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2 November 2025
Across the calm plains of The Netherlands, the wind never truly sleeps. It hums softly through the blades of hundreds of old windmills — those tall sentinels that once tamed water and now stand as symbols of endurance.
Long before machines, Dutch farmers built windmills to keep their land from drowning. They turned struggle into strength, fighting the sea not with anger but with design. Even today, in a world of glass towers and data clouds, these windmills whisper: balance with nature, and she will work with you, not against you.
In Zaanse Schans or Kinderdijk, the sight of those spinning sails against the low orange sky is a quiet lesson — that progress need not roar; sometimes, it just turns gently in the wind.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
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