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Nestled in the remote Hanle village, in the lap of the Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary will be Southeast Asia’s FIRST Night Sky Sanctuary. The Night Sky Sanctuary is being set up with the help Indian Institute of Astrophysics Bengaluru, which is affiliated to the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. Of India. Known for its first night sky reserve Hanle is
It isn’t Pune (which by Mumbai travel standard is more than 3 hrs away) or Matheran or Devkund or Virar. Driving towards Daman, a left turn from Charoti Naka takes you towards Dahanu, a small coastal town in the Palghar District of Maharashtra, hardly 110 kms from Mumbai (shorter distance from where I stay – Borivali). The left turn and
And I am sure you haven’t even heard most of these names before! And its only fair that I share the list of the 35 Best Tourism Villages that India has to offer. As I swell with pride looking at West Bengal’s name in the list, I am equally thrilled glancing through the list of other villages who made it
Peter Patrao asked, “Would you like to be the wife of a poultry farmer or an academician?” Mona Irani blurted “Farmer, of course!!!” – that’s how it all started way back in 1972 when they bought a 2-acre land for INR 5,000 which was later named “Red Stone Organic Farm”! Built with red bricks procured from levelling the piece of
No Kidding! Can you guess the place? It is Leh in Ladakh! Climate change is real. Even if you keep trying to convince yourself that resources will prevail, then you need to give it serious thought. Resources will be depleted, temperatures will rise further, the frequency of natural calamities will increase, the fertility of soil will decrease, greenhouse gas emissions
The frequency of tourism has changed drastically over the years with a surge in exploring the unchartered territories exalting global tourism to a trillion-dollar company, subsequently leaving behind excessive carbon footprint. By definition carbon footprint is carbon emitted during tourism activities like travelling by combustion of petrol-driven vehicles as well as carbon embodied in items purchased or activities carried out