While moving around the city, do you often realize that the trees around us are struggling to breathe? The overabundance of advertisements is choking them to death. Trees are being subjected to inhuman torture, with hard nails being dug into their barks to put up
If you are a fish-lover you must have heard name of the fish Aar. This fish belongs to the family of catfishes and is also a carnivorous fish that is cooked like meat and is heavenly to taste. But the usual catfishes caught in Bengal
In China and Japan, full grown trees are regularly transplanted. In India we simply cut hundreds of trees to pave the way for some highway or bridge, little realizing that saplings planted to compensate felling of large grown trees do not help. Large grown trees
Remember the last time you paid a visit to the holy site of Tarapith? The premises would be full of flowers and belpata offered to the deity by the worshippers. The piles of flowers and leaves when rot give off a terrible odour. The authorities
Ever heard of Hilsa or Bengal’s Ilish being reared in a pond? As monsoon knocks at our doors, every household in Bengal will celebrate their love for food through Ilish dishes and restaurants through Hilsa festivals. We all know that this fish is a delicacy
Imagine that you are in the middle of a dense forest with wild animals roaming about. The tweet of the birds will certainly reach your ears. You will feel the wilderness and the untamed essence of wildlife and forests combined. Not even for a moment
Birds are extremely vulnerable to heat. More than animals and often die from heat strokes. With the day and even evening temperatures going out of control, the feathered pets are worst affected. Those who have exotic birds like the South American macaws and parrots have
Wildlife trade and trafficking have destroyed various wild species in various corners of the world in recent times. After arms trafficking, human trafficking and drug trafficking, animal trafficking comes next in the category of the largest organized crime. The illegal trade of endangered wildlife has
Gobhir Mallika --- Imagine a gigantic black hole having a poetic name and that too in Bengali! But this imagination will soon come to be true with black hole - Sagittarius A being renamed as known as Gobhir Mallika. Astronomers around the world will soon
Rabindra Sarovar Lake is a slice of peaceful greenery amidst the busy urban backdrop of Kolkata. It has been playing an important role in maintaining the ecological balance. But due to lack of awareness, we often end up in destroying the vast greenery by littering