Synopsis Contents: A personal prologue. 1. Mountains, people and water. 2. Water resources, CMP and other related issues. 3. Berinag and Chaukori. 4. TM and CAM. 5. Seabuckthorn. 6. Third Uttaranchal Conservators' Conference. 7. Vanya Silk Culture in Uttaranchal. 8. Green energy. 9. Operation Zero Road Accident. 10. The other ten thousand. 11. Further thoughts on Thrust Industries. 12. Organic agriculture and poverty alleviation. 13. Binsar, Henry Ramsay and Industrial Policy, 2003. 14. Towards North--Western Hill Council. 15. Post Fifty First NDC. 16. Project growth hub and poles. 17. Developing centers of excellence. 18. Foundation Day Lecture.