Sunday, January 25, 2009
Happy Republic Day India!
Happy 60th Republic Day India!!!
Friday, January 23, 2009
Reality Tour Has a New Destination
With the release of the much talked about the British film Slumdog Millionaire, a new destination has been added in the list of reality India tour. Travelers coming to visit India are now visiting the Dharavi, Asia’a biggets slum in Mumbai. Westerners are now shunning the splendid beaches of Goa and royal forts and palaces of Rajasthan for the slums of Mumbai.
The Dharavi expedition has now become part of reality tours and is gaining immense popularity among the tourists. Advocates say that the Dharavi excursions help to illuminate the slum’s qualities and benefit their inhabitants. But are we really concerned about the betterment of inhabitants of these slums or just cashing on the new craze.
Think about it…….
The Dharavi expedition has now become part of reality tours and is gaining immense popularity among the tourists. Advocates say that the Dharavi excursions help to illuminate the slum’s qualities and benefit their inhabitants. But are we really concerned about the betterment of inhabitants of these slums or just cashing on the new craze.
Think about it…….
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Monday, January 19, 2009
India will run super-fast bullet trains
Enthused by an exhilarating ride on a Japanese high-speed train last week during his visit to Japan, Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Monday said India would soon have similar bullet trains on selective routes and that his ministry would start scouting for global consultants.
"The day is not far off when the bullet train will run in the country," Lalu Prasad told reporters here.
"The railways ministry will be appointing global consultants for introducing the high-speed trains in India," he said, adding that his ministry has begun examining the feasibility of the train and possible routes.
These routes will include the Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Delhi-Chandigarh and Delhi-Patna corridors.
Lalu Prasad, who travelled from Tokyo to Kyoto on Japan's famed Shinkansen high-speed train last week, announced his plans in Singapore on Saturday that he would introduce bullet trains to link major metropolitan cities in India.
"Such bullet trains can link city to city. Very soon we shall be inviting global tenders for pre-feasibility studies and I plan to place the proposal before parliament," Lalu Prasad had said at Singapore's prestigious Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
"The day is not far off when the bullet train will run in the country," Lalu Prasad told reporters here.
"The railways ministry will be appointing global consultants for introducing the high-speed trains in India," he said, adding that his ministry has begun examining the feasibility of the train and possible routes.
These routes will include the Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Delhi-Chandigarh and Delhi-Patna corridors.
Lalu Prasad, who travelled from Tokyo to Kyoto on Japan's famed Shinkansen high-speed train last week, announced his plans in Singapore on Saturday that he would introduce bullet trains to link major metropolitan cities in India.
"Such bullet trains can link city to city. Very soon we shall be inviting global tenders for pre-feasibility studies and I plan to place the proposal before parliament," Lalu Prasad had said at Singapore's prestigious Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.
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Hamas says 48 fighters slain in Israel
Hamas says it lost 48 fighters during Israel's latest offensive in the Gaza Strip.
The claim in the militant group's first statement on its losses is far below the hundreds of militants that Israel says it killed.
It was impossible to verify the figures released by Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida. The Health Ministry says more than 1,200 Palestinians died in the fighting, more than half of them civilians. But the Hamas-run ministry has not released a full list of the dead.
The claim in the militant group's first statement on its losses is far below the hundreds of militants that Israel says it killed.
It was impossible to verify the figures released by Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida. The Health Ministry says more than 1,200 Palestinians died in the fighting, more than half of them civilians. But the Hamas-run ministry has not released a full list of the dead.
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
Changing travel, one tweet at a time
Microblogging travelers break news well ahead of mainstream media
"There’s a plane in the Hudson. I’m on the ferry going to pick up the people."
Those words, hastily typed on Janis Krums’ iPhone just after US Airways flight 1549 crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday, marked yet another milestone in the microblogging revolution. Krums, a Sarasota, Fla., entrepreneur, posted his observations and a compelling photo of a half-submerged aircraft to Twitter, where it was seen by hundreds of people before any other media organization knew about the accident.
Twitter and related sites such as BrightKite have been breaking news since they’ve been around. They’ve offered first-hand accounts of events such as the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the Virginia Tech shootings and California’s wildfires.
Before Krums scooped the New York media on the biggest news story of the year so far, there was Mike Wilson, aka "2drinksbehind", who twittered his observations after his Continental Airlines flight slid off the runway and burst into flames in Denver last month.
Those words, hastily typed on Janis Krums’ iPhone just after US Airways flight 1549 crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday, marked yet another milestone in the microblogging revolution. Krums, a Sarasota, Fla., entrepreneur, posted his observations and a compelling photo of a half-submerged aircraft to Twitter, where it was seen by hundreds of people before any other media organization knew about the accident.
Twitter and related sites such as BrightKite have been breaking news since they’ve been around. They’ve offered first-hand accounts of events such as the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the Virginia Tech shootings and California’s wildfires.
Before Krums scooped the New York media on the biggest news story of the year so far, there was Mike Wilson, aka "2drinksbehind", who twittered his observations after his Continental Airlines flight slid off the runway and burst into flames in Denver last month.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
U.S. picks 2 potential World Heritage sites
Nominees range from the middle of the Pacific Ocean to Mount Vernon
Have you heard about the U.S.’s two new nominations to the World Heritage List?
One is set amid the suburbs of Washington, D.C.; the other encompasses nearly 140,000 square miles in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. One gets more than 1 million visitors a year; the other rarely sees more than 16 a day. And while most sixth-graders know the story of the former, I can’t even say the name of the latter without phonetic assistance.
One is set amid the suburbs of Washington, D.C.; the other encompasses nearly 140,000 square miles in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. One gets more than 1 million visitors a year; the other rarely sees more than 16 a day. And while most sixth-graders know the story of the former, I can’t even say the name of the latter without phonetic assistance.
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Kerala Backwater Tour – Simple Majestic
Kerala, God’s own country, offers numerous attractions to the tourists that are worth visiting and enjoying. Kerala backwaters are one such attraction which forms an integral part of Kerala tour packages. These backwaters are reservoirs of natural beauty and unmatched splendor. Other attractions offered by the state are the exotic beaches, spectacular monuments, beautiful natural creations, landscapes, flora and fauna and the temples.
Kerala has some of the most spectacular beaches in the world such as Kovalam beach and Varkala beach. Kerala backwaters are also very famous and popular and the backwater tours are gaining immense popularity because of the beautiful and scenic water bodies like lakes, lagoons, canals, channels, rivers and inlets. The backwaters of Kerala are very peaceful places. While on a backwater tour, you can enjoy rich flora and fauna of the God’s own country. In fact, backwaters are the perfect example of excellent eco-tourism.
To explore and enjoy your backwater tour in God’s own country, one of the most preferred ways can be houseboats. You can enjoy the breathtakingly beautiful backwater destinations to the fullest with a houseboat tour. These houseboats are traditionally known as Kettuvallams. A well organized and well planned Kerala and India tour package provides wonderful opportunity to see the exceptional beauty and charm of nature by close. This is truly a great feast for your eyes. You can also enjoy several eye-catching attractions like views of lush green paddy fields, daily life at traditional villages, beautiful groves of palm coconut trees, water birds, water flowers etc.
Kerala tour packages for backwater tours are arranged to a number of destinations like Alappuzha, Kamarakom, Kuttanad, Malapuram, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Kollam, Kassarkod, Kochi and Trivendram. Among all, Alappuzha is regarded and believed as the best backwater destinations of India. Tourists can be sure of an unforgettable experience taking back memories to be cherished for the whole life, when they undertake a Kerala backwater tour.
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