Pollachi is where’s it all happened this January. We were in for a unique visual treat thanks to the Hot Air Balloon festival. A balloon festival of this nature is a new concept to most of us Indians. Elsewhere in the world countries like Mexico, USA, Belgium,
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“The book of nature has no beginning, as it has no end. Open this book where you will, and at any period of your life, and if you have the desire to acquire knowledge you will find it of intense interest, and no matter how long or how intently you study
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ASYMPHONY & SPECTRUM FOR BIRDING -December 2015 ‘Self possessions are always undermined and other’s possessions seem better’, this proverb best suits my thoughts when it comes to the flora and fauna in my own native place, Uttara kannada
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Julian Matthews, TOFTigers, says good things are happening in the magical wild kingdom of Ranthambhore.Decade ago in 2005, the Rajasthan state government declared an emergency; a red alert on the state of tigers within its borders.
Read MoreThe morning sun was beating down hard as we made our way back to the Kisli parkgate, but it had been a few hours well spent. The four of us had had a quietbut delightful drive through the meadows and malevolent sal forests of theSurhi range of Kanha, where statuesque barasingha abounded and the salheartwood borer beetle Hoplocerambyx spinicornis, was doing its best to kill wholegroves of trees. The trip had been a revelation. Seldom can I remember a drive withsuch a sense of ‘wildness’ seemingly
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