3275 - Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

This card comes from a Women in Nature (in India) series. The series
features the following:

Vandana Shiva - Gandhi of Grain. Shiva is a scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, ecofeminist, and anti-globalization author. Much of her activism is with the anit-GMO movement.

Padma Shri Tulsi Gowda - Encyclopedia of the Forest. Gowda is an Indian environmentalist. She has planted more than 30 000 saplings and looks after the nurseries of the Forest Department. Her title "Padma Shri" is actually the fourth highest civilian award that can be bestowed by the Indian Government.
Padma Shri Rahibai Popere - Seed Mother. Popere is a farmer and conservationist. She helps other farmers return to native varieties of crops. She was one of three Indians named to the BBC list of "100 Women 2018."
Padma Shri Saalumarada Thimmakka - Mother of the Trees. Thimmakka in a environmentalist noted for her work in planting and tending to 385 bantan trees along a 45 km stretch of the the highway between Julikai and Kudur. She has also planted 8000 other trees. As of this, she is 112or 113 years old! She was given the title of Padma Shri in 2019.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and...

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

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