Shyamal

{{wide image|Shola_forests.jpg|1200px|The [[Western Ghats]] of Karnataka. Blink and this area may have already been destroyed, with roads, street-lighting, power-lines, dams, and habitations following well-established and misguided notions of development that are entrenched in the minds of most people. These are the wild spaces that inspire much of my contribution to Wikipedia, a land that supports life and hosts enough wonders to engage everyone, physically and mentally, now and in the future. Incidentally, within this view live floral and faunal elements that represent more than a million potential Wikipedia entries. Converted into a boring human settlement, it would not produce hardlya anysingle notable persons.}}