North Korea's 'flowering swallows'

The Mattathur Grama Panchayat in Thrissur is all set to initiate a unique scheme Pushpagramam, in association with its labour co-operative society, exclusively for its young residents. The project envisages occupying the deserted lands in their ...

Buddhadeb Dasgupta's ode to Tagore In the village they call her the dark girl But to me she is the flower Krishnakali On a cloudy day in a field I saw the dark girl's dark gazelle-eyes. She had no covering on her head, Her loose hair had fallen on ...

Flower sellers from two villages have turned successful women entrepreneurs-cum-farmers by engaging in floriculture - right from growing flower-bearing plants to marketing the flowers. About 420 women from Kotha Reddypalem and Patha Reddypalem ...

A tourist walks among peony flowers in Caojiaping Village of Lintao County, northwest China's Gansu Province, May 11, 2013. The blooming peony flowers attracted lots of tourists to visit. (Xinhua/Nie Jianjiang) 1 2 3 4 1 2

Villagers in India are in panic mode as wild bears suspected of being under the influence of intoxicating flowers have ventured from the forest and killed and wounded 20 in recent days. Eight were killed by bears in the eastern Indian state of ...

In a tiny village near Nagercoil, Lakshmi Sharath discovers a family that does it differently

Jorhat, March 12: The fortunes of a few erstwhile rice farmers of Hilikha Sanatan village in Titabar have bloomed since they took to flower cultivation.

Large crowds began thronging Shiva temples in all towns, cities as well as villages from early in the morning offering flowers, fruits, bel leaves and milk.

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