Life is to be lived and not spent There are millions spending their lives in villages but do not know any of the village crafts.As mentioned in my earlier blog village is full of life inviting you to learn the the art of living.water flowing in rivers,canals, and tanks and lakes over flowing but you do not know swimming.Animals all around but you do not know how to feed them,milk them,make curd,butter and buttermilk etc.Trees all around and you do not know how to climb.All water bodies are full of varieties of fish and you do not know how to catch a single fish.In agriculture field the rats play havoc and you are helpless.Ganesan was master of the village crafts and skillful.The school was 5km away and for 6years he had walked up and down.Hundreds of activities of agriculture from preparing the fields to harvest were known to him. In all he grew up as son of the soil..No wonder,the noble earth of Sannanallur was sprinkled around at South Pole in the later part of his life.
born and brought up in rural back ground.Sannanallur, a village at the cross junction of Nagappattinam-Kumbakonam road and Tiruvarur-Mayiladuthurai road.Studied at elementry school, sannanallur, Board high school, Nannilam, Annamalai plytechnic, Chettinad. Served in PWD of Tamilnadu Govt 1961-63.selected for Army service in 63.Adventurous and unblemished service for 30 years. Stood first in B.Tech at the college of Military Engineering,Pune, Maharashtra. Selected as India's mission leader to Dakshingangotri, Indian Antarctic Resarch Station, at south pole, Antarctica, 1987-89, and spent 480 days at the icy continent. Awarded Vashisht seva medal by the President of India,1994. Retired from Army 1994.Running a psycho-adventure foundation since then.
