Teeth of the fish Chandarupa(Pengba Amubi)

These mean looking set of teeth belongs to the fish Chandarupa or Penga Amubi. In Myanmar, 

some people use it's set of teeth to trim hair in place of scissors. Looks like this fish is a

 cousin of the Piranha...

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Sans Frontiers: A surprise visitor - An Insect Beauty

Sans Frontiers: A surprise visitor - An Insect Beauty: Few days ago, Mom found a surprise visitor walking in all grace and elegance on our balcony. An absolute beauty it turned out to be!! It...

Winter Sunrise

Sunrise on top of a hill on a foggy winter morning.

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Mauve Magic*

Get enchanted by the beauty and magic of these mauve colored flowers hanging down from 

a wall as if they are nature's own curtains gifted to us by Mother Nature...

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Baby Pink Flowers which freshens your mind

These Baby Pink Flowers in a corner of the garden sure stole my heart and refreshed my mind. 

Hope they do the same to you too...

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Off to tution class on a foggy morning

These 3 girls with school bags on their backs walks  a long distance in glee and with full 

enthusiasm as they proceed towards their tuition center on a  foggy morning.

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Pengba Manbi or Piranha??

This fish is available in Manipur and they are being imported from Myanmar or other states of India and people generally refer to it as Pengba Manbi or Pengba Amubi. In Assam, it is called Chandarupa. But looking closely at it, it has got sharp teeth which local people of Myanmar at times use in place of scissors to trim hair. Is this fish a variety of the dreaded Piranha? Expert comments are welcome...

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Wild Walnuts of Manipur - Heijuga

Aaaha!!..Don't ever think of cracking these nuts with your teeth if you don't wish to lose your teeth!! None has ever and I doubt can cracked it with his or her teeth. You need a hammer with a stone or an iron base to crack these nuts. Once you crack, you need a pin to dig out the edible parts. But yes, the taste is Superb and you are definitely rewarded for the labor you put in to crack them!!

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Innocence & Mother of Innocence

An innocent baby on the back of his young mother whose smile is as innocent

and warm as that of a child. Both happy together in a world of their own.

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Cycas - Yendung

Twin male cones of a Cycas Plant.

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Gooseberry - Heigru

Gooseberries overhead..so tempting to the palate...

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Golden Clouds and a Temple Trident

Golden Clouds and a Temple Trident reaching up towards the sky, as if 

Divinty Himself is present at this golden moment!*

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Water Drops*

Water drops on a Taro(Arbi) leaf after a slash of rain.

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Flame

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Would a Genie come out?

Miss Hen : Would a Genie come out if  I open this bottle....?!!! 

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Defensive Prawn

Oh My....A defensive fresh water prawn!!

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Beginning of Winter Story

Beginning of Winter Story...A bare tree on a foggy morning

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Cow & Cattle Egrets

Cow and Cattle Egrets - Symbol of ecological harmony......

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Mirrored

Clouds in the Sky being mirrored on the watery area of a paddy field.

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Grasshopper, a tiny green beauty!!

A tiny Green Grasshopper on my Krishna Tulsi (Holy Basil) plant.

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Ngapai - Chital Fish

Ngapai/Chital Fish caught from the Brahmaputra on a foggy early morning.

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Fishing time for this brace of ducks

It's fishing time for this brace of ducks. Suzy's dip their necks underwater as Drake keeps watch.

   

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A basket-full of U-Morok(Ghost Chilies), the hottest chili in the world!!

Temptingly beautiful to look at but you see ghosts when you eat it!!

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Resting Carts

Carts resting together as today is the day after Bakri Eid. If Humans need rest, Carts do too :))

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Baby River Eel

Baby River Eel, caught along with tiny Borailia( Ngawa) fishes.

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