Krishna Kumar replied to the topic Children: Addiction to Online Games – Some Solutions in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
I could not agree more with you parents are equally responsible. I was on a journey in a train and from the moment the train started each and every passenger except me was either glued to his cellphone or a laptop till the time he reached his destination calls came not only from there families and friends but also from their offices regarding some…[Read more]
Krishna Kumar replied to the topic Education: Girl Child Education – Skill Development in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
I agree with you something of that sort has to be done to give girls who have had a difficult childhood a sense of self respect and dignity. Independence and having salary at the end of the day will stir a new ray of hope and better days that is what my assessment. But this change is not fast and will take some more time to catch up pace as these…[Read more]
Krishna Kumar replied to the topic Education: Social Sciences – Why Some Children Find It Difficult in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
I agree with you 100 percent but those days were different. Even today you have some small number of students who study like how we were studying but the average and those who find difficulty with studies are in a majority. To tell even the subjects have been trimmed down and even the marking pattern has been simplified but still these children…[Read more]
Krishna Kumar started the topic Conservation: Roads and Tracks In The Forest – Life Threatening For Wildlife in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
A lot of times snakes will use roads as a way to heat up by laying on the asphalt for warmth, especially when it gets hot & humid in different parts of the world they will use these roads at night when that kind of weather makes them become nocturnal. This happens with many other wildlife too.
Sometimes snakes have to cross these roads to get…[Read more]
Krishna Kumar replied to the topic Medical: Positive Uses Of Snake Venom in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
That is right many of medicines which we consume depending what they are for contain not only snake but venom’s and oils or tissues of many of the living organisms. But in the lab they ar putt in the right quantity and the medicine is prepared. This is a fact. It is also used only after extensive research and trials so whatever the doctor suggests…[Read more]
Krishna Kumar started the topic Medical: Positive Uses Of Snake Venom in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
IF you think a good snake is a dead snake, think again & read this…
Animal venom’s are proving a rich source of novel compounds which have the potential to be transformed into new drugs for human treatments. One such compound is captopril, which was found in the venom of the Brazilian pit viper and is currently used successfully to treat…[Read more]
Krishna Kumar replied to the topic Adventure: Mountain Climbing in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
Happy to hear your views on the subject and thank you for reading the topic that is true, even in India people like to go to the places mentioned by you for spiritual solace. While some prefer mountains too.
Krishna Kumar started the topic Conservation: A Unfortunate Sport Called Trophy Hunting in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
There are lot of santuaries around the world and game reserves, which are luring and doing business out of killing wildlife. The cubs are separated from the mothers and grow up with humans and lose the kind of environment required for them to hunt and live in the forests.
There are many other ways which this it is done. Once the season comes…[Read more]
Krishna Kumar started the topic Conservation: Burmese Python – Listed as "Vulnerable" in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
IUCN has recently listed Burmese Python as “Vulnerable”, reflecting its overall population decline. The Burmese Python (Python bivittatus) is one of the five largest snakes in the world. The body of a Burmese python is longer and thinner than the anaconda’s.
Because the body is long, the organs are also long. Python Patrol is a task force of…[Read more]
Krishna Kumar started the topic Conservation: Personality – Dr.S.A.Hussain – Indian Ornithologist in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
Dr. S. A. Hussain Memorial Day Celebration are held regularly every year and S. A. Hussain Memorial Environment Award Ceremony is also held and awards given to people who are working in the field of ornithology as a recognitiion of their services in the field. A trust has been formed in the name of the renowned ornithologist at Karkala (his birth…[Read more]
Krishna Kumar started the topic Conservation: Interesting Details About Tigers – Message Save The Tiger in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
Tigers are one of the majestic creatures living on the planet. They have been there around for millions of years on this planet and have helped maintain the ecosystem and the food chain. If these big cats would not have been there, their would be over population of a number of other species resulting ecological imbalance. Now survival of this v…[Read more]
Krishna Kumar started the topic Conservation: Ghost Nets – The Silent Killers Of Marine Life in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
It is true ghost nets act as a weapon of mass destruction. They usually end up floating in the waters trapping marine life all along its route causing a trail of destruction. Ghost nets lost or abandoned at sea due to storms causing strong currents, accidental loss, or purposeful discard are commercial fishing nets.
