Braille printer made of LEGO blocks Thirteen-year-old Shubham Banerjee of Santa Clara, California, has made a Braille printer out of LEGO construction pieces. Braigo, the innovative, low-cost printer, will be priced at only around $350. With Intel investing up to a few hundred thousand dollars...
Saffron Festival, Pampore An annual three-day Saffron Festival is held in Pampore, Kashmir in autumn (usually October) after the saffron has been harvested. Though still in its infancy, this festival is creating ripples of interest in Purists to the picturesque state, described as ‘heaven on...
Fruit of knowledge Deep in the precincts of the Ekambareswarar Temple in Kanchipuram, which is dedicated to Lord Shiva, is a 1000-year-old mango tree. The mangoes from this tree are said to impart knowledge. At 57 meters, the temple also has one of the tallest...
Mango Festival The International Mango Festival has been held annually in Delhi in July for the last 12 years. New varieties of the fruit are introduced to visitors at this festival. Those who love the fruit and wish to taste a large variety of them...
Orchid Sanctuary There are around 500 known species of orchids in India. Over 450 of these can be seen in the Orchid Sanctuary in Sikkim.
Asian lion in natural habitat One can still see the Asian lion in its natural habitat the National Park in Sasan Gir, Gujarat, despite its numbers dwindling drastically over the years.
Green Oscar for hornbill conservator The Whitley Award, an international nature conservation prize worth Rs 30 lakhs, was conferred on India’s Aparajita Datta by Princess Anne at an award ceremony held at the Royal Geographical Society in May 2013. Datta was honoured for her work...
Hornbill Festival The Hornbill Festival is held in Nagaland in the first week of December every year. It is called the “Hornbill” festival because the Hornbill is an important and sacred symbol for the local tribes, but interestingly, it is not about the bird species...
Valley of Flowers National Park Located in the western Himalayan region, the Valley of Flowers covers an expanse of 87.5 km. The original valley of flowers in India, which is situated in the Bhyundar Valley at an elevation of 3,658 meters above sea level, is...
Maharashtra’s “valley of flowers” Kaas, a plateau 300 km from Mumbai and 25 km from Satara, is referred to as Maharashtra’s” valley of flowers” Towards the end of the monsoon, the meadows are covered with expanses of wildflowers in a profusion of colours like pink,...
