What's around us?

Hi everyone, I am back with a new post and with new information, hope you will all enjoy reading it. Recently I made a visit to the Nelliyampathy forest range of Palakkad of state Kerala, India. ‘The Nelliyampathy’ a place which touched my heart with its amazing view points, dense forest, tea and coffee plantations and the most importantly the fauna of Nelliyampathy.  It is home for rare species like Malabar giant squirrels, deer, elephants, gaurs, wild boars and many others. Nelliyampathy Forest Range  Pothundi dam  On my safari I was very happy spotting a Malabar giant squirrel clinging to a tall tree, birds with beautiful voices and the trumpet calls of the elephants. In spite of these astounding moments, what made me cry is for a wild boar. A boar probably a male (since male boars prefer to have a solitary life) was sighted near the cottages of ‘Keshavanpara’. The ladies residing at the cottages rushed to their kitchens to bring some food the mom...

Every morning as I wake up, I hear, lovely phrases “queek kay.. queek kay” or “wit-ti-waet ti…..”. Peeping through my windows I see, brown little bird with white belly, long tail with the vent region red, feathery crown and whiskers painted deep red. Yes I am talking about the ‘Red whiskered Bulbul’ ( Pycnonotus jocosus ), often perching on the cable wires or on the branches of the trees or on the bushy shrub twigs. What a lovely beautiful bird to see! Cook pine tree ( Araucaria columnaris ) SubashNagar, Mysore This time I caught a small little family of the whiskered bird nesting hale and sound on the cook pine tree in front of my house. The cook pine tree ( Araucaria columnaris ) often tilted towards the equator are surprisingly home for common birds too. It is one of the most loved ornamental trees in the world, called as ‘Christmas tree in India’. Huge, stout, coniferous tree with needle like leaves, branches oriented upwards to form perfect ‘V’ are its added beauty...

Dear parents, teachers and my dear young friends,   Adolescent is one of the most difficult and sensitive period in one’s life. We might have observed that the adolescents won’t be able to concentrate on studies at the same time they can watch TV for long time; they won’t be able to concentrate on work but they can be a couch potato playing pc games, social media, tabs and cellphones. It is the time when dressing becomes more important than having a proper meal. They hurry up to their schools/colleges skipping the breakfast. Arguing with mothers every morning and remaining speechless in front of father at the evening or troubling their siblings. Often tend to prove themselves right in front of you or elders, face with many difficult life decisions, confused about their own feelings and thus tend to act out in either passive or outrageous ways. Whenever this happens we may try to offend them showing our aggressiveness which always end up leaving them alone locked up in t...