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The Making of Tailorbird's Nest [HD]

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                                                                The Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) The Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius) is a songbird found across tropical Asia. The Common Tailorbird, Orthotomus sutorius, is a small warbler whose range extends from India to southern China and down into Indonesia. It is common, mostly in the lowlands, but can range as high as 5000ft. It is found in most habitats with thick cover and can often be found in urban parks and gardens. It’s song was nicely summed up by Rudyard Kipling in Rikki-tikki-tavi, where the tailorbird Darzee continually and irritatingly chirps on without thought given to the content of the piece. Like most warblers, the Common Tailorbird is insectivorous. The song is a loud cheeup-cheeup-cheeup with variations across the popu...

Visit to Agradwip Fair -2014 [HD]

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                                            Agradwip is situated on the bank of river Ganga ( or Ganges) under the District Burdwan , West Bengal , India. This sacred place is situated about six miles (aprox.) south of Katwa. It is situated on the west side of the Ganga, about 26 miles (aprox.) northwest of Mayapur . Sri Govinda, Sri Madhav, and Sri Vasudeb Ghosh lived here. The samadhi of Sri Govinda Ghosh is located in Agradwip. Govinda Ghosh thakur established the Deity of Sri Gopinath on the east bank of the Ganga near Agradwip. The village of Agradwip is famously mentioned many places in Vaisnava literature, including the Adi and Madhya lilas of Sri Chaitanya-charitamrta , particularly in relationship to the Ghosh brothers, and the Gopinath temple established by brother Govinda in Agradwip. While Vaishnavtala is said to be the birthplace ...

Delightful Digha : Dawn to Dusk [HD]

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                                                                                                                                                                                             D igha is a seaside resort town in the state of West Bengal, India. D igha is a seaside resort town in the state of West Bengal, India , is one such place in the vicinity of  Bay of Bengal , which can provide an environment exactly similar to other beaches in india, is the famous beach . It is  Situated almost...

Nachiketa LIVE at Digha Beach Festival 2014 [HD]

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                                                                               A Photograph of Respected Nachiketa Chakraborty performing on 14/02/2014 in Digha Beach Festival -2014  at New Digha, West Bengal , India .  Nachiketa Chakraborty or নচিকেতা চক্রবর্তী   is an Indian Bengali singer-songwriter and composer who is well-known for his modern Bengali lyrics and his own mode of singing. He became famous in the early 1990s, with the release of his debut album " Ei Besh Bhalo Achhi ". He started composing and performing as a student of Comilla College, under the University of Calcutta. In 1992 his first album "  Ei Besh Valo Achhi " was released and it was an instant hit. At the initial stage he won the heart  huge youth of West Bengal, then as the ...

From the World of Wings, Beak & Feather

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  B irds are found on every continent of the world. Birds of different types can live in freezing cold environments, and others can live in hot deserts. Birds live in forests, in grasslands, on cliff faces, in river banks, on stony sea shores, down mine shafts and in the roofs of houses. Birds are a class of vertebrates & they  live in the moment. A ll they do is revel in rushing air and vertical surfaces, trees that swoop up towards them, hot sun warming their hollow bones. . They feel the thrill of free flight and all that  .They are warm-blooded and lay eggs. Birds are bipedal: they have two legs which are often covered with scales (small, flat plates which over-lap in the same way as feathers). They have a hard beak with no teeth.  Their bodies are covered with feathers and they have wings. Feathers have three functions: flight, temperature regulation and display. Most birds have hollow main bones with air sacs in them. This makes them lighter and ...