Crow

Feed the Birds

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January 15th 2017
Today is Maatu Pongal. For today's part of the Thai Pongal festival, I went to Victoria Park in Glasgow to the feed the crows in the park and pray for my brother's well-being. The birds were not impressed by the seeds I'd taken (ducks actively swam away) and were instead gathering round a young girl on roller blades with a loaf of bread. Clearly the fast food of the winged community. I did howe ... read more

Asia » India

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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