Tag Archive | "Hindu"

Baby Girl Born With Two Faces and Four Eyes, Worshipped as a God

Sunday, March 16, 2008

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In the rural Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, 50km north east of New Delhi, a woman gave birth to a baby girl with two faces and four eyes. The 4 day old is being hailed by villagers as the reincarnation of Ganesha – a Hindu God, who is [...]

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Environmentalism in 1778

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

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Our journey through environmental history has so far taken us from medieval England to ancient India, the Roman Empire, and the Japanese Edo period. A painting of the 1778 Bishnoi massacre Today we’re going to India in 1778 to cover a forest, a desert, and a tribe of environmentalists [...]

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Giant’s Skeleton – It’s A Hoax!!

Sunday, December 23, 2007

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The National Geographic Society have been batting away a plethora of interest in their 5 year old hoax. In 2002, an illustrator from Canada who goes by the screen name “IronKite”, submitted the photo of a giant’s skeleton to a Worth1000.com Photoshop contest

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