The Deputy High Commissioner was there..., and the Key Speaker of the evening Ms.Jane Goodall was s
oon on the dais - and she began her forty five minute talk with a beautiful onomatopoeic sound of the chimps. She said that every individual chimp had its own distinct voice.
Excerpts from her inspiring talk..:
"My loving mother encouraged my interest in animals" she began. "So i was about eight, when i started reading Dr.Doolittle, who spoke the language of animals, and i too desired passionatley to learn it, and i'd even pretended to my friends that i understood and recognised animal language. " she said to an eager crowd of passionate animal enthusiasts and research scholars.
"Then i fell to reading Tarzan, king of the apes. When i expressed my desire in animals, at that time, it was considered an absurd idea since i was a girl. Everyone said, "Why dont you do something else?"
"When you work hard and never give up, you will surely find a way," she said to rapt attention of ardent listeners.
Jane Goodal then gave a detailed narration of her life story.
Just think about the different choices we make each day in our lives. Think how it will impact the people, how it impacts the animals etc.
Ms.Jane finally summed up her lecture on 'Reason for Hope' in the following words:
If you can see with your eyes, feel with your heart, with an indomitable spirit within you, you can achieve anything - and almost nothing will be difficult for you in this world.
"Every problem is being tackled by a person or a group of dedicated passionate people who are prepared to risk their life or lose their life for the purpose. That's the reason for hope in this planet," concluded Jane Goodall.
PS: Well, obviously, it was an evening worth its time and effort @ the British Council, Chennai.
Well, anticipating a high turnout, we had reached the venue much ahead of time @ around four twenty itself. I took along with me Murali (III Stats), Solo (II Phil), Micosteen (II Phil) etc in our car. Met up with Dr.Nirmal, Rayson, Prof.Cherian etc and reserved seats for them too, as luckily we could make it a bit early.
oon on the dais - and she began her forty five minute talk with a beautiful onomatopoeic sound of the chimps. She said that every individual chimp had its own distinct voice.Excerpts from her inspiring talk..:
"My loving mother encouraged my interest in animals" she began. "So i was about eight, when i started reading Dr.Doolittle, who spoke the language of animals, and i too desired passionatley to learn it, and i'd even pretended to my friends that i understood and recognised animal language. " she said to an eager crowd of passionate animal enthusiasts and research scholars.
"Then i fell to reading Tarzan, king of the apes. When i expressed my desire in animals, at that time, it was considered an absurd idea since i was a girl. Everyone said, "Why dont you do something else?"
"When you work hard and never give up, you will surely find a way," she said to rapt attention of ardent listeners.
Jane Goodal then gave a detailed narration of her life story.
Just think about the different choices we make each day in our lives. Think how it will impact the people, how it impacts the animals etc.
Ms.Jane finally summed up her lecture on 'Reason for Hope' in the following words:
If you can see with your eyes, feel with your heart, with an indomitable spirit within you, you can achieve anything - and almost nothing will be difficult for you in this world.
"Every problem is being tackled by a person or a group of dedicated passionate people who are prepared to risk their life or lose their life for the purpose. That's the reason for hope in this planet," concluded Jane Goodall.
PS: Well, obviously, it was an evening worth its time and effort @ the British Council, Chennai.
Well, anticipating a high turnout, we had reached the venue much ahead of time @ around four twenty itself. I took along with me Murali (III Stats), Solo (II Phil), Micosteen (II Phil) etc in our car. Met up with Dr.Nirmal, Rayson, Prof.Cherian etc and reserved seats for them too, as luckily we could make it a bit early.
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