Posts

Showing posts from November, 2009

Video blogging for Gharials

Only about 1,000 gharials, are believed to live in the wild in India’s Chambal and Yamuna rivers. In an effort to understand the endangered Indian gharial and also to save it from extinction, scientists at the Gharial Conservation Park in Lucknow are using small video cameras for “bio-logging”. They   believe that these  cameras  will lead to better understanding of the reptiles’ habitat and life cycle . More here .

India's first literary work to be promoted on Youtube

Eleven professionals, working for the past two years through a model of self help and corporate governance, have come out with a coffee table book, which is arguably India's first literary work to be promoted on Youtube. According to the writers, "this is the first coffee table book on Assam, portraying everything about the state in a positive manner and targeting the world readership that has very little or distorted opinion about our beautiful state." fullstory