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The singing singles club
Birds and frogs are well known for their singing abilities. And alligators are no less — they too burst into songs. But this crooning is not meant for serenading mates, rather the reptiles use it to form singles clubs, a new study has found. Chinese alligators are among the most vocal crocodilians, and their thunderous, seemingly tone-deaf chorus is no laughing
matter.
Community in distress
The Pernas of Kathua district, who have lived the life of criminals and are treated as social outcasts, claim to be the decedents of Prithviraj Chauhan and Maharana
Pratap. Prosperity continues to elude the community despite its unscrupulous ways, reports
Ashutosh Sharma from Jammu
STONES that dazzle
Jewellers do brisk business during the festive days. The greatest jewel shop in India is Gem Palace at
Jaipur. The owners say the Mughals were once their patrons, writes
KDL Khan
As the festive season sets in, thousands of jewellers all over India display their artistic treasures, awaiting customers. Here it is interesting to consider as to which is the most famous jewellers’ establishment in India. Each metro has its own candidate for the honour.
Desert wine country
The tiny border town of Osoyoos in British Columbia is a wine, wilderness and adventure destination, write
Rajbir Deswal & Chander Koumdi
As one drives through the Steven’s Pass from Seattle, the Cascades mountain range, east of Puget Sound, looms in sight with its lofty peaks. It is an awe-inspiring view — the pass presents a commanding view down below, while snowy heights of the range almost touch the sky. The Columbia River, flowing along, manifesting its various moods sometime to our left and sometime to our right, is an added bonus.
Ski tournaments are held here in winters.
Rickshaw in Queen’s land
Cynthia Chandran
For an outsider, it’s a strange and pleasant sight to see the pedicab — akin to the cycle rickshaw in India — weave its way across the London streets.
Since 1995, pedicabs have been a regular at West End, the entertainment area around Covent Garden, Leicester Square and the more crowded
Soho, Regent Street and Piccadilly Circus.
Fresh whiff of hippie ambience
Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock
goes deep into how this music festival, which bred a whole new generation of hippies, happened,
writes Ervell E. Menezes
The late-1960s has
come to be known as a decade of change, what with moon-landing, the
anti-Vietnam riots, flower power and rock music, especially 1969. It
was also responsible for the biggest music extravaganza in history —
Woodstock. Warner Bros made a documentary on it within a year and
ripples of that feast still lingers with rock music lovers.
‘I just try to raise a question’
Amol Palekar’s films aim to make the viewer think, says
V. Ananth
Each subject has its
own requirement and need and hence I decided to make Samantar in
Marathi and not Hindi, though I had earlier made Quest in
English because I wanted to reach out a larger audience with a taboo
subject like that of homosexuality", says Amol Palekar. Animated by Toy Story
The first Toy Story movie has made it to the top spot as the
greatest animated films of all times leaving behind the likes of Shrek
and The Lion King. The movie has been voted the best in a
recent online poll by Pollsters onepollcashback.com, with Shrek
and Lion King third claiming the second and third spots
respectively, reported Mirror online.
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