Jan 19, 2023
“Birds teach a great life lesson. All you have to do is listen to their song”: Chilika in Odisha is the largest brackish water lake in Asia and great attraction for tourists for fishing, bird watching & boating, indigenous & migratory birds are a delight
With the number of migratory birds soaring in the backwaters of Deogarh district in Odisha, there is a spurt in the tourists visiting the area to watch them. This has prompted the authorities to promote avitourism in the region in a big way.
Jan 19, 2023
"Restoration & hope is available each time you turn to Sanatan": Besakih Mandir on slopes of Mount Agung in Eastern Bali is largest, holiest & important temple of Hinduism in Indonesia for history of its culture, archeology, architecture, social & economy
Hinduism, as the world’s oldest religion, has traveled all across the world since the dawn of time. This polytheistic religion is one of the most well-known and widely practiced religions in the world, particularly in Southeast Asia. Even while each culture interprets religion differently, the essential beliefs remain the same. The Besakih temple in Bali is an excellent example of this.
Jan 18, 2023
"Look deep into nature, then you will understand everything better": Malabar giant squirrel (also known as shekru), an all-natural technicolor coat endemic to India, stretch as much as 3 feet long—longer than eastern gray squirrel & svelter counterparts
"Look deep into nature, then you will understand everything better": Malabar giant squirrel (also known as shekru), an all-natural technicolor coat endemic to India, stretch as much as 3 feet long—longer than eastern gray squirrel & svelter counterparts
IF YOU’RE PASSING BELOW A thick tree canopy in peninsular India and happen to hear a scurrying above you, be sure to look up. You might catch a glimpse of a striking squirrel whose fur appears to have been hand-painted with splashes of brown, orange, maroon, and black.
Jan 18, 2023
“Enlightenment, and the death which comes before it, is the primary soul of Varanasi”: ‘Tent City’ being set up across the Ganges in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh with Five-star level facilities to reduce the pressure on the tourist footfall visiting Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi will soon woo tourists with its luxurious Tent City, built on the banks of the river Ganga.
Jan 18, 2023
"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive": Devanshi Sanghvi, 8-year-old daughter of diamond merchant embraces monkhood in Gujarat, walked over 600 km with monks, learnt to live, difficult life of an ascetic
The eight-year-old daughter of a wealthy diamond merchant in Gujarat has renounced material comforts to embrace monkhood. Devanshi Sanghvi will take ‘diksha’ in Surat today to mark her initiation into ascetic life.
Jan 17, 2023
"What distinguishes terrorism is the willful and calculated choice of innocents as targets": Abdul Rehman Makki, a Pakistan-based terrorist involved in recruiting & radicalising youth to planning attacks in India is designated as “Global Terrorist” by UN
The United Nations Security Council on Monday puts Pakistan-based Abdul Rehman Makki on the global terrorist list under its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee.
Jan 17, 2023
"Courage makes a man more than himself; for he is then himself plus his valor": Surya Sen - hero behind Chittagong armory raid & attack on Europeans only club that shook British like never before, brutally tortured and executed by British on Jan 12, 1934
Surya Sen was a Bengali independence activist who remembered for his daring raid on the British armoury in Chittagong (now in Bangladesh) in 1930. A school teacher, revered by all as ‘Masterda’, an honorific translating to “a teacher and an elder brother”, he was deeply influenced by nationalist ideals even as a student.
Jan 17, 2023
"Neglect will drive a noble mind to depart for another land": Brilliant mind - Dr Subhash Mukhopadhyay who created India's first and world's second test tube baby 'Durga' in 1978 with the help of some general equipment and refrigerator was punished for it
He not only discovered the first invitro fertilization technique of India, under him the first test tube baby of India Durga was born in 1978. But Dr Subhash Mukhopadhyay of Kolkata never got his due recognition. On the contrary his feat was ridiculed at by his own colleagues, he was ostracized and finally out of frustration he committed suicide in 1981 after failing to get recognition. He could not handle constant criticism and the outright harassment he was subjected to.
Jan 16, 2023
"History is the propaganda of the victors": Qutub Minar or Dhurva Stambha - 24-petalled architectural lotus flower is purely a Hindu concept, an ancient Hindu Astronomical Observatory on which lifeless insertions of Quranic inscriptions are forced
Felice Beato was a British photographer of Italian origin. He travelled through India after the so-called ‘mutiny’ or uprising of the Indian army against their British officers in 1857. Beato took photographs of sites associated with the uprsing, as well as more general photographs of the most important monuments of the cities he visited, as in this example.