They remain in the sea and…[Read more]
Krishna Kumar started the topic Conservation: Flatworms – Interesting Details To Know in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
About small yet beautiful flatworm – Prostheceraeus sp: They inhabit majority of the oceans and seas in the world and vary in size, shape, built, colour and translucence and the area where they are located and what they eat. Listed is some interesting information for a read.
There are approximately 20,000 different species, of which the majority…[Read more]
Krishna Kumar started the topic Conservation – Endangered Red Uakari Monkey – Sierra Del Divisor Montains, Peru in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
This is yet another unique, beautiful and endangered species of life. Five million hectares of rainforest are destroyed annually and on this current trend all tropical forests will be gone by the middle of the 21st century, apart that is, from those we act to save now.
Located in the remote southwestern Amazon, the Sierra del Divisor mountain…[Read more]
Krishna Kumar started the topic Conservation: Tiger Tiger Where Have you Gone With The Forest? in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
In the past few years the number of tiger killings and leopards with other wildlife including elephants has increased drastically. If severe punishment is not meted out to the perpetrators who indulge in poaching, wildlife illicit trade, trade of parts and products of wildlife. If government bodies remains as as toothless tigers when it comes to…[Read more]
Krishna Kumar started the topic Slokas: Meaning And Its Interpretation – A common mans version of the poets view in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
While Slokas are written by poets in Sanskrit language and its meaning is interpreted in different languages. Here is a sloka about morals taken and interpretation made in English to enable readers to understand and appreciate the meaning.
Stanza: Fool is worshiped at home, head of the village in his native village, the king in his own kingdom.…[Read more]
Krishna Kumar replied to the topic Cookery: Mamidikaya Pulihora (Andhra Style Mango Rice Serves(4 to 6) in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
Wish you the best in your endeavor. If you do no have mango try to use lemons or tamarind water. Here they prepare lemon rice and tamarind rice too.
Krishna Kumar started the topic Adventure: Mountain Climbing in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
Through most of history, people climbed mountains only when they had to out of necessity. They climbed to hunt game, to rescue a lost or strayed animal, or to gain a military advantage over an enemy.
But in India since ancient times there have be mythological stories of mountains being the abode of Gods like Shiva and Goddess Parvati named Mount…[Read more]
Krishna Kumar started the topic Cookery: Fried Pumpkin With Pickle Flavor in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
INGREDIENTS Pumpkin 300 gm Oil refined 15 ml Butter 10 gm Mustard 2 gm Fenugreek 2 gm Fennel 2 gm Kalongi 2 gm Carom seeds 2 gm Red chilli whole 5 gm Green chilli slit 2 nos Ginger 10 gm Jaggery 20 gm Tomato chopped 1 medium Kashmiri chilli powder 5 gm Turmeric powder 2 gm Cumin 3gm Coriander powder 2 gm Dry mango powder 3 gm Salt to taste Chopped…[Read more]
Krishna Kumar started the topic Cookery: Mamidikaya Pulihora (Andhra Style Mango Rice Serves(4 to 6) in the forum Knowledge Is Power Use It Wisely 7 years, 11 months ago
This particular dish is a variety of rice dish which is cooked in south India belongs to the Andhra region. A different rice recipe from the earlier mango recipes provided. INGREDIENTS 1 raw mango – washed peeled and grated or mashed 2 cups rice cooked and cooled 2 tbsp peanuts remove shell 1 ½ tbsp oil 1 tbsp each chana and urad dal 1 tsp mus…[Read more]
