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A day trip to Pichavaram,Second largest Mangrove Forest in the world

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March 8th 2012
'Sir,birds are fine but beware of snakes and they are poisonous too' This was the first statement from my boat man Madhi and we were hovering around the dense channels of Pichavarm Mangrove Forest. Couple of years ago, during a java discussion, I was comparing West Bengal with Tamilnadu. Starting from The Himalayas, Darjeeling when our discussion reached Sunderban, my peer Sr ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more