A national park near the city of Melbourne in Australia has been given the name Organ Pipes National Park, because of the peculiar geological formation called Organ Pipes existing there. The organ pipes in the above park are a set of vertical rocks which look like the pipes of a pipe organ. These rocks are supposed to be more than …

People how move around making use of land, which is unfit for farming are called nomads. The term is applied especially to people, whose livelihood depends on animals. Some, like the Lapps of northern Europe, follow the yearly migration of animals, such as reindeer. Others, like the Bakhtiari in Iran, drive herds of domesticated animals from place to place in …

Imagine after a game of Holi your skin begins to glow and your hair get an added bounce or lustre… Most people cannot imagine this scenario as for a large majority of us it is nearly a nightmarish experience to get rid of the colours and to get their initial skin type back. It is to be noted that Holi …

Almost every sailor has a tale to tell about strange beasts he has seen in the waters of the sea, and some have told of mermaids, creatures which are half human and half fish. Fairy stories have grown out of these tales, including the most famous of all, The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen. But are there really such …

Mango showers are those experienced prior to the arrival of the monsoon. They are common in the states of Kerala, Karnataka and also some parts of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry. These showers arrive generally in late April and May and are usually very difficult to predict by the meteorological department. The showers are said to aid in the ripening of …

There are two sub-tropical high-pressure belts extending approximately between latitudes 15 and 30 degrees to the north and south of the Equator. Horse latitudes are generally areas of high pressure marked by calm, subsiding air that gets heated during descent. It is said that Spanish sailors ferrying horses to the West Indies were usually stuck for months in these calm …

Shigmo or Shishirotsava, is a spring festival celebrated in the Indian state of Goa, where it is one of the major festivals of the Hindu community. It is also celebrated by Konkani diaspora and Indian festival of Holi is part of it.

घड़ी लगी दीवार पर, टिक टिक कर तू चलती है। हर घंटे के बाद तू, डिंग डिंग करके बजती है। तुझे देखकर पता है चलता, कब खाना, कब पढ़ना है। तुझे देखकर पता है चलता, कब उठना, कब सोना है।

∼ Sanjay Ahluwalia

Shigmo or Shishirotsava, is a spring festival celebrated in the Indian state of Goa, where it is one of the major festivals of the Hindu community. It is also celebrated by Konkani diaspora and Indian festival of Holi is part of it. One day in Panjim, Goa. A child wearing a fake moustache and a dhoti tied clumsily. A woman …