<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nKedar\u2019s tale is a surprising one \u2014 he\u2019s no historian, no warrior, but a man who came to understand that heritage requires guardians even now. With The Trash Talk, he\u2019s creating an army of volunteers and nature enthusiasts who undertake the trek to forts with one aim in mind: cleaning up, restoring, and guarding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s cleaning up heritage for a purpose. From gathering plastic trash to disposing of it in environmentally friendly manners, each clean-up drive is a token of respect towards the past and accountability towards the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why It Matters
It\u2019s simple to say \u2014 \u201cIt\u2019s just one wrapper\u201d <\/strong>\u2014 but forts didn\u2019t get built overnight, and they\u2019re not getting destroyed in one either. The destruction is gradual, but it\u2019s real. Plastic lasts for centuries to break down, and in the meantime, it leaches poisons into the very ground these forts are constructed upon.<\/p>\n\n\n\nConsider this \u2014 these walls endured monsoons, sieges, and centuries of transformation\u2026 only to be compromised by our trash? That\u2019s not the legacy we desire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From Warriors to Volunteers
At one time, warriors fought up these slopes with swords in their hands. Now, volunteers tote bags and gloves. It\u2019s not glamorous, but it\u2019s a battle we must fight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The foe might change, but the bravery is the same \u2014 because defending what you care about will always be work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your Role in the Story<\/strong>
You don\u2019t need to participate in a group clean-up in order to be part of the solution. The simplest way to assist is easy: don\u2019t contribute to the issue.<\/strong> Bring your trash down, refuse single-use plastic when you travel, and say something if you witness littering.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOur forts battled for us in the past. Now it is our turn to battle for them.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Generations ago, Maharashtra\u2019s forts were an emblem of valor, strength, and triumph. Stone walls pierced the heavens against invading forces, watchtowers pierced the skies, and each step on the curved roads resounded with warriors\u2019 footsteps. Today, those same fortifications are threatened by a very different foe \u2014 one that doesn\u2019t storm with swords or cannons, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","category-the-trash-talk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kedarpatankar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kedarpatankar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kedarpatankar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kedarpatankar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kedarpatankar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kedarpatankar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":393,"href":"http:\/\/kedarpatankar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions\/393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kedarpatankar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kedarpatankar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kedarpatankar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kedarpatankar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}