20 Million Year Old Fossil Tree at Botanica Garden of Udhagamandalam (Ooty)

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Rashid Faridi

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Real Neat Blog Award, my congratulations!

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Rashid Faridi

I have got a nice blog award 🙂

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Real Neat Blog Award

Late in 2014, I made this new award: the Real Neat Blog Award. There are so many bloggers whose blogs deserve more attention. So, I will try to do something about that 🙂

It is the first award that I ever made. I did some computer graphics years ago, before I started blogging; but my computer drawing had become rusty 🙂

The ‘rules’ of the Real Neat Blog Award are: (feel free not to act upon them if you don’t have time; or don’t accept awards; etc.):

1. Put the award logo on your blog.

2. Answer 7 questions asked by the person who nominated you.

3. Thank the people who nominated you, linking to their blogs.

4. Nominate any number of bloggers you like, linking to their blogs.

5. Let them know you nominated them (by commenting on their blog etc.)

My seven questions are:

1. Where do most…

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To Sua Ocean Trench: A Spectacular Natural Swimming Hole in Samoa

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Rashid Faridi

DSC_0423To Sua Ocean Trench is a very unusual and spectacular location near Lotofaga village on Upolu. The name “To Sua” is literally means ‘big hole’ – it is an amazing place to take a swim or just to look at. The 30 metre deep sea water is accessible via a rather large ladder that is not for the faint hearted. Water flows into the deep holes through a lava tube tunnel.It is connected to the main sea nearby.Upolu island was formed by a massive basaltic shield volcano, rising from the sea floor of the WesternDSC_0283 Pacific Ocean. The island is 434 sq miles in area, with a population of 135,000, making it the most populated of the Samoan Islands.

This site is surrounded by beautiful colorful gardens.There are a few other sites that areDSC_0286 situated in the same area, including blowholes and an incredible small beach on the western side. There is a small fee to enter the site.It is located in Lotofaga village. Lotofaga is a village on the south coast of Upolu island in SamoaFew sites are situated in the same area, including blowholes and an incredible small beach on the western side. A ladder is installed on site for visitors access to and fro into this 30 meters deep seawaters. This site is surrounded with beautiful colorful gardens. The site is for swimming and nature photography.

A Real Coral

A Real Coral

P.S->All pictures are clicked and sent to me by Samia Aamir Faridi

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‘Go to Pakistan’! Do Indian politicians think ‘Pakistan’ is a dustbin?

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Rashid Faridi

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Bunches of unwanted Indians are being sent off to Pakistan pretty often nowadays. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has conveniently asked all Indians who want to eat beef in the face of a beef ban in Maharashtra to go to Pakistan (“or Arab countries or any other part of world where it is available”). In April this year, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad requested (for the umpteenth time) all such Indians to go to Pakistan who do not agree with their policy of Hindus reproducing vehemently so that they can outnumber Muslims and correct the demographic balance. Whatever the reason for the banishment, I am baffled by this business of sending the unwanted to Pakistan!

Instead of permitting dissent and strengthening the idea of India among a wider audience, the right wing is threatening to send all naysayers to a 'Pakistan' that I suspect is a dark place in their imagination and not really the country next door! Instead of permitting dissent and strengthening the idea of India among a wider audience, the right wing is threatening to send all naysayers to a ‘Pakistan’ that I suspect is a dark…

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