India has been a country of fasts and festivals since ancient times. Throughout the year we keep celebrating some festival or the other.

Charles Dickens has this to say about the glory of March ‘it is summer in the light and winter in the shade.’.

A plain technical description of this beautiful bird will qualify it as White-rumped Shama.

Shama moves with an elegance that belies the simplicity of her existence. Her agility is unmatched.

Apart from being tasty, Ber fruits offer an effective herbal remedy for a wide range of ailments.

The Ber tree registers a unique presence and an integral part of landscape that surround Hindu temples.