Category: Nature & The Environment
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Now millions of them will be – after the US postal system is done printing this year’s holiday stamps. Every year in October – November, I look forward to the issue of Christmas stamps. I am partial to the secular edition. I love the colorful images of everyday, cheerful objects. This year the Christmas stamps…
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Growing up in New Delhi, I remember that electricity and water were dependable commodities in the early part of my childhood. Around age ten, after my parents had moved to a house in a newer part of Delhi, trouble with water and electricity (mostly water) first made itself felt in our lives. Uninterrupted and dependable…
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(Click for enlargement) The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has redefined what constitutes a planet. Based on that definition, a panel of astronomers, writers and historians has suggested adding three more to the current number of planets in our solar system, bringin up the total from 9 to 12. It is possible that more may be…
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(Click for larger image: courtesy National Geographic ) The Indian monsoon is an object of much love and sometimes fear and awe. Indian poets through the ages have sung its praises as ardently and enthusiastically as do western poets about spring. The monsoon brings much awaited relief from the unrelenting Indian summer heat which desiccates…
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This amazing picture is of a rainbow seen over Idaho. (From National Geographic) Click for enlargement "June 19, 2006—It looks like a rainbow that’s been set on fire, but this phenomenon is as cold as ice. Known in the weather world as a circumhorizontal arc, this rare sight was caught on film on June 3…
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Read this for a clear perspective before you go out and buy cute animal cards for Mother’s Day. (Image from National Geographic photo galleries: Animal Mothers and Babies) Oh, mothers! Dear noble, selfless, tender and ferocious defenders of progeny all across nature’s phylogeny: How well you deserve our admiration as Mother’s Day draws near, and…
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