Srinagar, Sept. 14 -- The Honourable Lieutenant Governor, in his Teacher's Day message' urged educators to nurture values of respect, responsibility, and environmental consciousness among future generations. "God forgives, man forgives, but nature retaliates before it forgives," he said and this powerful analogy is a reminder of a truth that is often ignored by us. While divine mercy and human compassion come swiftly, nature's forgiveness does not come without consequence.

When we tamper with nature by polluting rivers, cutting down forests, or disturbing ecosystems, it doesn't respond with quiet acceptance. It strikes back-through wildfires, floods, droughts, storms and shakings. It does do it out of cruelty, but as a way to restore bal...