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Last of the black wings
The Japanese hold the crow in reverence. But they also feel that crows have become a nuisance and so need to be destroyed. More

Badge of courage
Badgers dig tunnels which may last a 100 years, and generations live in them. The courage they show in defending themselves is amazing... More
Dogged devotion
One cold, winter morning we were at a dog show in Delhi. A dog that looked like a bear attracted the attention of my children and they quickly befriended the big fellow. It was indeed called a bear, Akita, in Japanese. Akita is one of the ... More
A date with dolls
Psychologists say that a doll gives a sense of security to the child. And this need for a doll may resurface at a later stage. K. Shankar Pillai, cartoonist and editor of Shankar's Weekly, found his interest in dolls rekindled during the ... More
Meet Swami again
Swaminathan is everybody's friend. He endears himself to the reader from the very beginning. "It was Monday morning. Swaminathan was reluctant to open his eyes. He considered Monday specially unpleasant in the calendar." Don't we all know that ... More
Count in colours
If the sun comes out just after a rainstorm, what would you see? Most often a rainbow, or to be more precise half a rainbow. Because of the earth's surface we can see only half the circle. If we were to see the rainbow from an airplane, we would ... More
Strongly scented
Strolling in a garden in Secunderabad, I was arrested by a powerful perfume from a flower. It was the Artabotrys odoratissimus (Manoranjitham in Tamil). The plant, has a solitary pendulous yellowish green flower with thick perianth ... More
Spiny protection
Hedgehogs are small nocturnal mammals, usually found near hedges. They have a longish snout like a hog, probably hence the name. They are shy and have short spines on the body. The lower and part of the head bear normal mammalian hair. The tail ... More
Bit of blue silk
When mother bought the blue silk, she wanted to make something special. But would she stitch it for Deepa, Arun or Tina? More
From the Wild West
Annie Oakley, a sharp-eyed girl from Ohio, U.S. was born around 1800. She was one of the eight children in a farming family. Her father died while she was still a child. When she was 11 years old she could handle a gun and shot wild game that ... More
Jewel of the Neckar
One of the most beautiful and romantic cities of Germany, Heidelberg has the Neckar river flowing through its centre, connecting the two sides of the city with innumerable bridges, giving it a quaint charm. Surrounded by forests and vineyards, ... More
A small world
The Isle of Man post office authority became an officially independent postal administration on July 5, 1973. With the issue of the first stamps specifically designed for exclusive use in the Isle of Man, a new collecting area was presented to ... More
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