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.

2346 - Iwate, Iwate, Japan

Keita is a junior high science teacher in Iwate 岩手町. He sent me a photo of the Tokyo Sky Tower during a fireworks display. The Tokyo Sky Tower is a broadcasting and observation tower in Simide, a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010. In 2011, when it was completed at a height of 634 meters, it became the tallest tower in the world, and the second tallest structure in the world, after Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE.

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