I was increasingly getting jittery as my railway ticket was not yet confirmed. I was checking it online everyfew minutes. Finally, my ordeal was over at 8.15 pm barely three hours to go before the schedule departure time of the train.
To make the matters worse, I was thinking that the ticket wont get confirmed, so [...]
Environmental Impact of Night Race in Formula 1
I am a big fan of Formula 1. Every day, I search all the websites reporting Formula 1 info. The disappearance of Narain Karthikeyan from the starting grid in 2006, made me sad, but didn’t diminish my enthusiasm for Formula 1. It never will, as Formula 1 is [...]
I was trekking on the outskirts of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve in July 2008 and came across elephant dung about few hundred meters from the Segur road, a prime elephant migratory corridor. The elephant dung contained polythene bags. The elephant had eaten the polythene bag along with some other garbage and the polythene had come [...]
Pollution due to Immersion of Idols in rivers and lakes
The festival season is upon us. Millions of Indians, from all walks of life, participate in these festivals. In Bengal and Orissa, Durga Puja is celebrated in a grand scale. Similarly, anyone who has visited Bombay, Pune or any part of Maharashtra, would know how grand [...]
