The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 16, 2005

Flocking together
Flamingos at the Osman Sagar Lake on the outskirts of Hyderabad. The birds are found in tropical and sub-tropical areas. The alkaline or saline lakes or estuarine lagoons that usually lack vegetation are their habitats. The flamingos usually do ... More

TRAVEL & PLACES

The lone Sardar of Bamiyan
IN the dusty and decrepit streets made slushy by a continuous non-seasonal downpour, in the historic town of Bamiyan, north west of Kabul, there is little to do once you've surveyed the huge cliff where the massive Buddhas once stood in all their ... More

EVENTS

Marathon men
Participants of the Lipton Bangalore International Marathon in front of Vidhana Soudha during the run on Sunday. More than 275 participants took part in the full marathon of 42 km while around 1,000 runners took part in the 21-km half marathon. ... More

Doves to the fore
The Pigeon Club of Kerala organised its first exhibition of birds in Kochi on Sunday. It evoked good response with about 75 varieties on show.

CONSUMERISM

Something is rotten in fruit trade
IN a Jimmy Buffett lyric a chorus that one comes across is: "I ate the last mango in Paris/ Took the last plane out of Saigon/ Took the first fast boat to China/ And Jimmy there's still so much to be done." True, mango is a mood-lifter, you'd ... More

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