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One of the lizards that we often see around is the Peninsular Rock Agama...and around this time, as the male takes on its breeding colours, it can be a beautiful thing to see.Here's one specimen, which was perched, totally immobile, atop a cut-down tree-trunk on Bannerghatta Road:As it spotted some insect, the reptile was off in an incredible flash of speed, on to the ground below:The scientific name for this lizard is Psammophilus dorsalis. Tje female's camouflage is so good that she often cannot be spotted on the rocks! click here for the Wiki on this lovely creature, that eats…

Availability of Eco friendly Ganesha idolsKarnataka State Pollution Control appealing the public to celebrate eco-friendly Ganesha festival by using only paintless Ganesha idols. Paintless Ganesha idols available in the following places. 1.The Living, #56, Tatana Mane Compound, ,III Main Road, Chamarajapet, Bangalore 560018 Also at : Veena Kala Mandir, Tata Silk Farm circle, K.R.Road, Bangalore Ph : 9241715008 / 9901303390  2 Kamalini # 37, 17th Cross, Sri Bhooma Malleswaram, Bangalore, Karnataka 560003 Phone : 080 23567470.  3 Mr.Kari Basappa, Nagarajappa – 10th Main, Srinivasnagar, Near Ayappa temple,Bsk 1st Stage ,B’lore 50 Office: 94/12,Basava Gangotri,Kubbalgud,Mysore Road,B’lore 74 9886748371 4. Mr. Seshadri, No.3, West Anjaneya Temple Road, Gandhi bazaar, Bangalore- 9342303247 5. Vani, Next to SBI Padmanabhnagar Branch,…

One of the lizards that we often see around is the Peninsular Rock Agama...and around this time, as the male takes on its breeding colours, it can be a beautiful thing to see.Here's one specimen, which was perched, totally immobile, atop a cut-down tree-trunk on Bannerghatta Road:As it spotted some insect, the reptile was off in an incredible flash of speed, on to the ground below:The scientific name for this lizard is Psammophilus dorsalis. Tje female's camouflage is so good that she often cannot be spotted on the rocks! click here for the Wiki on this lovely creature, that eats…

 Found this on Ashwini Santosh's photos on FB...and thanks to Uma for giving me the link!* ⊕

With the installation of benches (and dustbins) at our neighbourhood Puttenahalli Lake, the number of people frequenting it has gone up considerably! Most of them are from Puttenahalli, RBI Layout, Bank of Baroda Colony, etc. This is an invitation to all residents of South City and Brigade Millennium to a guided tour of the lake on Saturday and Sunday (27th-28th Aug 2011) from 9 a.m to 10 a.m. We will show you the different varieties of trees we have planted, the water birds and the many seemingly small but integral things that we do to revive and transform the lake.…

 Found this on Ashwini Santosh's photos on FB...and thanks to Uma for giving me the link!* ⊕

With the installation of benches (and dustbins) at our neighbourhood Puttenahalli Lake, the number of people frequenting it has gone up considerably! Most of them are from Puttenahalli, RBI Layout, Bank of Baroda Colony, etc. This is an invitation to all residents of South City and Brigade Millennium to a guided tour of the lake on Saturday and Sunday (27th-28th Aug 2011) from 9 a.m to 10 a.m. We will show you the different varieties of trees we have planted, the water birds and the many seemingly small but integral things that we do to revive and transform the lake.…

 Lamps left out to dry at Pottery Town. Pottery town is the source of all the terracotta pots, lamps, statues etc you see on sale on Bangalores roads.Pic by Ravi Kaushik ⊕

 Lamps left out to dry at Pottery Town. Pottery town is the source of all the terracotta pots, lamps, statues etc you see on sale on Bangalores roads.Pic by Ravi Kaushik ⊕

Not everyone is capable of starting a revolution, but sometimes, when one person stands up for a cause, many others identify with him.One of the moving scenarios about the slave, Sparatacus,occurs  in the movie of the same name ....when  the Roman masters come looking for him and ask, "Who is Spartacus?" so that they may punish  him, each man in the hordes of slaves stands up, saying, "I am Spartacus!"..identifying with the rebel, and confusing the Romans utterly.The same sense of identifying with someone has occurred recently, all over India....  I hope we continue to identify with Anna Hazare in…