Avatars and Evolution...!!!!

The tortoise incarnation of Vishnu.
The ficus wonders if the avataric concept of lord Vishnu in hinduism, is an indication to the knowledge of evolution among the ancient hindus.
As we all know, now, that life originated in water and then it came to land followed by evolution of plants and animals which was again followed by speciation. The avatars of lord Vishnu, as mentioned in the hindu scriptures follow a sequence which supports modern day concept of evolution and origin of life. The first avatar of lord Vishnu is that of a fish (Matsya), followed by tortoise (Kurma), boar (Vraha), half lion- half man (Narsimha), a dwarf man (Vamana) and then different human forms Parushurama, Rama, Krishna, Buddha and Kalki.
What are your views.....

Ficus talks about Transgenic (Part 2)

It was Dashahra and Timeline happened to be in the village. Having had a tough time moving here and there around the world, Ficus had forced the Timeline to stay for a couple of months and asked to carry on his business staying there. It was during this time that the trouble of the transgenic crops had come up; and so Ficus engaged Timeline in this discussion.
It was early morning and the birds had come out. the warblers were chattering and the crows had started to crow. The farmers had let open the doors of their chicken coops and the graceful cocks started courting the big fat hens. The milkmen were readying the cows to milk them. The priest was hurrying to the temple with flowers in one hand and a bunch of keys of the temple in other. The palace which sleeps for most of the year was also alive as it was Dashahra. Slowly the whole village was coming to life.
Ficus was telling Timeline about the antiquity of the Dashahra festival and how he had witnessed dashara procession of the royals since the past 100 or so years. As they were talking, Shanker and Shyamu were going to their fields and they were discussing about the Bt Rice they had grown this season. This reminded Ficus of the opposition and pressure from various organisations, which these two progressive farmers were facing. And then he asked Timeline for his view on Transgenic crops. Timeline in his typical husky voice started telling Ficus about such problems which time and again have cropped up and homo sapiens have overcome since the past 200 thousand or so years.

Ficus talks about Transgenic (Part 1)

It was a bright sunny day and the farmers were getting ready to harvest the rice. The ficus was busy as guests from Siberia had started to arrive. Timeline was brooding upon the future of humans and that of the earth. The winds were making the rice fields sway and it looked as if a woman clad in a green Saree had let her Saree loose. The palace of the former raja stood prominently besides the big pond where women were bathing and children swimming. Once in a while the bell of the temple built by the former Raja's ancestors would go "DONGGGG...".The ficus was respected equally by the flora and the fauna of the region. the humans respected it because they believed it was a God, the travelers loved it for its shade, the birds loved it because it gave them shelter, the goats and cattle loved it for its shade and leaves, the bats and smaller mammals loved it for its fruits and so on...
There was a problem brewing in the village for the last three to four months. The crops had come to ficus for getting justice. Essentially they were divided into two groups the Transgenic and the non transgenic ones. The non transgenic ones were the orthodox type who were supported by a big NGO and those hideous insects as their witnesses and then there were these transgenic ones who had a scientist Dr Rama as their supporter and two farmers Shanker and Shyamu as their witnesses. Arguments had been going on since the past 3 months and it was the day ficus had summoned all the flora and fauna to let them know of his opinion in consultation with the timeline, his mentor and guru.
The time came and when everyone had assembled, ficus cleared his throat "i have seen this village grow in front of me, i have seen people come and go and in the process the making of this village. there have been umptieth number of cases which have come before me like the issue of the fertilizers, then the tractors, then the hybrids and yet another issue has come up now , now it is the Transgenic issue. I welcome you all and would like to tell my opinion about the fate of the transgenic".