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Winters Are Incomplete Without Birdwatching!
Winters Are Incomplete Without Birdwatching!

By Chachi Chiriya

Winters are when you unpack your binoculars and step out to spot birds. Here are some birdwatching tips for our young readers. Happy Birding!

Winters are when you unpack your binoculars and step out to spot birds. Here are some birdwatching tips for our young readers. Happy Birding!

Busting myths around snakes and snakebites
Busting myths around snakes and snakebites

By Shivani Gupta

Vengeful snakes, snakes that drink milk, cobras with a gemstone in their hoods… There is no dearth of myths associated with snakes in a country that reports about 58,000 snakebite deaths each year. Experts bust some myths in an interview with Gaon Connection.

Vengeful snakes, snakes that drink milk, cobras with a gemstone in their hoods… There is no dearth of myths associated with snakes in a country that reports about 58,000 snakebite deaths each year. Experts bust some myths in an interview with Gaon Connection.

On International Forest Day, there is good news. A bird census reveals 247 species of birds make their home at the Panna Tiger Reserve
On International Forest Day, there is good news. A bird census reveals 247 species of birds make their home at the Panna Tiger Reserve

By Arun Singh

A recent birdcount undertaken by birders across the country at the Panna Tiger Reserve brought good tidings. 247 species of birds were spotted in the three-day count of which 21 are in the IUCN’s list of threatened species

A recent birdcount undertaken by birders across the country at the Panna Tiger Reserve brought good tidings. 247 species of birds were spotted in the three-day count of which 21 are in the IUCN’s list of threatened species

Each region celebrates Diwali differently, but the essence is to beat the darkness within
Each region celebrates Diwali differently, but the essence is to beat the darkness within

By Seema Kaintura

Present-day festivities are limited by the modern urban life experiences whereas traditionally, festivals in India took an individual to the community and were varied and numerous in their modes of celebrations spread over a fortnight

Present-day festivities are limited by the modern urban life experiences whereas traditionally, festivals in India took an individual to the community and were varied and numerous in their modes of celebrations spread over a fortnight

Saviour sans borders
Saviour sans borders

By Brijendra Dubey

State, caste, religion and creed are swept clean when disaster strikes. Volunteers from Punjab rush medicines, fresh water and food to help farmers across the border in Haryana where several villages remain inundated after the recent floods.

State, caste, religion and creed are swept clean when disaster strikes. Volunteers from Punjab rush medicines, fresh water and food to help farmers across the border in Haryana where several villages remain inundated after the recent floods.

As parts of the world become hotter and drier, one wonders where the butterflies will go
As parts of the world become hotter and drier, one wonders where the butterflies will go

By Neha Sinha

Watching a butterfly is therapeutic. They seem to live in their own dreamlike state, floating, dipping, fluttering, even as the rest of the world crashes, burns and fights

Watching a butterfly is therapeutic. They seem to live in their own dreamlike state, floating, dipping, fluttering, even as the rest of the world crashes, burns and fights

A cleric who is now a successful Dumba sheep farmer in West Bengal
A cleric who is now a successful Dumba sheep farmer in West Bengal

By Madhu Sudan Chatterjee

While studying in Jaipur, Rajasthan, Nabibul noticed how raising the Dumba breed of sheep had brought prosperity to its owners. When the pandemic hit his family hard, he bought five Dumba and now has a flourishing business.

While studying in Jaipur, Rajasthan, Nabibul noticed how raising the Dumba breed of sheep had brought prosperity to its owners. When the pandemic hit his family hard, he bought five Dumba and now has a flourishing business.

A cleric who is now a successful Dumba sheep farmer in West Bengal
A cleric who is now a successful Dumba sheep farmer in West Bengal

By Gaon Connection

While studying in Jaipur, Rajasthan, Nabibul noticed how raising the Dumba breed of sheep had brought prosperity to its owners. When the pandemic hit his family hard, he bought five Dumba and now has a flourishing business.

While studying in Jaipur, Rajasthan, Nabibul noticed how raising the Dumba breed of sheep had brought prosperity to its owners. When the pandemic hit his family hard, he bought five Dumba and now has a flourishing business.

You certainly don't want these Fall Armyworms in your farms
You certainly don't want these Fall Armyworms in your farms

By Divendra Singh

Since the past few months, the Fall Armyworm pest has been sighted in many states of the country affecting the corn crop. If not identified and controlled in time, this pest shall cause immense harm in the future

Since the past few months, the Fall Armyworm pest has been sighted in many states of the country affecting the corn crop. If not identified and controlled in time, this pest shall cause immense harm in the future

The Kitemakers of Handipura, Jaipur’s 150-yo Kite Market
The Kitemakers of Handipura, Jaipur’s 150-yo Kite Market

By Parul Kulshreshta

Jaipur has an old tradition of flying kites on Makar Sankranti. It is said that Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh loved the tradition of kite flying and brought it to Jaipur. Special kites made of cloth that were called ‘Tukkal’ were made for the royals who used to fly them from the palace terrace. Kite-flying later became a community event on Sakrant.

Jaipur has an old tradition of flying kites on Makar Sankranti. It is said that Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh loved the tradition of kite flying and brought it to Jaipur. Special kites made of cloth that were called ‘Tukkal’ were made for the royals who used to fly them from the palace terrace. Kite-flying later became a community event on Sakrant.

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