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Bonjour! Hallo! Hello! Hola! Namaste! and a very happy world translation day. These are some of the standard words to wish someone worldwide, but we Indians have few more words to say as we speak different languages. Every Indian state has its own official language and every district has its own slang or dialects. Around 121 languages are spoken in India. I can speak 5 languages fluently which includes Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Tamil and English. I can understand Telugu as well. As India is diverse in its languages, it is diverse in its religious beliefs too.  There are 8 major religions in India and majority of the Indians follow Hinduism worshipping 33 types of God. Worshipping certain plants and animals is well noticed in Hinduism.  Each God is represented by an animal. So in today's article I will share some of the animals and plants which are meant to be sacred and worshipped in India.  Note: This article is not  created  in terms of sharing any religious beliefs or not again

A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods.  -Rachel  Carson Hi viewers, Welcome to What's around us. It's rainy season and my favourite season of the year; I just love to cherish some hot fritters and coffee during rainy evenings. Moreover rainy season makes me feel more that I am very close to nature.  The cool breeze that embrace you, the wilted branches turn green, chirping of birds, frogs which croaks for its mates, odour of the wet ground and the way rain drops sound takes you more closer to nature.  Today's article is all about what do animals during rainy season. Scroll down to see what I have found during this # Magnificent Monsoon.    ( Achatina fulica ) giant land snail Achatina fulica (African giant land snail) is one of the most seen creature during monsoon and a significant pest across globe. These Giant land snails were about 10 cm in length, I had spotted 5 of these in one place, but I could capture only 3 of them with a toad on the right corne

Did we do it?? Did we do it? Did we do it? I cried all day and night Chose him for his puffy feathers and stiff tie black and bright; Together we snuggled our eggs warm and tight Laid you on the ground while we watched over you on flight; Stashing on the ground scrape did shield you from predator Never guessed you will be ruined for rainwater; Fringed your beauty by embellishing with pebbles and droppings I’m tear down to hear those raindrops mocking; Every drop of water fell called out for vengeance What matters now is my chicks’ emergence; Held his arms straight and asked him, ‘Did we do it’? Failing to the thunderstorm he said, ‘Sorry honey we couldn’t do it’. -          Sangeetha Michahial Summary :  This is the song of a female lapwing bird crying while she and her male partner tries to protect her eggs being ruined by the rainwater.     Lapwing  is a bird which makes calls both during day time and night. The call of the lapwing resembles to

Hi all viewers. What's around us wishes you very happy Eid (Ramzaan festival).. Eid Mubarak...  India is a country where all religions are accepted. We celebrate all festivals irrespective of the region, caste etc. As I was cherishing the Eid feast today afternoon I realised that though we are of different castes our ingredients of cooking is the same. Style of cooking, taste and other minor changes are only noticed. While I was enjoying the Eid sweet sevai, (sweet made of vermicelli, evaporated milk, sugar, coconut and dry fruits) the grated coconut was giving me a great crunch on every time I chewed it. It tastes like heaven especially with grated coconut.  My mom used to fine chop coconuts and dry roast it before adding them to my favourite payasams (South Indian sweet made of lentils, jaggery, coconut milk and some nuts). I too use coconuts for making sweet dishes. Not just for sweets coconuts go well with all of the Indian food. We south Prefer to use Sambhar made of c

" No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn." "Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope renewal, and new life." Happy Easter to all my viewers. I hope you are all doing good on these quarantine days. Wish to get those days back where we lived carefree, without mask or gloves or fear of social contact. Let this Easter bring us a new hope as we fight against the Covid-19. So let's enjoy this Resurrection day by having a look around the serpents residing in the Snake park, Chennai, India.  I have visited Chennai many times but this visit was not just a family get together. I visited the place where I was longing to go since long time. It's nothing but Snake park in Chennai. I was in a dilemma, whether to visit crocodile park or snake park..and finally landed up to snake park which didn't restrict by housing snakes alone but crocs too.  Chennai snake park is located in Guindy National park. This is India's first reptile park measu