Category: People & Places
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Jarawa Tribe
The Jarawas are the ‘Adivasis‘ or the ‘Tribal people’ of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. Like any other Tribe, Jarawas are also strongly protective of their peaceful life, live in their own small groups in jungles and do not want any contact with outsiders. Therefore, they are still uncivilized and even in these…
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Hill or a Huge Magnet?
A Magnetic Hill is that which appears to behave like a magnet. Imagine a magnet as big as a hill !! It is strong enough to pull cars up the hill or force passing aircraft to increase their height from ground in order to escape magnetic pull. One such hill is located in our country…
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Passport Lets You Pass Through New Ports.
You must have heard your parents talking about how important passports are whenever you are planning for a vacation to a different country. To you it must seem like a thin tiny booklet with your picture on it. How can it be so important? A passport is a document that is given to you by…
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Who are Somali Pirates?
First of all, let us know about pirates. Pirates are notorious people who commit robberies at the sea. Their job is to steal or capture ships sailing in the sea and sometimes also kidnap people aboard the ship. Then these pirates demand huge ransom in order to release the ship. There is a country called…