Jiboner Akibuki - The Strokes of life

On a usually relaxed March morning at the Ranchi Zoo the visitors suddenly got to see an unusually enthusiastic crowd of juveniles, cheering at every animal, and more unusually, at even the most ordinary of snacks, like peanuts and corns. They did not look like the normal excursion teams from schools. Neither did they look like destitute orphans from remote homes. They looked like as if from some different world… Thy actually were children from a different world. A mundane, melancholy world that survives in absolute seclusion. They were children of the inmates imprisoned in the jails of Jharkhand. These children have been refused refuge everywhere else, and have no other option but to live in the jails with either of their parents, or both. Some of them were even born inside the jails, and have been spending their childhood ever since in a way most of us would be terrified even to imagine about ourselves, or our own children. But, as a matter of fact, the only difference between them a...

Tourism as a vacation activity is growing all across the world with leaps and bounces everyday. Enthusiasts from far away places flock to tourist spots with options for natural and historical sightseeing as well as for religious pilgrimage. But the new and unique kind of tourism that has been developing fast over the last few decades is adventure tourism. Information and lifestyle television channels, websites and magazines have all the while been adding new dimensions to this activity, which provides the true pleasure and ecstasy of thrill.