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POPSthelightofandamans Started in the tumultuous year of emergency; 1975, The Light of Andamans had its baptism by fire. Mr Paras Ram, its founder Publisher-Editor had to go through a hell in maintaining the regular publication of a free, fair and fearless news magazine in a society where there were very few takers for such writings at the time.
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POPSNoble or savage? We have been solving them, too. Pessimists will point out that each solution only brings us face to face with the next crisis, optimists that no crisis has proved insoluble yet.
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POPSThe Last Island of the Savages Then he took a closer look at them. They were small men, well-built, frizzy-haired, and black. They were naked except for narrow belts that circled their waists. And they were holding spears, bows, and arrows which they had begun waving in a manner that seemed not altogether friendly. Not long after this, a wireless operator at the Regent Shipping Company's offices in Hong Kong received an urgent distress call from the Primrose's captain, asking for an immediate airdrop of firearms so that his crew could defend itself. "Wild men, estimate more than 50, carrying various home-made weapons are making two or three wooden boats," the message read. "Worrying they will board us at sunset. All crew members' lives not guaranteed." This is a really interesing 16,000 word essay which details almost everything known about a populatin of people who live on an island in the Indian Ocean.
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POPSBirding in India - Bird watching - Indian Birds - Ornithology Taxonomy Migration With more than 1250 species of birds, India and the rest of South Asia, are a paradise for bird watching. There are over 925 breeding species (~920 residents). The Indian birds belong to 16 groups called 'Orders', which are further divided into 'Families', 'Sub-families' and 'Genera'. For birding in India, 13 bio-geographical regions can be...