New Delhi, May 22 -- Nature and environment have marked their presence in Indian history since ancient times. Vedic poets deified various forms of nature and meticulously described their functions. In the Rig Veda, the most impressive 250 verses were composed in praise of Indra, the god of rain. Vedic poets, with their remarkable imaginative expansion, presented detailed descriptions of various forms of love between deified natural forces through: the relationships of father-daughter (between sky and dawn), husband-wife (between heaven and earth) and father-son (between heaven and sun). But the full depth and sensuality of attraction manifests primarily in descriptions of the lover-beloved relationship between these deified natural force...