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1 David Mitrany has discussed this conflict between the cognitive beliefs of two great leaders of India in the introduction to Pyarelal (1959).

2 These naturalistic studies inspired Pirta to undertake studies on two common Indian monkeys that have relevance to this issue (Pirta, 1990).

3 From Kenneth J. Gergen (n.d.) and personal communication through email in August 2005.

4 From the famous poem ‘Chipko’ written by the folk poet Ghanshyam Sailani on the night of December 12, 1972 (see Sunder Lal Bahuguna and Kunwar Prasun in a booklet published in the memory of this famous Garhwali folk poet who was born in 1934 and who died in 1997: ‘Yad rhenge Sailani’ published by Himalaya Bachao Andolan, Tehri).

5 Sarala Devi (Sarala Behn; Catherine Mary Heilman) and Mira Behn (Madeleine Slade) were European disciples of Gandhi, who chose Himalayas for their social work. They inspired local Gandhians like Sunder Lal Bahuguna, the prominent leader of Chipko Movement, and his wife Vimala Bahuguna (see Bahuguna, 1983).