Tagged: india

cyclone nanauk and delay of monsoon 0

The reason for delayed monsoon

Usual trend is that monsoon sets in Kerala by first June every year. After that the moisture containing clouds begin moving upwards covering the entire Indian subcontinent. The onset of monsoon is due to...

Rainfall prediction 2013 0

2013 Rainfall predictions for India

Last year we saw the effect of El Nino creating cold weather conditions for India, on the other hand it also caused very less rainfall in India. Due to the severely low rainfall, drought...

Send Free SMS with Google! 2

Send Free SMS with Google!

Yes, you heard it right, you can send free SMS to your contacts from the GMail inbox. Google has made this service available to Indian users in 1st week of October this year and...

Water, the drops of life 0

Water, the drops of life

As one of the saying goes, we cannot realize the value of something when we have it plentiful. We tend to take things for granted when we have them with us, but when it...

Coppersmith barbet spotted in Mumbai 0

Coppersmith barbet spotted in Mumbai

What a surprise! I was able to spot a coppersmith barbet in Mumbai, that too in a very crowded area like Dadar. Dadar is currently experiencing a lot of redevelopment of land. New tall...

Flamingoes at Sewri 1

Flamingoes at Sewri

I gave Sewri mudflats a visit recently, to check out the migrating flamingoes arriving over there. Apart from Flamingoes, there were other birds such as wades, the great egrets, sea gulls and most vibrant;...

Lunar Eclipse Dec 10, 2011 1

Lunar Eclipse Dec 10, 2011

Here are some of the pictures of the Lunar Eclipse that occurred on December 10, 2011. The moon had already entered the umbra of the earth’s shadow when it rose above the horizon in...