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I wish everyone a very happy and prosperous Diwali festival.  Diwali or deepavali  is the festival of lights for Hindus. Diwali festival is celebrated for 5 days, ritual pooja is done in the morning and evening time, the house is decorated with lighted lamps and bursting crackers.  Bursting crackers is not appreciable since it causes adverse effects on the environment. It leads to air pollution and noise pollution. Air quality index in Delhi has crossed 300 this year. The AQI indicates the concentration of particulate matter in the air. Its not just being a cause pollution, crackers are also affecting animals and it's behaviour in various ways.   A cute little pup from Chikkamagalur, Karnataka We have a dachshund dog as a pet, we call him 'dickkie'. He is a very playful pet and friendly. He is not so happy to meet strangers and become aggressive at times. He has good time sense and prefers to have his two meals per day on time. Despite these things he is a bi

To eat is necessity. But to eat intelligently is an art. Hi viewers! I wish everyone a very happy and prosperous Dasara. Let's eat veggies in this festive season in healthy way. Vegetables plays a very indispensable part in our daily diet. In India, since most of the people are vegetarians, vegetables are in great demand. There are over 2000 species of vegetables with great nutritional benefits. It's not just the pulp which is nutritional but peels of certain veggies are of great benefit too. In today's articles let me share some of the most useful vegetable peels which we simply shed off.    You might have used these vegetables peels for compost, fodder or in cosmetics. Apart from these benefits, they can be added in our diet and get enriched. Vegetable peels are rich in fibre and antioxidants which is good for your gut. Scroll down to known how good our vegetable peels are which is piled up in our kitchen like other garbage.  1. Potato peel: ( Solanum tub

Streptopelia chinensis (spotted dove) Wubuu-croo, ....Wu-bwrrrooo.... I sing all through the September Dancing loud clapping my wings till December I walk in front of her with my stiff collar After displaying my wide tail and wings Untill I perch to the ground from steeps On a loose coven made with sticks Together we both warm our chicks People call me Streptopelia chinensis  Bird with brown feathers and breast vinous Found blisfully in scrubs and gardens See me alone or in a small flocks yet monogamous Wubuu-croo, ....Wu-bwrrrooo.... I sing all through the September - Michahial San

“One of the advantages of being disorganized is that one is always having surprising discoveries.” ― A.A. Milne.   It was a tedious thursday morning, I was in my cabin preoccupied with the things which I had to deal in the upcoming classes that day, previous day I had let my students for the field to collect something good for the taxonomical studies. I never expected I will get such a significant surprise the next day. It was a student who managed to discover a small little erect plant with its amazing infloresence happened to be Vitex negundo . Life is full of surprises! life teaches us from unexpected events every time. Initially I thought Vitex is a common plant growing on the waste lands, but it surprisingly turned out to be a vital plant with lots of medicinal benefits. Today's whole story is about Vitex negundo a vital shrub.  Vitex negundo commonly called as nirgundi is another sacred shrub offered by the mother nature for mankind. It is mainly used

Welcome back to what's around us,  it's the monsoon rainy season in our country. Rainy season unlike the other seasons are the most loved ones, plants, animals, humans every living organisms in this world happily welcome rain. Rain indicates the beginning of life, plants start growing more greener and healthy, we get enough yield and good time for agriculture, better time for animals and best time for mosquitoes to breed.. Mosquitoes??? Yes mosquitoes! Mosquitoes breed luxuriously in the rainy season as there will be more stagnant water bodies formed at this time. Though rainy season is the best for many good things yet has some disadvantages as it comes to the point of human health. Mozzie menace will be at the peak in this period. Henceforth today's article is the continuation of the article "Mozzie menace"  https://whatsaroudus.blogspot.com/2018/08/mozzie-menace.html?m=1 Mosquitoes remind us that humans are not the topmost in the ecosystem. It is known

Hello! viewers. Welcome to what's around us. It's been a long time after me posting any articles, probably I had been a poke-easy person being a couch potato. Lack of physical activities, no balanced diet, junk food, many other unhealthy practices. It was late when I realized my weight gain, Increase in BMI and increase in the risk of various life style infirmities. Uffff.. how to get out of this health threat?? Lifestyle infirmities/disease are the diseases which are caused by a person's life style like food habits, lack of physical excersises, smoking, alcohol etc. Hypertension, Diabetes, Obesity, Cancer, Cardiovascular diseases are some of the examples of lifestyle infirmities. Diabetes is one of the major problem of concern in India with nearly 98 million people suffering from it. South Indians are said to be more prone than north Indians. Diabetes may not be because of one reason, it can be due to the combinations of these , 1. Heredity 2. Overweight/Obesity 3

Hi everyone. Welcome to what's around us.  I wish everyone a very happy World Environment Week. Collage prepared by students We all  might have celebrated the World Environment Day by either planting the saplings or by joining any awareness events or any campaign. Once the day is over then we continue our routine and the word environment may be heard on the next year itself. Why is it so nessecary for us to celebrate the environment day? Why should we conserve it? What happens if we don't conserve our nature? How can we help in conserving our environment? The World Environment Day is celebrated on June 5th every year to create the awareness on the protection and conservation of environment and to know it's importance. What is environment?  The word environment refers to our surrounding or in other terms everything around us which is natural. So What's around us? We have our plants, animals and microbes as our biotic or living components and air, water,