tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194313722894510392.post6337558065798207883..comments2023-10-12T04:35:21.978-07:00Comments on From Berkeley: Lahijan: From Tea for All to Tea for None...Nazyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12077066782490668686noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194313722894510392.post-89450296147153447992007-06-10T14:20:00.000-07:002007-06-10T14:20:00.000-07:00Nazy Joon:Your article on Lahijan was the second o...Nazy Joon:<BR/><BR/>Your article on Lahijan was the second on the subject I read today. The first was published in RoozOnLine describing how millions of acres of forests in the north of Iran have been and are being destroyed, how no one wishes to plant the fragrant Iranian rice since the market is filled with rice imported from Thailand and Pakistan, and how no one plants tea leaves for the same reason. <BR/><BR/>This reminded me of a poem by Shamloo:<BR/><BR/>میوه بر شاخه شدم سنگواره برکف کودک<BR/><BR/>طلسم معجزتی مگر پناه دهد از گزند خویشتنم<BR/><BR/>چنین که دست تطاول به خود گشاده منمAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194313722894510392.post-50200657577373402552007-06-06T23:16:00.000-07:002007-06-06T23:16:00.000-07:00And Thank You Assal Jan for caring! For thousands...And Thank You Assal Jan for caring! For thousands of years, Iran used to be a country bountiful in its agriculture. Though I am no romantic fool about how economies work, and as grateful I am for oil revenues for Iran, I do believe that it was completely stupid to let its agriculture go to such ruins, making an entire nation dependent on imports and state subsidies. Our tea industry could have survived, I believe, had it not been so mis-handled. It is also a shame to see Gilan and Mazandaran locals give up their rice paddies (Shalizar), building villas on top of them, destroying the natural beauty, ecology, agriculture, and traditions of those parts, leaving them devoid of their identity and trade.Nazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12077066782490668686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1194313722894510392.post-52151852343060031242007-06-06T18:38:00.000-07:002007-06-06T18:38:00.000-07:00Thank you so much for sharing this with us, especi...Thank you so much for sharing this with us, especially the two links. It is so sad that so many wonderful aspects of our cultural identity are being "sold out" for a little profit here and there. I am drinking a lovely cup of Persian tea as I type this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com