @SadhguruJV appearing on @Trevornoah's @TheDailyShow, talking about the #SaveSoil movement. The outpouring of hate for the man is weird to see and yet completely believable given the history of the Indian left.

It is hilarious to see many of them complaining about Trevor hosting Sadhguru and in the same breath speaking about the freedom of expression of individuals and how the left ecosystem is for providing equal opportunity to hear all voices.

And many of them claim to have a genuine concern for the environment as well. If you did not get the irony yet, you seriously need a college course in "Irony 101" :)

Let's look at some of the complaints.

#1: He went on a bike rally to save rivers and India's rivers are flowing again

Ha ha ha ... ok, now that the laughs are over, let's look at what the Rally For Rivers campaign was all about, once again.

#RallyForRivers was a public awareness campaign gaining with Sadhguru driving across India to get public backing and get the governments make changes to its policies towards river rejuvenation by submitting a policy recommendation to the Central & several state governments.

A few state governments like Karnataka, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, etc. have taken up the policy recommendations and are already implementing them on the ground to rejuvenate their rivers. The rally achieved what it set out to with the backing of over 16 crore people.

Have you heard of the Waghadi river rejuvenation project? If not, check that out. The Isha Outreach volunteers have done some fantastic groundwork coming up with agro models for the local farming community.

isha.sadhguru.org/rally-for-rive…

So, was the rally successful? Absolutely.

#2: Cauvery is saved now and he has moved onto saving the Soil

Yes, Cauvery is saved just because Sadhguru went on a rally.

If you seriously believe this statement or make a mockery of this - either way, you will be a dufus.

People need to understand that undoing the damage done to our rivers over several decades is not going to be easy. The call to save Cauvery river is actually about implementation & setting a proven model for rejuvenating rivers as per what the RFR policy recommends.

It is a natural outcome after the Rally For Rivers (RFR). The first few steps are taken already and promising inroads are made, despite rest of the world coming to a standstill.

covaipost.com/coimbatore/cau…

- In the last two years, over 125000 farmers have moved to the Agroforestry model, planting over 2.1 crore saplings in the Cauvery river basin, in their own lands, thereby also contributing to enhancing the groundwater levels in the Cauvery basin

- In the coming year, about 2.5 crore saplings are planned to be raised and distributed to farmers in Tamilnadu and Karnataka.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/i…

- Looked at these stats, 2.1 crore saplings planted and 2.5 crore saplings being raised right now, independent of the context of Sadhguru spearheading the movement, it is a fantastic achievement in itself and would have been celebrated in any country.

ishaoutreach.org/en/cauvery-cal…

But in India, the leftists who claim to be all for the environment suddenly turn blind and deaf to such achievements. Not one of them has or will appreciate because most of them are just agenda & hate-driven than having any concern for fellow human beings or for the environment.

So, is Cauvery calling over? Far from it!

When it started, the movement targeted to have 242 crore trees planted in the Cauvery basin. Whether anyone stands with them or not, the Cauvery Calling team is going to continue hacking at that goal and keep making progress.

#3: Now he is going on a joy ride claiming to save soil

If you are also done laughing, know that the longest motorbike journey ever taken was by Emillio Scotto of Argentina for 735,000 kms over 10 years. That is approx. 73500 kms every year. And that folks was a joy ride.

Emillio had no purpose other than just going around the world. And he took it up when he was <30 years of age.

Sadhguru is taking it up when he is 65 and it is for raising awareness among world governments about soil health is & what policy changes they can bring about.

At his age, 70% of people cannot even walk without crutches, let alone ride a motorbike and lead such an active life.

And the #SaveSoil cause is what scientists have been saying for a while now but world hasn't heeded to them.

world.time.com/2012/12/14/wha…

downtoearth.org.in/news/food/prot…

Anybody who has a little bit of sense can do their own research and find out that the situation of soil is indeed grim but all hope is not lost if we humans act quickly.

iucn.org/sites/dev/file…

If you think the man is doing it as a publicity stunt, he does not have to. He is wildly popular across the world as one of the foremost authorities of Yoga and is invited to represent Indian spirituality at various global platforms umpteen times every year.

And of course, Sadhguru and the people who have stood up for these causes, whether it is the Cauvery Calling movement or the Save Soil movement, are not going to be cowed down by silly mockery.

And they will work so that the same people who mock them are also benefited.