Posted by: sunil on: September 13, 2008
Recently I came across these videos on youtube in which a monkey were shown to be teasing a tiger resting under a tree. They would swing with their tails hanging tantalisingly close to the tiger and swing just barely out of reach. These videos were in complete contradiction to what I had observed in the [...]
Posted by: sunil on: September 13, 2008
An interesting story.
In a forest there was this large peepal tree(Ficus Religiosa). A group of langoors (presbytus antellus) were playing near it. The langoor clan consisted of all sizes and varieties. Males, females, very young children, energetic youngsters, the seasoned veterans and all types. They were merrily chattering away and some were jumping from one [...]
Posted by: sunil on: September 12, 2008
Great thing for the country. The Indo-US Nuclear deal is the best thing that has happened for the scientific(esp Nuclear) community in many decades. Strict technology sanctions were imposed after our Nuclear test in Pokharan (Smiling Buddha 1974). We managed to make-do with dual use technologies combined with some indigenous effort. The 1998 tests (Laughing Buddha) [...]
