A Tryst With Destiny
As a student of Zoology at the University of Calcutta, India, I had been introduced to the world of birds through Salim Ali’s field guide, ‘The book of Indian Birds’, […]
The Ophidia-Isle
Ilha da Queimada Grande is a mysterious island off the coast of Brazil in the Atlantic Ocean. No one dares to visit the island that is administered as part of […]
Blue Blooded Blues
It’s only a crab! However, you will be shocked to know the price of its blood. The blue blood of Atlantic Horseshoe crab (or Limulus) is one of the most expensive […]
Quakes & The Mountain Building Phase
The Indian seismologists have warned that an earthquake of magnitude 8.5 or more could rock the Himalayas and might trigger a disaster of a massive nature in South Asia. The […]
The Conflict Is Econo-Political
A coincidence? Just before William Nordhaus won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences on October 8, the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) claimed that the impact of global warming […]
Iceberg In Desert!
Now, there is a desert near the coast….. But, people will soon find huge icebergs floating along the coast. They will experience such an amazing scene in the United Arab […]
A Protective Gear
Residents of Denmark’s Faroe Islands, a self-governing archipelago, hunt Pilot Whales on the shores of the North Atlantic Sea in the summer. To enjoy the meat of pilot whales is […]
Tsunami…Fukushima…A Sea Of Sorrow Awaits
People across Japan observed a moment of silence at 2:46pm (local time) on March 11 to mark the seventh anniversary of Tsunami that devastated the Asia-Pacific nation in 2011. A […]
For The Sake Of Free Pollution!
The Barack Obama administration had adopted a plan to produce pollution-free electricity. However, his successor Donald Trump has decided to scrap the Obama-era climate change rule that would have accelerated […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 