When the peace of a community is shattered by man-made disaster an oil spill, a toxic gas leak, a nuclear meltdown a scar is left that may fade with passing decades but will never fully heal. While some may be able to clean up and return to a sense of normalcy, others stand fenced-off and unchanged like a silent memorial.

Agra (India): Agra MP Ram Shankar Katheria who a month ago was in media focus for predicting Taj would collapse in five years, announced he would sit on dharna at the controversial Taj Corridor, if effective steps were not taken to restore good health to river Yamuna for the safety of the Taj Mahal.

Agra (India): MS Swaminathan, the mentor of India's Green Revolution, called for an early passage of the Right to Food Act, saying it would be the "brightest jewel in the nation's crown".

Agra (India): Speakers at a seminar on Lessons of Bhopal Gas tragedy urged government bodies to rigidly monitor and enforce industrial safety norms to ensure there was no loss of life or property.

Agra (India): Another Heritage week ends recently, without leaving a mark or reflecting any discernible concern by the Archaeological Survey of India to protect precious historical monuments from human vandalism and natural assaults or promote heritage consciousness among citizens of the Taj city.

Agra (India): Last few days' foggy conditions and with mercury dropping several notches, good samaritans in the Taj city have begun opening night shelters for the poor.