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Travel India Whale Sharks

Whale Sharks “Whale Sharks are the largest fish in the sea, and yet, we know the least about them,” Jeff Swanagan, Executive Director and President, declared shortly after the opening of the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, U.S. Seeing a Whale Shark… Read more ›

Binoy Gupta
Conservation, Endangered Species, Travel India, Wildlife
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Travel India Jogeshwari Caves

Jogeshwari Caves in Mumbai Jogeshwari Caves, dating back to 520 to 550 AD, are some of the earliest Hindu cave temple sculptures located off the Western Express Highway in Jogeshwari (East) in northern Mumbai (Bombay). They are a 45-minute journey… Read more ›

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Binoy Gupta
Caves, Conservation, Temples and Pilgrimage, Travel India
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Travel India Medical Tourism Cataract

Medical Tourism  Ophthalmological Treatment in India – Cataract India is the ideal location for all types of cataract surgeries…….from cheap sutureless Small Incision Cataract Surgeries to sophisticated micro Phaco surgeries with the most advanced implanted lenses. Cataract surgeries take about… Read more ›

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Binoy Gupta
Cataract, Medical Tourism in India, Medical Treatment, Ophthalmological Treatment, Travel India
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Travel India Kanheri Caves

  When we think of caves, we visualize locations in inaccessible places hidden amidst deep forests. Some caves were carved out in inaccessible places because of fear of prosecution by kings and rulers of different faiths, or due to the… Read more ›

Binoy Gupta
Caves, Conservation, Culture, Nature, Pilgrimages, Temples and Pilgrimage, Travel India, World Heritagae
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Medical Tourism Inc.

American Medical Association (AMA’s) Guidance on medical tourism The AMA issued the following Press Release on June 16, 2008. For the first time, the AMA has accepted the practicability of Medical Tourism. Press Release Dated: June 16, 2008 CHICAGO —… Read more ›

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Binoy Gupta
Medical Tourism in India, Medical Treatment, Travel India
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Travel India Saving the Mangroves of Mumbai

Once upon a time, Bombay (Mumbai) had vast areas of mangrove forests. Over the years, most of these  were cut down. And the Maharashtra Government and its impotent officials remained mute spectators. Bombay High Court to the rescue In India,… Read more ›

Binoy Gupta
Birds, Conservation, Forests, Mangrove Forests, Nature, Travel India, Wildlife
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Travel India Dalchini (Cinnamon)

  Spices of India Spice Gardens If you visit tourist places in Goa and Kerala, you can visit spice gardens. Some plantation owners have improvised their spice gardens into tourist attractions. You can see a variety of plants where different… Read more ›

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Binoy Gupta
Food, Indian Food, Spices, Travel India
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Travel India Flamingoes of Mumbai

                                   When I was about 9 or 10 years old (well,                                                           that was a good five and a half decades ago), I first read about the Flamingo in Lewis Carroll’s wonderful book – Alice in Wonderland. So strange… Read more ›

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Binoy Gupta
Birds, Conservation, Mangrove Forests, Nature, Travel India, Wildlife
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Travel India Sariska Tiger Reserve

Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar, Rajasthan has been in the news for the past four years – unfortunately for the wrong reasons. Sariska Tiger Reserve The Sariska Tiger Reserve (866 sq. kms.) was originally a hunting preserve of the Kings… Read more ›

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Binoy Gupta
Conservation, Endangered Species, Forests, national parks, Nature, Palaces and Forts, Travel India, Wildlife
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