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Call
of the wild
An excellent
collection of striking visuals and text, Treasures of Indian
Wildlife, brought out by the Bombay Natural History Society, is a
reminder of the fast-diminishing wealth of birds and animals. It can
serve as a wake-up call to preserve the diverse flora and fauna in our
country before the balance of nature gets distorted, writes Lieut-Gen
Baljit Singh
The
Bombay Natural
History Society, founded in 1883, is the oldest and the most
reputed organisation in Asia devoted to the conservation of
India’s rich faunal and floral diversity through field
investigation, research, education and spread of awareness. |
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Lion-Hunt
in Hurriana
A
good number of black partridge are still to be found in the preserved
grass of the stud department; the district is still famous for the
stoutness of its hares, and I should think the banks of the Cuggur and
the Batty country must still afford a good sporting tract, and where
occasionally a lion may be met with. There are abundance of wild hogs,
and the country is particularly safe for riding.
Splendour
of the Hollow Lake
Pankaj
Vasudeva travels to Pangong Tso in Ladakh and is bowled over by
the sheer beauty of the world’s largest water body at an altitude
over 4,000 m
It
is a lake far away from
civilisation in the barren landscape of Ladakh, Pangong Tso, whose
pristine waters and unending expanse leave one spellbound. One of the
biggest lakes in Asia, two-thirds of its area falls in China. It is
130-km-long and 7 kms wide.
Lots
to cheer about
Lalitha
Thiruvengadam describes her visit to Hennessey cellars
Many
have penned lines and
characters involving the Irish whiskey; the double-large Jamesons,
mean torts of Old Granddad, quick gulps of Bushmills. The drinking
world lapped up the imagery of a no-nonsense, rough, virile, stolid
drink; much like an Irishman.
The
Rajni phenomenon
His
career knows no full
stops. In the 30th year of his stellar reign, Rajnikanth has delivered
the biggest ever-hit in Tamil cinema history, reports Saibal
Chatterjee
Autumn songs
Bollywood
at last seems to be putting the spotlight on men and women in their mellow years, observes
Shoma A. Chatterji
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