Jagat

Much of the talk about Vrindavan on this site is meant to serve as a partial archive of Vrindavan's changes as it undergoes this period of intense development. Old-timers like myself have a great deal of nostalgia for the old Vrindavan, especially the Parikrama Marg as it was in the past. But we have to recognize the inevitability of the changes that are coming. It is likely that what I say here won't be new to most observers of the Vrindavan scene. I am reminded of Hit Kinkar Sewak Sharanji , whom we call the pioneer of Vrindavan environmentalism, and the attempts he made in the 1980's to promote an environmentally-friendly development in Vrindavan with a strong green belt to act as a bulwark against the encroachment of aggressive modernity. He thought that Vrindavan should be "developed" as a kind of "human sanctuary," in the sense that it should be an oasis from the modern world, in which the local society could pursue the spiritual duties of the h...