Tag Archive | "Human interest"
The Yoga Dancer of Calcutta
It’s a lazy late-winter morning, but the second floor of Indira cinema in Bhowanipore is a whirl of frenetic feet. “Taka, dimi, taka dimi…. Hold it, I want more energy and power in the steps and movement…. We are not merely playing Lord Krishna here, we are becoming the Lord himself,” Pandit Chitresh Das bellows [...]
Continue reading...Natural Viagra – When the Bamboo Flowers!
Sunday, September 28, 2008
It can tweak the fertility of rats, believe many in Mizoram. Now nutrient-rich bamboo seeds are going straight from the jungle to the Mizo menu and even the bedroom! In Mizoram, bamboo seeds that appear after a riotous flowering of the tall grass every 50 years are considered a harbinger of famine or mautam in the [...]
Continue reading...Learning Conservation from the Tribes of Arunachal Pradesh
Friday, September 26, 2008
Arunachal Pradesh, a mysterious, magical and mystical land tucked away in the north eastern tip of India is one of the most compelling holiday destinations in India. Arunachal has 26 major tribes and many sub-tribes living in 3649 scattered villages. Although a number of tribal groups constitue the total population, the density of population is very [...]
Continue reading...Wikigenea
Friday, September 26, 2008
Naadi Shashtra or Palm leaf Astrology is an ancient Indian method of recording data. It is believed that by reading through the writings on these leaves one can learn about one’s past, identify the present and predict the future. It is said that thousands of years ago, the great sages of India had the power to [...]
Continue reading...Irresponsible tourism in Paradise
Monday, September 22, 2008
This is what the western media says: “India has always been a difficult place to do business – excessive bureaucracy, endemic corruption and poor infrastructure are the most common problems – but now it seems Hindu gods must be added to the list. Plans for what would have been India’s first international ski resort in the [...]
Continue reading...FUSION
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Footcept : “India has been home to several ancient civilisations and empires……the rich diversity of India is the result of a fusion of native with foreign elements.” The Frenchman & the German bio-physicist in Calcutta Thierry & Wolfgang run their own homes for runaway street children in Kolkata. One with a Bengali-French flavour & the other one a mix [...]
Continue reading...The Lost Africans of India
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Footcept : The Portuguese imported African slaves into Goa,Daman & Diu, from Mozambique & some east african coastal settlements. Many of the slaves managed to escape the inhuman treatment & settled in the deep forests of the Karnataka/Goa border. Living a nomadic life in the forests, and hunting,fishing,foraging for sustenance. The community was discovered in the early sixties [...]
Continue reading...Do Godmen go to magic school in Kerala?
Friday, September 5, 2008
Conjurers Mint Money As ‘Sanyasis’ Make A Beeline For Kerala’s Centre For Sorcery Taking sanyas once meant renouncing all that is worldly. But, these days, it’s being seen as a sure passport to prosperity. And where else would aspiring self-styled godmen head for but Nilambur in Kerala’s Malappuram district, which produces the largest number of magicians [...]
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Sunday, September 28, 2008
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